I am willing to stipulate that I may be a bit "over the top" with my rhetoric about rights and such, but we need to think about how we interface with any market. We often give only lip service to a free market but shrink away and ask for limits and controls when things move against us. This is just a different type of the "too big to fail" logic. The medicine is always worse than the disease.
I think a lot of these members may be younger - and I think I have turned into a cranky old man (or just a Crank?). This is not my first (or my second) arms ban scare. The Clinton ban caught me when I was trying to start a family and a business at the same time - bringing home more IOUs than money. I bought nothing for years except for a few .30-06 shell for my old Mauser. Now I think this mania will break one of two ways - but however it goes it would be far worse for me to lose my free market ideals than for me to pay too much (or charge too much) for some off-brand lower.
OSA can (as I think I said) do whatever it wants with the sales on here. But consider what you are asking of your sellers (sponsors and members) when you talk about some unwritten "common sense" price policy without publishing that exact policy. Anyone who has ever been to court knows that common sense is not so common these days. Folks want all the benefits of a price fixing operation without the negative and legal ramifications thereof. But when you buy that particular enchilada - you get it all. I believe in the whole ugly free market - individual people are what worry me.
I think a lot of these members may be younger - and I think I have turned into a cranky old man (or just a Crank?). This is not my first (or my second) arms ban scare. The Clinton ban caught me when I was trying to start a family and a business at the same time - bringing home more IOUs than money. I bought nothing for years except for a few .30-06 shell for my old Mauser. Now I think this mania will break one of two ways - but however it goes it would be far worse for me to lose my free market ideals than for me to pay too much (or charge too much) for some off-brand lower.
OSA can (as I think I said) do whatever it wants with the sales on here. But consider what you are asking of your sellers (sponsors and members) when you talk about some unwritten "common sense" price policy without publishing that exact policy. Anyone who has ever been to court knows that common sense is not so common these days. Folks want all the benefits of a price fixing operation without the negative and legal ramifications thereof. But when you buy that particular enchilada - you get it all. I believe in the whole ugly free market - individual people are what worry me.
Amen, to that brother!
If anything short of "full Feinstein" happens, though, you'll be able to take joy in the hosing those individuals have taken for buying their $1,800 DPMS Oracles. A little schadenfreude in the free market is healthy, too.
I do this too.
Maybe we should all use this mag run to go in and ask for raises?
You know, so we can afford $60 pmags.
Totally kidding! But thought it might be a good-hearted jest around here. We are free to work for the pay we want and use those resources to buy what we want.
You know, so we can afford $60 pmags.
Totally kidding! But thought it might be a good-hearted jest around here. We are free to work for the pay we want and use those resources to buy what we want.
Personally, I believe that there are people out there doing more than capitalizing, and I highly doubt any are taking a loss. When you paid $120 for something and are turning around and trying to sell it for $500 that's profit, not loss. Now, if you bought it for $500 and are trying to sell it for $500 then good on ya. The problem I'm seeing is that the prices at reputable shops and MSRP don't reflect such a spike. Sure, there's panic buying that's causing supply issues, and there's a possibility of a ban, but does that excuse people from being moral? I don't think so.
I've got a mental list of people and places I won't be doing business with in the future due to these actions. I won't "flag" them or berate them. I'll simply refuse to give them any of my business. Maybe this is because I don't need anything. I have advised friends of mine to not buy at exorbitant prices, and given them a list of places I would steer clear of.
I'm of the mind that it's their right to sell at whatever price they want to, and my right to not buy it.
I've got a mental list of people and places I won't be doing business with in the future due to these actions. I won't "flag" them or berate them. I'll simply refuse to give them any of my business. Maybe this is because I don't need anything. I have advised friends of mine to not buy at exorbitant prices, and given them a list of places I would steer clear of.
I'm of the mind that it's their right to sell at whatever price they want to, and my right to not buy it.
Hear ,Here
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