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IM GREEDY!!!
kyplumber
Member Posts: 11,111
Went to a local gun store yesterday, they had 6000 rounds of 7.62x39 I intended to buy them all... I asked the guy an old powder puff lookin fella how much for all 6000 rounds; He almost choked and said he only wanted to sell individual boxes @ 2.99 a box of 20 rds....
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So what's the problem- pay him $897 and take your 6000 rounds.
He was trying to rip me off... i think it might have even been 3.99 a box... anyways I'll never patronize that store again! I will order ammo online.
yes...I agree...trying to buy 6000 rds of ammo ( a dealers entire stock) is greed...Nice spot[:0]
Great post! you shouldve had your post count increase by 10 for that one!
Anyways the man makes a living SELLING THINGS i was trying to BUY! Its not a problem I will take my business and my money elsewhere...
Hell I might even buy that westpoint 1911 off of ya... since I have 12 grand to toy with..
Ive said it a million times but Ill continue to say it...
BUY AMMO!!!!!!
Christ I get tired of people yapping about "greed" when they have ZERO clues about what "greed" really is!
Either open your own store, or shut up and let the guy sell HIS STUFF HOW HE WANTS!
Merc
So open your own gun store and sell what YOU want, if you have all the answers.
Christ I get tired of people yapping about "greed" when they have ZERO clues about what "greed" really is!
Either open your own store, or shut up and let the guy sell HIS STUFF HOW HE WANTS!
Merc
I should get an ffl... but I could never play their game..
thanks albert E
local sellers cannot compete in volume with the big online outlets. The online guys save a bundle when they themselves buy in huge quantities from the factory and also have such a large volume that they can make large profits on a small profit margin. The smaller stores naturally have to increase profit margin if they are to make enough to be a worthwhile enterprise, since their volume is much smaller.
Currently there are two kinds of 7.62x39 buyers. Those who get in line at Sportman's or elsewhere for a month or two like everyone else and pay only $100/1000rds delivered and those who want what they want when they want it and then blame any delay of immediate gratification on the greed of others. I'd say the gun store guy has more like you coming in than not, else he wouldn't be selling 7.62x39 for $3.99 a box.
yeah yeah yeah... ok maybe Im going a little hard on the guy..
but damnit...
uh ok so IM THE GREEDY ONE HAHAHAHAHA
heh..
I wanted em... He couldve at least sold me 1000 rounds...
I wanted em... He couldve at least sold me 1000 rounds...
He would have, at $2.99 - $3.99 per box of 20.
There are valid reasons to have a few hundred rounds, maybe a few thousand rounds, but come on! SIX THOUSAND ROUNDS! That's enough for 60 men to skirmish.
When you start dusting the enemy, don't you reckon he'll have guns and ammo you can claim? Maybe even some good boots and gold teeth. Don't be adverse to taking the stuff, the dead don't mind much, or at least they won't say anything.
If you have to pack up and leave, the logistics of moving your large ammo dump takes time and transport.
If you want to stockpile something, try food. Dog food is cool. Several hundred pounds for not a lot of money. Good nutrition and stores easily. 300 pounds or so in a 55 gallon drum.
Unless you are feeding belted automatic weapons, a thousand rounds will last a long time. Long enough for you to aquire other weapons and ammo, or get killed, so really, storing massive amounts of ammo is an exercise in futility.
NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
6,000 rounds and only one magazine. [:D] [:p] [:D] [:p] [:D] [:p] [:D] [8D]
lmao [:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
If you enjoy watching a pile of ammo that does nothing and have the cash to blow, go for it.
There are valid reasons to have a few hundred rounds, maybe a few thousand rounds, but come on! SIX THOUSAND ROUNDS! That's enough for 60 men to skirmish.
When you start dusting the enemy, don't you reckon he'll have guns and ammo you can claim? Maybe even some good boots and gold teeth. Don't be adverse to taking the stuff, the dead don't mind much, or at least they won't say anything.
If you have to pack up and leave, the logistics of moving your large ammo dump takes time and transport.
If you want to stockpile something, try food. Dog food is cool. Several hundred pounds for not a lot of money. Good nutrition and stores easily. 300 pounds or so in a 55 gallon drum.
Unless you are feeding belted automatic weapons, a thousand rounds will last a long time. Long enough for you to aquire other weapons and ammo, or get killed, so really, storing massive amounts of ammo is an exercise in futility.
The situation could be even worse. You are shooting an AK and that makes you a criminal. If you've got 6000 rounds of ammo you are going to be a target for not only other criminals carrying AKs but you will also be viewed as a threat by the occupation forces.
The end of the world is going to be rough on the toilets, you're better off trading your skills as a plumber for a loaf of bread and a couple filets of cat loin.
Can't read the rule book, or is coloring within the lines beyond your ken?
People don't understand sometimes, you have to keep ammo in stock to be able to sell the guns, and to have someone come in and not be able to buy A BOX of shells just sends them to another store...sometimes NEVER coming back. Lugging cases and cases of ammo just to make ten dollars gets a little silly.
5.56
7.62x 39
7.62x54
308
3006
7mm mag
284
300 win mag
300wthby mag
375 win
348 win
22 long
22mag
22 250
22 hornet
218 bee
22 short
32-40
25-20-
30-03
30-30
25-35
44-40
38-40
33 win
35 win
45-70
410
28ga
20ga
20ga mag
16tga
12 ga
12 ga mag
32 colt
38
9mm
9mm luger
10mm
40
41 mag
44 special
44mag
44 colt
45lc
45 acp
45 win mag
480,000 rds.....please don't tell me I need that much for each individual firearm if each shell weighed one ounce average I would need a semi trailer to haul it all... 30k lbs
10k rds for ever caliber I own.
5.56
7.62x 39
7.62x54
308
3006
7mm mag
284
300 win mag
300wthby mag
375 win
348 win
22 long
22mag
22 250
22 hornet
218 bee
22 short
32-40
25-20-
30-03
30-30
25-35
44-40
38-40
33 win
35 win
45-70
410
28ga
20ga
20ga mag
16tga
12 ga
12 ga mag
32 colt
38
9mm
9mm luger
10mm
40
41 mag
44 special
44mag
44 colt
45lc
45 acp
45 win mag
480,000 rds.....please don't tell me I need that much for each individual firearm if each shell weighed one ounce average I would need a semi trailer to haul it all... 30k lbs
Now I don't have that many different calibers.
I have:
22lr
.223
9mm
7.62x39
7.62x54
380
45acp
12gauge
30-30
And in black powder muzzle loader:
45
50
So I would only need a pick-up to haul mine.
Jeez, I am thinking when we lose our gun rights on a national basis you will be one of the ones screaming the loudest about "why didn't somebody do something to save my gun rights?"
Perhaps you ought to save your judgement of peoples character till the SHTF... Upon that day...please feel free to hurl invectives at EVERYBODY that lines up to turn in their guns...and neighbors.[:D]
SOME of us believe that ammo is more important then supporting mealy-mouthed politicians...and that is what the leaders of NRA have become.
Perhaps you ought to save your judgement of peoples character till the SHTF... Upon that day...please feel free to hurl invectives at EVERYBODY that lines up to turn in their guns...and neighbors.[:D]
Highball, you are a unique case in that in the distant past you jumped in and shouldered the load and fought the gunrights fight. And now you have finally dispared of that fight working. But others here have conveniently skipped the heavy lifting part and went directly to the cheap and easy part of saying that their spending a little time, money and effort to support even one of the national pro-gun rights organizations is not worth their attention. They are simply to good to contribute anything to the on-going anti/pro-gun rights battles. I guess they think the gun rights they still have, despite intense and constant anti-gun pressure, were maintained simply because they spend money to buy guns and ammo and somehow, someway their spending helps save their gun rights.
Only an idiot would claim that there is not a nationwide, powerful, organized and effective anti-gun rights crowd working everyday to take away your guns. Yet in spite of all that pressure we still have gun rights. What/Who exactly has saved those remaining gun rights for us? Can anyone deny that whenever organized force wants to alter your life against your will, usually the only thing that will save you is to have a counter force/threat of force on your side? On a national level the average citizen does not have enough clout to do one damn thing by himself. The only way the average citizen can get clout is to band together with millions of other citizens that share his goals. One way to band together is to join and support one of the few national gun rights organizations.
For anyone to come back to me simply by stating how much they dislike a particular one of the pro-gun rights organizations is just a cheap excuse. If you don't like the NRA for example, then quite being so tight and cheap and join up with the GOA, SAF, JPFO, CCRKBA, etc. Otherwise you are just a free-loader. Or if you are so convinced that none of those organizations are effective in saving your gun rights then please tell me exactly who it is that has been saving your rights.
"Who has been saving my gun rights..?"
That, friend, is the main disagreement between us.
We no longer have Rights...let alone Gun Rights.
So the answer is...NOBODY has been saving my Rights.That fight we LOST many years ago...today you are arguing about the extent of your priviliges.
I made the decision that I would no longer pretend that black was white..or that wrong is right.
And except for you, why won't other gun owners support "whoever/whatever" HAS stood in their way?
The difference is what made America great.
1968;
A sweeping gun control law passed...and some few of us took it personally. No amount of letter writting, calls,political pressure made any difference.
One of the things that absolutely astonished me was the indifference of the average gun person...sort of a collective yawn. Not one thing we said or did moved these people...the general attitude being.."So What"...I did not understand it then...not sure I do today. In my uglier moods...I think the average male in America is a flaming coward.
As to the "WHY we still possess guns"...I do think that the NRA has had something to do with that.
I believe that they keep their finger on the pulse of the American gun owner...and judge exactly how much gun control Joe Doaks will accept today. This information is passed on to the politicians..and they restrict some more...just short of open rebellion of a small minority of gun owners. Small in numbers...but capable of tearing their corrupt house down...Without the NRA...that gun ban would have long since passed...and we would have found out if we the people of America still deserve freedom...
The NRA merely is slowing down gun control. That is not a good thing.
Your Republican president and Republican Senate and Republican House...has done NOTHING for Gun Rights...Please don't throw Unconstitutional laws passed protecting some businesses or some more privileges passed as proof I am wrong about this.
quote:Originally posted by scottm21166
10k rds for ever caliber I own.
5.56
7.62x 39
7.62x54
308
3006
7mm mag
284
300 win mag
300wthby mag
375 win
348 win
22 long
22mag
22 250
22 hornet
218 bee
22 short
32-40
25-20-
30-03
30-30
25-35
44-40
38-40
33 win
35 win
45-70
410
28ga
20ga
20ga mag
16tga
12 ga
12 ga mag
32 colt
38
9mm
9mm luger
10mm
40
41 mag
44 special
44mag
44 colt
45lc
45 acp
45 win mag
480,000 rds.....please don't tell me I need that much for each individual firearm if each shell weighed one ounce average I would need a semi trailer to haul it all... 30k lbs
Now I don't have that many different calibers.
I have:
22lr
.223
9mm
7.62x39
7.62x54
380
45acp
12gauge
30-30
And in black powder muzzle loader:
45
50
So I would only need a pick-up to haul mine.
Are you related to gunzforever? I call BS. Show pics of all these guns and it might be believable...[:p]
On some subjects your logic/insight is air tight. I'm enjoying Canadian Club this evening and I wish you were here so that I could pour you a double!
You can call BS all you want. I have 10 rifles and 3 pistols. thats after the 4 I just recently bought here on GB. I used to have alot more but my EX pawned the things and I lost them. (she was feeding a drug habbit that I knew nothing about untill it was to late.) Reallt ticked me off that I lost them because most of the ones I lost were my grandfathers guns and were worth alot of money. Most of what I have now are ones I got cheep and were good deals.
I won't speak for scott, but I for one believe him. In fact with what he has listed there I have friends that may make what he has there seem like childs play. One day I hope to be built up to having a collection like that myself.
I buy my guns for fun and for investment. (although I do shoot everything I own). And I will pass these on to my kids when the time comes.
"Jarring"...is a term I use to describe my 'rhetoric'. I don't use flowerety terms to discuss issues. Many people find that offensive...
My opinions are often difficult to get across ..takes lots of words to do so. I type with two fingers..never learned how..so 'brief' is a holy grail for me.
'Brief' often times does not get acros that which I wish to...
That Canadian you mentioned is often "part of a fine evening" for me...and I would be indeed honored to drink said double !!
quote:Originally posted by p3skyking
If you enjoy watching a pile of ammo that does nothing and have the cash to blow, go for it.
There are valid reasons to have a few hundred rounds, maybe a few thousand rounds, but come on! SIX THOUSAND ROUNDS! That's enough for 60 men to skirmish.
When you start dusting the enemy, don't you reckon he'll have guns and ammo you can claim? Maybe even some good boots and gold teeth. Don't be adverse to taking the stuff, the dead don't mind much, or at least they won't say anything.
If you have to pack up and leave, the logistics of moving your large ammo dump takes time and transport.
If you want to stockpile something, try food. Dog food is cool. Several hundred pounds for not a lot of money. Good nutrition and stores easily. 300 pounds or so in a 55 gallon drum.
Unless you are feeding belted automatic weapons, a thousand rounds will last a long time. Long enough for you to aquire other weapons and ammo, or get killed, so really, storing massive amounts of ammo is an exercise in futility.
The situation could be even worse. You are shooting an AK and that makes you a criminal. If you've got 6000 rounds of ammo you are going to be a target for not only other criminals carrying AKs but you will also be viewed as a threat by the occupation forces.
The end of the world is going to be rough on the toilets, you're better off trading your skills as a plumber for a loaf of bread and a couple filets of cat loin.
Hey hugh, wtshtf, there will be plenty of AR's for us AK owners to pick up. [}:)]
BY the way DWS do you have that deal available for others as well?
Yup.
Ya! it's a "privilege" when you can sit there and worry about it being taken away from you, it's a "right" when you can tell them to F off! know the difference!
It may be true that our gun "rights" have been taken away and all we are currently left with are "privileges" to own guns. But until we can all work together (what are YOU doing about it?) to get our "rights" back, I will at least be glad we still have gun "privileges" and still own guns; unlike citizens in other countries. And unlike the way the powerful anti-gun crowd in the USA would like to have it.
And BTW, the above situation I just described, as bad as it is, could be a whole he!! of a lot worse. We could have no gun "privileges" and no guns. Somebody/something has been working to see that at least we are still able to own guns. And that somebody/something needs YOUR help. So figure out just what it is that needs your help and start helping.
naa...Im just a BSr....
If that is addressed at me I have no idea what it means. If it is addressed at me, if you are not supporting any pro-gun group(s) why not reveal why. If you are supporting the pro-gun groups, why not mention what you are doing and perhaps encourage others to help save our gun rights.