New high for primers?

[varget204]

For that kind of money,they should wash & wax the Car & Paint Your House

 

[varget204]

A lot of the primers on gun brokers are from GUN DEALERS.

SADLY Some of the Gun Dealers are Screwing the Gun Public,Nothing Wrong w/ a Fair Profit,PRICE GOUGHING, Should be ILLEGAL

 

[CJ6]

SADLY Some of the Gun Dealers are Screwing the Gun Public,Nothing Wrong w/ a Fair Profit,PRICE GOUGHING, Should be ILLEGAL

I will NOT defend the practice of GOUGING, But IF a person puts an item on an auction site and starts the bid at .00 and the bidding ends up at $ 1800.00 for a $125.00 item, it's not the sellers issue it's the bidders.. NOW if a seller puts a $125.00 item up and asks for a starting bid of $1800.00 THAT'S gouging IMHO. You still need someone to PAY that price though and that's they buyers choice.

 

[Link]

I'm sure we all have sold a ''overpriced'' item. Did you gouge? Or what?

 

[The boogalorian]

My brother in law just started retirement and reloading. I passed along all of my start up equipment that I wasn’t using including a press. He has been working on brass prep for the last couple of months. He came for a visit during the holidays and my brother and I sent him home with varget, h4350, rl16, and a few other powders plus 1000 srp and 1000 lrp. He has enough to get started loading his 223, 308 and of course a creedmore. Happy to help him get started. He is a great brother in law.

 

[Trophied]

Hazmat has nothing to do with the shipping rate. It goes into the sellers pocket only.

 

[tmwinds]

Well for $20 bucks he's not shipping Haz. Mat..

It doesn't cost the shipper a penny extra to ship hazmat. Suppliers and shippers will tell you that the hazmat charge is used to offset training cost for their employees. In reality it is pure profit.

 

[Trophied]

There are areas where the Hazmat fee was originally intended to cover some documentation and record keeping requirements. Wandered far off topic again. Sorry. Back to outrageous primer price discussion.

 

[dragman]

I will NOT defend the practice of GOUGING, But IF a person puts an item on an auction site and starts the bid at .00 and the bidding ends up at $ 1800.00 for a $125.00 item, it's not the sellers issue it's the bidders.. NOW if a seller puts a $125.00 item up and asks for a starting bid of $1800.00 THAT'S gouging IMHO. You still need someone to PAY that price though and that's they buyers choice.

This! if it's a penny auction with no reserve it is actual market you can't call someone out for gouging as it's what the price is in the current market as at least two people are willing to pay that price basically.
Funny i never hear people complain about selling Colt Pythons for 3-5K when they only paid a couple hundred for them years ago. IMHO it's the same thing when you look at the open market.

 

[jelenko]

never hear people complain about selling Colt Pythons for 3-5K when they only paid a couple hundred for them years ago.

Ah!

 

[WIB3]

I purchased my reloading components years ago for one purpose,to enjoy the sport of competition. The time spent with my friends at the range has no price tag. I have been collecting Pythons for 35 years and they have no price tag either. Things in this crazy world will settle down and we all will get back to normal.

 

[acloco]

It doesn't cost the shipper a penny extra to ship hazmat. Suppliers and shippers will tell you that the hazmat charge is used to offset training cost for their employees. In reality it is pure profit.

Actually, not correct. Info from UPS website:

Summary (eventscloud.com)

"
49CFR: $575.00/per registrant
49CFR/IATA Combo: $975.00/per registrant"

 

[Scalloper]

A lot of the primers on gun brokers are from GUN DEALERS.

What I cant understand is how they are shipping them.

 

[Thud]

One day some of these guys will get caught. The fine will be huge.

 

[rogn]

Actually, not correct. Info from UPS website:

Summary (eventscloud.com)

"
49CFR: $575.00/per registrant
49CFR/IATA Combo: $975.00/per registrant"

So after recouping the entry fees then its pretty much pure profit.
In the 50 years Ive been receiving supplies I have seen virtually no change in packaging. Powder jugs are stuffed into a shipping as well as primers in their own packaging.
Back when this profit well was first tapped I did all the research possible and at the time, looking for any instance of fires or explosion related to smokeless propellant and primers(1970s, early 80s). Zero at that time w/o the benefit of hazmat expertise.

 

[PopCharlie]

Mountain City Supply has 205m primers for $299.99 per 1000. Ammoseek showing this now.

PopCharlie

 

[Gotem88]

Hmmmmmm.....I just bought 2000 primers from a club member...for $30 per thousand, hand delivered at the month end match. Maybe I should sell them and fund a new 30 BR barrel!

You know if that person has anymore I'm in desperate need for some small pistol primers and powder?

 

[ridgeway]

I was talking to a guy that was at a gun show a couple weeks ago and there was a low life vendor selling packs of 100 primers for $100.

 

[acloco]

So after recouping the entry fees then its pretty much pure profit.
In the 50 years Ive been receiving supplies I have seen virtually no change in packaging. Powder jugs are stuffed into a shipping as well as primers in their own packaging.
Back when this profit well was first tapped I did all the research possible and at the time, looking for any instance of fires or explosion related to smokeless propellant and primers(1970s, early 80s). Zero at that time w/o the benefit of hazmat expertise.

No, they have to recertify, sometimes every year or every two years.

The cost of the class for EACH participant, is actually quite a bit higher.

 

[CT10ring]

Saw an auction end a while ago on Gunbroker completed auctions for 1000 CCI small pistol primers with over 20 bids go for $405.00 plus $20.00 shipping. Guess when you need something ya gotta pay up if you didn't stock up.

Topstrap

I sold 1000 CCI BR4’s to my local chain saw
dealer / employee for $25. hmmm. Felt right.