Let's see...... last time I was there they wanted $750 for Yugo SKSs at a time when they were going for $250 online. When I tried to sell my K31 the jerkoff owner offered $120 because it had import marks. Of course they have import marks they all do. Jerkoff owner says it would be worth more if it was an unmarked one a GI brought back. "Its not a German Mauser" I say
Regardless of what it's called, it is what it is. I can't be expected to pay tons more just to keep the guy in business. I'll pay more within reason, but i have to look out for #1 just as much as he does.
Yep. I stopped going to Davis after trying them out. They don't watch the clock to the number like Davis does.
A sale with low margin is better than no sale with no margin every time. A “fair” price is being somewhere in the ballpark of what other vendors are willing to sell the identical item for. When you are $100’s more, people that know better take their business elsewhere.
You don't need to worry about giving your FFL the tracking numbers. They get their own email from Buds with all of that information, including the customers name and contact information.
My previous answer still stands. The dealer getting twenty bucks isn't going to keep the lights on for a full service brick and mortar store, and I've seen plenty of posts on gun forums over the years where posters think that's what an appropriate profit is for the store. Its fine for us hobbyists FFLs, but as I said, it wont pay the bills for the full time guys.....
There are some that reportedly do, but they aren't being publicly identified so as to not tip off Andy's goons.
The ammo database is not operational so the law isn't valid yet. Penal law 400 states that the background check for ammo must be done 30 days after the background check system is created. The websites that so ship are following the law. The ones that don't ship are not following the law.
Well I'll be danged. It looks like the text itself does plainly say that the restriction on selling to non-dealers without going through the database is entirely conditioned on the database being certified, and there doesn't appear to be any separate restriction on direct sales. So while the MOU didn't mention that it looks like direct shipment of ammo will stay legal under NY law (until our commie legislature fucks that up too). Looks like Bud's has been shipping ammo freely to upstate NY for a while.
While I agree with you, the Cuomo administration said after they put the background check portion on hold that they considered the ban on home shipment of ammo to still be in place
They can say what they want. The law is the law. Also, there is nothing in the law that says that the buyer of ammunition is subject to penalty. It only states penalties to that the seller of ammunition and the penalties are only for sellers of ammunition in New York State since they have no jurisdiction to revoke an out-of-state sellers license.
No sale at all won't pay the bills either. With the additional problem that once your customers figure out that they can get pretty much anything for a lot less online, they don't bother shopping you at all.
The reality is that the legal bean counters ensure that no one wants to be the test case to prove that the verbiage says what it says, and that the online vendor did nothing illegal.
People who expect the local guy to sell at a loss will ensure that there wont be a local guy. Oh, there will always be guys like me who do transfers, but the ability to walk through a door into a full service gun store...yeah, those days will be increasingly numbered if people routinely expect the local B & M to match the prices of an on-line vendor. For the local B & M, a sale that doesn't cover operating costs ends up being a net loss in the long run, and their doors will close. They are not there to run a charity.
And we aren't there to run a welfare service.
Right. The threat of "who will do transfers" is an idle one.
I will say that the threat may NOT be an idle one, depending on where you live in the state.
Charity? I’m not asking for anything for free, just to be in the ballpark of what another vendor is willing to sell me the exact same item for. I don’t need service, I already know what I want. It’s on your shelf already, so I’m not asking you to get one. You can take a thin margin and I’ll likely buy some ammo or something while I’m there, or you can let me walk and get nothing. And next time I won’t give you a shot at my business. Short sighted.
Except that you're trying to compare apples and oranges.
And the B&M guy is asking me to spend $100s more of my money, that I work for, to buy an item someone else will sell me for far less. I don’t expect him to meet the online price, but when it’s not even close, I have to do what I have to do. Again, it’s my money.
And therein lies the problem with on-line vendors essentially selling their stuff at what is the wholesale price.
