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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:04:09 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:04:21 PM EDT
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Price gouging doesn't exist. Markets change. Supply and demand have both changed recently. Prices readjust.
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:05:19 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging?
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:05:20 PM EDT
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Quoted: Price gouging doesn't exist. Markets change. Supply and demand have both changed recently. Prices readjust. It's such a simple concept, but so many fail to grasp it. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:05:54 PM EDT
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Quoted: A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? You can't be gouged for something that you don't need to have. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:07:12 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? No, it isn't. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:08:24 PM EDT
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Isnt this getting handled in 3 other threads?
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:09:09 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? If you had the last of something with no hope of quick resupply, would you expect the price to still be like it was when you had dozens of others? |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:10:16 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? Commie |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:11:03 PM EDT
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Plenty of ARs local for under $1k, which is too much IMO
Mags still $6-14 M855 $400 for 840rds Not alot has changed |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:11:49 PM EDT
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OMGOHNOEZ!!!
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:11:50 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? If the buyers felt gouged, why were they buying? Surely if they could have done better elsewhere, they would have. Right? |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:12:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:14:45 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? You can't be gouged for something that you don't need to have. You cannot be gouged for something that you need to have either. Two people approach me in the desert dying of thirst. I only have enough water for one of them. If they split the water, they will still both die. What now? Price gouging of any kind is as real as my scenario. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:16:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:17:49 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? My LGS is still selling them for $649................if they had any left. 
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:18:23 PM EDT
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Stripped lower, $280. Pass.
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:18:33 PM EDT
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*Sigh*.... Price gouging is something that is abstract and is highly subjective to the person doing the buying. It's no different than getting a "steal of a deal" or "losing your shirt" on a sale. Each of those terms would be different from person to person as well.
To say it doesn't exist is not really correct. It just doesn't matter. If the price of something offends you, just don't buy it. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:20:12 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock.
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:20:55 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? My LGS is still selling them for $649................if they had any left. That's the point. I could advertise KelTec KSG's for $600 OTD all day long, but I don't have any. Wait another day or so and people will be screaming that their LGS sucks because they don't have any EBR's in stock. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:22:03 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. If I put a NIB Bushmaster AR15 on GunBroker and it sells in an open auction for $3,000.00 did the buyer get screwed? |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:22:29 PM EDT
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Supply and Demand.
In before we get lectured.
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:23:23 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? no thats supply and demand.. when demand is higher then supply, the price goes up.. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:24:58 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. If I put a NIB Bushmaster AR15 on GunBroker and it sells in an open auction for $3,000.00 did the buyer get screwed? That is up to the buyer to decide. It's subjective. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:26:01 PM EDT
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Quoted: Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. Price gouging is a term used by the uninformed that makes you look as silly as gun grabbers that used the term assault weapon. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:27:16 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. If I put a NIB Bushmaster AR15 on GunBroker and it sells in an open auction for $3,000.00 did the buyer get screwed? That is up to the buyer to decide. It's subjective. But the informed buyer would know $1,300 is a very unreasonable price for an AR15 sport. They are clearly trying to take advantage of someone. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:28:33 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. If I put a NIB Bushmaster AR15 on GunBroker and it sells in an open auction for $3,000.00 did the buyer get screwed? If I bought a house in 2006 for $500,000 and I sell it today for $85,000, did I get screwed? And what is "getting screwed"? Yet another slang term like "price gouging" and "low ball offer" that are used to express the intangible parts of commerce. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:29:55 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. If I put a NIB Bushmaster AR15 on GunBroker and it sells in an open auction for $3,000.00 did the buyer get screwed? That is up to the buyer to decide. It's subjective. But the informed buyer would know $1,300 is a very unreasonable price for an AR15 sport. They are clearly trying to take advantage of someone. It's not "unreasonable" but I would understand why someone would be unhappy about the purchase. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:30:10 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? My LGS is still selling them for $649................if they had any left. And that's what happens when demand outpaces supply and no price adjustments are made. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:30:43 PM EDT
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OMG local jewerly store wants 8k for a ROLEX! ZOMG price gouging.. Its just a watch! why soo $$$$ ZOMG!!
this is how bad you look OP.. really.. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:31:48 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. Who gets to decide what a fair price is? |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:31:51 PM EDT
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OMG local jewerly store wants 8k for a ROLEX! ZOMG price gouging.. Its just a watch! why soo $$$$ ZOMG!! this is how bad you look OP.. really.. Who's talking about watches? Apples and oranges. There is a supply and demand crisis going on. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:32:20 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. If I put a NIB Bushmaster AR15 on GunBroker and it sells in an open auction for $3,000.00 did the buyer get screwed? That is up to the buyer to decide. It's subjective. But the informed buyer would know $1,300 is a very unreasonable price for an AR15 sport. They are clearly trying to take advantage of someone. Being stupid can be expensive. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:33:06 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. If I put a NIB Bushmaster AR15 on GunBroker and it sells in an open auction for $3,000.00 did the buyer get screwed? That is up to the buyer to decide. It's subjective. But the informed buyer would know $1,300 is a very unreasonable price for an AR15 sport. They are clearly trying to take advantage of someone. Being stupid can be expensive. What if they were 17 until today? |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:33:06 PM EDT
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OMG local jewerly store wants 8k for a ROLEX! ZOMG price gouging.. Its just a watch! why soo $$$$ ZOMG!! this is how bad you look OP.. really.. Who's talking about watches? Apples and oranges. There is a supply and demand crisis going on.  No there is not.
Crisis....
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:33:35 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. If I put a NIB Bushmaster AR15 on GunBroker and it sells in an open auction for $3,000.00 did the buyer get screwed? That is up to the buyer to decide. It's subjective. But the informed buyer would know $1,300 is a very unreasonable price for an AR15 sport. They are clearly trying to take advantage of someone. Being stupid can be expensive. What if they were 17 until today? What's your point? So because I turned 18 three months after the 89 import ban I should be able to buy an AUG for $900? |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:34:25 PM EDT
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Quoted: Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. Price gouging does not exist, period. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:34:44 PM EDT
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Quoted: A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? Did he buy it? |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:34:51 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. If I put a NIB Bushmaster AR15 on GunBroker and it sells in an open auction for $3,000.00 did the buyer get screwed? That is up to the buyer to decide. It's subjective. But the informed buyer would know $1,300 is a very unreasonable price for an AR15 sport. They are clearly trying to take advantage of someone. Being stupid can be expensive. What if they were 17 until today? What's your point? That there are reasons people are getting into the AR game "late." |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:34:58 PM EDT
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OMG local jewerly store wants 8k for a ROLEX! ZOMG price gouging.. Its just a watch! why soo $$$$ ZOMG!! this is how bad you look OP.. really.. Who's talking about watches? Apples and oranges. There is a supply and demand crisis going on. nope same damn thing.. You dont get it.. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:35:41 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. If I put a NIB Bushmaster AR15 on GunBroker and it sells in an open auction for $3,000.00 did the buyer get screwed? That is up to the buyer to decide. It's subjective. But the informed buyer would know $1,300 is a very unreasonable price for an AR15 sport. They are clearly trying to take advantage of someone. Being stupid can be expensive. What if they were 17 until today? What's your point? That there are reasons people are getting into the AR game "late." Again, I'll ask. So? |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:36:05 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: OMG local jewerly store wants 8k for a ROLEX! ZOMG price gouging.. Its just a watch! why soo $$$$ ZOMG!! this is how bad you look OP.. really.. There is a supply and demand crisis going on. Has this guy been cleared by the usual channels yet? Paging NorCal |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:37:07 PM EDT
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So because I turned 18 three months after the 89 import ban I should be able to buy an AUG for $900? Should, no. But if you were upset at not being able to afford one or have to spend a significantly larger amount of money to get them, I wouldn't blame you for being upset. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:37:38 PM EDT
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Price gouging is a pejorative term referring to a situation in which a seller prices goods or commodities much higher than is considered reasonable or fair. This rapid increase in prices occurs after a demand or supply shock. I saw this hot ass woman at the grocery store the other day and I asked her if she'd like a little of the old in-out, in-out. She said no. I call it pussy gouging. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:38:53 PM EDT
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The solution is simple, really. Be it generators, water or guns. Pay more or pay nothing- because there is nothing to buy.
In case you haven't noticed, demand has skyrocketed. You can either pay more for something in stock, or get on a waiting list for something that is out of stock with no idea when resupply is. With one option, you have a rifle. The other, no rifle. It's really pretty simple. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:39:56 PM EDT
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:39:58 PM EDT
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I always see price gouging at the gun show loophole.
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:41:17 PM EDT
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A friend told me today his LGS was selling M&P 15 sports for $1,300. That isn't price gouging? My LGS is still selling them for $649................if they had any left. And that's what happens when demand outpaces supply and no price adjustments are made. That's too much money, I deserve a free AR just like my free phone. Will my EBT card buy overpriced mags? |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:41:56 PM EDT
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I always see price gouging at the gun show loophole. I only accept gouging if I get more thrusts per squeeze. |
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Posted: 12/17/2012 1:44:37 PM EDT
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My favorite line is "I totally understand and support the free market but..." and then contradict themselves in the same sentence by saying "...I will no longer patronize that company and I hope they fail".
R.I.P. America. |
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