A post on another local forum got me thinking? What are reasonable, or community acceptable prices?
In that post the author is offering ammo for sale. He doesn't what specific ammo , and at what prices, just that it is "for sale at reasonable prices for members who need it." After that statement, the post gets fun. He goes on to rant about price gougers and how people take advantage of one another and how he will sell only to those who meet his specific criteria of being a nice person and truly needing some ammo, as judged by him and him alone. Sounds familiar? No? Let me try... "You don't need an AR-15 with a 30 round magazine! I will be the judge of what you really need..."
To be clear, I don't personally care he won't sell to just anyone. I have plenty ammo. The concept just got me curious. I'm sure the authors heart is in the right place, but I think the execution is bad.
Anyway, at the core is the question. What are reasonable prices? What the market will bear, even if that market is artificially inflated like it is now? At some percentage of current market? Like 50%, 75%? What they were in some time in the past, at some arbitrarily picked moment? 2018, 2017, 1999? What would be a spot that most of the community would accept without labeling you a a$$..... price gouger?
In that post the author is offering ammo for sale. He doesn't what specific ammo , and at what prices, just that it is "for sale at reasonable prices for members who need it." After that statement, the post gets fun. He goes on to rant about price gougers and how people take advantage of one another and how he will sell only to those who meet his specific criteria of being a nice person and truly needing some ammo, as judged by him and him alone. Sounds familiar? No? Let me try... "You don't need an AR-15 with a 30 round magazine! I will be the judge of what you really need..."
To be clear, I don't personally care he won't sell to just anyone. I have plenty ammo. The concept just got me curious. I'm sure the authors heart is in the right place, but I think the execution is bad.
Anyway, at the core is the question. What are reasonable prices? What the market will bear, even if that market is artificially inflated like it is now? At some percentage of current market? Like 50%, 75%? What they were in some time in the past, at some arbitrarily picked moment? 2018, 2017, 1999? What would be a spot that most of the community would accept without labeling you a a$$..... price gouger?