Price gouging of ammo on gunbroker

**dlclarkii** · April 1st, 2009, 09:15 PM

I paid $20 some dollars for this box of ammo at Walmarts a few weeks ago and look at how much it's going for, 4 bids and currently at $57!

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=126163156

Or this one, $100 for 100 rounds of 380 ACP?!? That's a $1 per round!

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/Vie...Item=125890828

I've always said I wish I bought a Cuda or some other rare muscle car when they were brand new in the 70s for couple thousand dollars, I'd be a millionaire right now, well I wish I bought a semi load of ammo last year, I'd be rich right now!

**jmiro** · April 1st, 2009, 09:49 PM

You are looking at one of the many reasons that we are unable to get the ammo we want now. Gunbroker has turned into ebay. In that I mean people will now buy stuff on there used for more than they could get it new.

**thelemite** · April 1st, 2009, 10:04 PM

Good for them. If anyone is stupid enough to pay those prices, they deserve it. P.T. Barnum economics at its best.

**Decholder** · April 1st, 2009, 10:37 PM

Speaking of ebay, I recently saw a used galco shoulder harness go for $30 bucks over retail! I was kind of hoping to catch that one, but once it got within 20 bucks of retail.....well I decided that the other guys could keep wasting their money.

**jmiro** · April 2nd, 2009, 06:18 AM

The one board I was on had a thread "cant miss ebay deals". For that board it was a pretty epic thread. People would post up stuff that people were paying an arm and leg above cost on ebay. Gunbroker is getting the same way. It is a fade.

**MikeB0** · April 2nd, 2009, 07:18 AM

Not surprising at all. I've always found gunbroker to be on the high side for most pricing. Almost any gun I've looked at, unless it was extremely difficult to find, I can get a better price locally.

**SlimShady** · April 2nd, 2009, 07:44 AM

It's not just gunbroker.........check out the classifieds section here on almost any given day and you'll see plenty of outrageous price requests.......same with AR15.com. People are out to make a buck as quickly as they can. I say more power to them, someone will be dumb enough to pay, just wont be me. I keep a list of names that post stuff like that so that when I have something for sale I can give them the same treatment.

**spratman** · April 2nd, 2009, 12:40 PM

Gun owners are just like any other owners. I'm trying to sell some high end scuba equipment. Everyone thinks if they don't own it, it is way over-priced. If they own it, it's pristine and worth twice the market.

Don't buy it and let them eat it. Some will always find suckers to pay their price.