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60 boxes three hours :(
mogley98
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I missed out, went by Wally's and found out they got 60 boxes 9mm in and sold them all even with the 6 box per customer limit in three hours. I guess if every customer maxed out 6 that was only ten people.
I called my guy at the Wally closer to the house, get this he said "I'm showing that we are receiving THREE (3) BOXES OF 9MM tonight" What??!! three boxes are you pooping me? One store gets 60 and one gets 3? I have to wonder if it is sales volume or the guy ordering the same as back in the day? I reckon before long when people buy a new gun and can not get ammo for it without paying the ridiculous mark ups gun sales should slow down.
I called my guy at the Wally closer to the house, get this he said "I'm showing that we are receiving THREE (3) BOXES OF 9MM tonight" What??!! three boxes are you pooping me? One store gets 60 and one gets 3? I have to wonder if it is sales volume or the guy ordering the same as back in the day? I reckon before long when people buy a new gun and can not get ammo for it without paying the ridiculous mark ups gun sales should slow down.
Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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I fail to understand why everyone is in panic buying mode? Someone is constricting the supply to keep prices high and I suspect the manufacturers. Just break out the reloader and load your own for awhile.
Even with the high demand, Wally World isn't overcharging customers ... a couple weeks ago I bought 20 boxes of 9mm Blazer Brass for $8.96 each.
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
I fail to understand why everyone is in panic buying mode? Someone is constricting the supply to keep prices high and I suspect the manufacturers. Just break out the reloader and load your own for awhile.
Would love to but can't get primers.
I missed out, went by Wally's and found out they got 60 boxes 9mm in and sold them all even with the 6 box per customer limit in three hours. I guess if every customer maxed out 6 that was only ten people.
I called my guy at the Wally closer to the house, get this he said "I'm showing that we are receiving THREE (3) BOXES OF 9MM tonight" What??!! three boxes are you pooping me? One store gets 60 and one gets 3? I have to wonder if it is sales volume or the guy ordering the same as back in the day? I reckon before long when people buy a new gun and can not get ammo for it without paying the ridiculous mark ups gun sales should slow down.
Most Walmart suppliers do not ship directly to the store. They ship to a Walmart distribution center (there are 42 of these around the USA). The distribution center, in turn, fills trucks meant to be delivered to individual stores.
The supplier isn't going to partially fill 42 orders when he can completely fill 39 orders, partially fill 1 order, and leave two orders unfilled. While that doesn't seem "fair" the Walmart system means that the supplier gets paid 100% on the 39 orders, gets penalized a little on the 40th order, and gets penalized a lot on the 41st and 42nd order.
So, considering the shortage of ammo to begin with, and the supplier's attempt to fill the orders in order to be paid as much as possible, it is completely plausible that your region's distribution center had a short order and they're trying to "spread the wealth" among their stores.
quote:Originally posted by spanielsells
quote:Originally posted by mogley98
I missed out, went by Wally's and found out they got 60 boxes 9mm in and sold them all even with the 6 box per customer limit in three hours. I guess if every customer maxed out 6 that was only ten people.
I called my guy at the Wally closer to the house, get this he said "I'm showing that we are receiving THREE (3) BOXES OF 9MM tonight" What??!! three boxes are you pooping me? One store gets 60 and one gets 3? I have to wonder if it is sales volume or the guy ordering the same as back in the day? I reckon before long when people buy a new gun and can not get ammo for it without paying the ridiculous mark ups gun sales should slow down.
Most Walmart suppliers do not ship directly to the store. They ship to a Walmart distribution center (there are 42 of these around the USA). The distribution center, in turn, fills trucks meant to be delivered to individual stores.
The supplier isn't going to partially fill 42 orders when he can completely fill 39 orders, partially fill 1 order, and leave two orders unfilled. While that doesn't seem "fair" the Walmart system means that the supplier gets paid 100% on the 39 orders, gets penalized a little on the 40th order, and gets penalized a lot on the 41st and 42nd order.
So, considering the shortage of ammo to begin with, and the supplier's attempt to fill the orders in order to be paid as much as possible, it is completely plausible that your region's distribution center had a short order and they're trying to "spread the wealth" among their stores.
all kinds of them on the auction side
are reloading and shooting supplies still bare shelfed?
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I just bought 11 boxes of .223 rem UMC for 9.47 per box at Wally World. Must have been good timing, and the price I thought was not bad at all.
$9.47 per 20 .223 remingtons is what they're going for at our Wal-Mart, I usually buy all two or three boxes they have left by the time I get out of work lately.
Understood makes sense, only problem is spreading the wealth is not 60 in one store and 3 in another
quote:Originally posted by spanielsells
quote:Originally posted by mogley98
I missed out, went by Wally's and found out they got 60 boxes 9mm in and sold them all even with the 6 box per customer limit in three hours. I guess if every customer maxed out 6 that was only ten people.
I called my guy at the Wally closer to the house, get this he said "I'm showing that we are receiving THREE (3) BOXES OF 9MM tonight" What??!! three boxes are you pooping me? One store gets 60 and one gets 3? I have to wonder if it is sales volume or the guy ordering the same as back in the day? I reckon before long when people buy a new gun and can not get ammo for it without paying the ridiculous mark ups gun sales should slow down.
Most Walmart suppliers do not ship directly to the store. They ship to a Walmart distribution center (there are 42 of these around the USA). The distribution center, in turn, fills trucks meant to be delivered to individual stores.
The supplier isn't going to partially fill 42 orders when he can completely fill 39 orders, partially fill 1 order, and leave two orders unfilled. While that doesn't seem "fair" the Walmart system means that the supplier gets paid 100% on the 39 orders, gets penalized a little on the 40th order, and gets penalized a lot on the 41st and 42nd order.
So, considering the shortage of ammo to begin with, and the supplier's attempt to fill the orders in order to be paid as much as possible, it is completely plausible that your region's distribution center had a short order and they're trying to "spread the wealth" among their stores.
If you consider that one store may have been allocated 60 boxes and then there was only three boxes left, it would go to the next store.
The Walmart distribution system is fairly complex and doesn't always make sense. As a supplier, I can tell you that we scratch our heads trying to figure out what they are going to order from us - and we have access to their daily sales of our products nationwide.
Thanks for the input Spaniel but this particular Wally ALWAYS gets less. I went once and he had 6 boxes of 9 and 6 40S&W while the dorchester rd store had dozens of boxes. That is why assumed it may have been a stocking thing with store volume playing into it.
Can't provide an answer on that... sorry.
The possibility exists that they've got different distribution centers and as such, different procurement managers. Moreover, store managers can override whether a product is traited (reordered) or not.
We're constantly going through the system and talking to our buyer when we find that a store manager has untraited our product. The store managers aren't supposed to go off the planogram.
I fail to understand why everyone is in panic buying mode? Someone is constricting the supply to keep prices high and I suspect the manufacturers. Just break out the reloader and load your own for awhile.
Prices are only high at mom and pop shops. Wal Mart still has the same prices as always.
I am not sure everyone is in full blown panic mode. But I am pretty sure people are just trying to get a little ahead of what they use to keep them going.
Hopefully everyone will be well overstocked and then Ammo co. will catch up and then we can have a huge surplus of ammo and we can see some of the sells from back in the day. $3.99 9mm, $4.99 .38, $6.99 .40 and $7.99 .357mag....
I think it's US (gun owners ) who are continuing the "panic" mentality.
we're so worried we won't be able to shoot that we scarf up every box available.
I'm guilty of doing it, most of us probably are.
now, when i go into the Ace hardware I dont even go near the ammo section (and they have everything except 380).
I have enough to shoot for 6 months now, and it'll all be over soon, Right?[?][B)][xx(]
KIMBERKID,YOUR THE REASON FOR THE EMPTY SHELVES!!!20 BOXES OF 9MM! WHAT DID YOU LEAVE FOR THE NEXT GUY...NOTHING..EMPTY SPACE, WHILE YOUR WALKING OUT THE DOOR WITH ALL THE AMMO UNDER YOUR ARM. IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE IT HARD FOR ME TO EVEN BY 1 BOX OF AMMO.[:(!]
Yeah! Obama is in charge no, you are suposed to share the wealth, not just worry about getting stuff for your self, JERK!
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KIMBERKID,YOUR THE REASON FOR THE EMPTY SHELVES!!!20 BOXES OF 9MM! WHAT DID YOU LEAVE FOR THE NEXT GUY...NOTHING..EMPTY SPACE, WHILE YOUR WALKING OUT THE DOOR WITH ALL THE AMMO UNDER YOUR ARM. IT'S PEOPLE LIKE YOU THAT MAKE IT HARD FOR ME TO EVEN BY 1 BOX OF AMMO.[:(!]
I actually left 3 boxes!
I've never been too into 9mm ... but then Kansas finally repealed the class III ban passed in 1986.
Probably just like you, I stopped in many many times just to find empty shelves ... I was stunned to see any at all, and to find enough ammo for my son and I to shoot all day ... well, what can I say? These guys get hungry!
? otherwise, you'll find an excuse.
Wal Mart still has the same prices as always.
to me...
They seem about double what they were last year at this time.