Happened to be running errands in Kerrville and listening to the radio and heard a commercial for Young's Jewelers and Guns (lot more firearms than jewelry in the store) saying that they had ammo in stock including 22 caliber. The announcer cautioned "now the ammo prices have gone up... yada, yada."
Since I was very close to the store I stopped in and a young feller asked what he could do for me. Me: do you have any bricks of 22 in stock? clerk: pulling a box of 525 22LR off the shelf, yes we do. It's $250. Me:
"I wouldn't pay $30 for it (and that would be too much) and I spun around and beat a hasty retreat.
What the heck? Maybe the advert was designed to pull shoppers into the store knowing fully well nobody in their right mind would pay fifty cents a round for 22 ammo. If indeed that was the plan, shame on them
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. I'm a firm believer in a free market setting prices of goods and services. I was really annoyed (okay, I was way beyond annoyed) about the radio ad advertising they had 22 ammo but "the prices have gone up." True, but misleading IMO.