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<blockquote data-quote="p238shooter" data-source="post: 2474537" data-attributes="member: 24583">I have mixed feelings about the guys that get in line at 5AM at Wall-mart waiting to scarf up all the ammo they can. I do not like price gouging.&nbsp; I do not like hoarders.&nbsp; However, I also do not like the shortage and the &quot;rationing&quot;.&nbsp; I am not a morning person.&nbsp; My nearest Wall-mart is 17 miles away, and I do not know when I need to be there to pick up a box of ammo to beat the crowd.&nbsp; If I were to get up before daylight, (3 hours earlier than usual) drive 17 miles, be number 23 in line, hoping the delivery truck might show up with enough to make it through the line, might not today, come back next week. ---- Or ----- pay a premium to someone for 8 boxes, delivered by UPS to my door 3 days after my &quot;order&quot; in the afternoon when I am up and around and awake.&nbsp; The gas I would have used driving to Wall-mart picking up 8 boxes more than paid for the freight and most of the premium for 8 boxes.&nbsp; Time (especially my morning sleep time) made up the rest.&nbsp; I am happy, seller is happy.&nbsp; A little like &quot;contract labor&quot;,&nbsp; he provided a service of being there to purchase what I needed multiple mornings, I paid him his cost, plus expenses, plus some for his time.&nbsp; If he gets his costs too far out of line, I fire him and get a new supplier.Supply and demand has it&#039;s checks and balances.&nbsp; Sometimes it takes a while to balance out, but it usually does unless the government gets involved, then all bets are off, every man for himself.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="p238shooter, post: 2474537, member: 24583"] I have mixed feelings about the guys that get in line at 5AM at Wall-mart waiting to scarf up all the ammo they can. I do not like price gouging. I do not like hoarders. However, I also do not like the shortage and the "rationing". I am not a morning person. My nearest Wall-mart is 17 miles away, and I do not know when I need to be there to pick up a box of ammo to beat the crowd. If I were to get up before daylight, (3 hours earlier than usual) drive 17 miles, be number 23 in line, hoping the delivery truck might show up with enough to make it through the line, might not today, come back next week. ---- Or ----- pay a premium to someone for 8 boxes, delivered by UPS to my door 3 days after my "order" in the afternoon when I am up and around and awake. The gas I would have used driving to Wall-mart picking up 8 boxes more than paid for the freight and most of the premium for 8 boxes. Time (especially my morning sleep time) made up the rest. I am happy, seller is happy. A little like "contract labor", he provided a service of being there to purchase what I needed multiple mornings, I paid him his cost, plus expenses, plus some for his time. If he gets his costs too far out of line, I fire him and get a new supplier. Supply and demand has it's checks and balances. Sometimes it takes a while to balance out, but it usually does unless the government gets involved, then all bets are off, every man for himself. [/QUOTE]

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