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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BadgeBunny" data-source="post: 2027802" data-attributes="member: 1242">You guys ... They are not the only shop in town marking up prices. This is how it works ... Small business owners HAVE to sell their inventory for enough money to be able to replace their stock. You think wholesale prices aren't going up right now? I'm not saying that it's fair. I'm not even sure I think that it is right because some of the prices are ... well ... just OUT there ... But if you are gonna stop frequenting local small business owners because they are marking up inventory they have on the shelves then you might as well just start doing all your business with the big boys online -- who, as you have noticed, are doing the exact same thing, only they don't have a storefront to keep open ...Oh ... well ... that kinda defeats the purpose of having a small business owner doing things like letting folks have matches after hours, or having a gunsmith on sight that is willing to do small things here and there for regular customers for nothing but a handshake or any number of other perks that come from having brick and mortar stores here in town ...OK ... Now, back to your regularly scheduled program ...</blockquote>