I've been saying for a year or longer to buy it now and stack it deep. The grasshoppers are being eaten alive by the ants.
I don't doubt your story for a minute and have experienced people that have taken advantage of my perceived nature that most people are honorable and will do the right thing for those that are disadvantaged, be it ammo or other items if it's an honest request..Well let me tell ya a little story, I had a guy who begged me for some 9mm. I told him I would sell him a case for what I had in it just to help him out. Sold it for $250.00 Next week I saw him sell that same case for $325.00. So A.) I shouldn't help anyone who needs ammo, or B.) I should sell ammo to folks that "can't find any" for way below market rate so I am perceived as a good guy? I'll tell ya what I don't approve of is losing the money on the ammo I sold to a guy who "really needs it".
I get tired of seeing folks gloat over taking advantage of folks that want to buy ammo. Again, its gun owners taking advantage of fellow gun owners.
This BS of of higher prices isn't caused by anybody but our own to make a buck. I don't approve.
Well let me tell ya a little story, I had a guy who begged me for some 9mm. I told him I would sell him a case for what I had in it just to help him out. Sold it for $250.00 Next week I saw him sell that same case for $325.00. So A.) I shouldn't help anyone who needs ammo, or B.) I should sell ammo to folks that "can't find any" for way below market rate so I am perceived as a good guy? I'll tell ya what I don't approve of is losing the money on the ammo I sold to a guy who "really needs it".
Well, here's the thing about that story... you didn't actually LOSE any money. You weren't looking to sell, and especially not looking to sell for a profit, so you did even lose potential profit.
What DID happen is your buddy (or maybe acquaintance) pulled a fast one on you and made a whole $75. So... for $75 he alienated you and lost a good potential friend and ally and lost any and all hope of any future help. Or I would hope so - I would have let him know about it, personally, and I'd also let him know never to come asking me for a GD thing ever again.
And maybe you will dodge a bullet in the future by not having to deal with his drama.
Call it lessons learned, and it was a good way to weed someone out of your life who doesn't deserve to be there.
I agree with everything you've said except that he didn't lose money. He cannot replace that ammo for what he paid for it -- and he got no perceived use from it (didn't shoot it himself) -- so he DID lose money. The money he will have to spend at today's prices to replace it.
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