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anygunanywhere wrote:

dawgfishboy wrote:

Abraham wrote:03Lightningrocks,

You, me, a few others on this thread have done what they can to point out how the free enterprise systems works - beyond that, there's little more we can do...

You're not educating anyone...the people reporting these profiteers are.

I don't think anyone is saying what they are doing is illegal, just unethical.

Ethics has nothing to do with it. How can you say this is unethical?

Lightningrocks and Abe got it right.

Anygunanywhere

If CTD canceled pending backorders (a transaction that was agreed upon by seller and purchaser for a given amount at a future time) to allow CTD to increase prices, as alleged by others in this thread, I would say that's unethical. If they did it to adjust for the increase costs passed on by their suppliers, that's a matter of business as the conditions of the transaction changed. If the price increases were just conducted on future orders, that's neither illegal nor unethical -- but a good way to turn off loyal customers. Consumers are loyal to certain businesses because they expect reasonable consideration in return; that is to say, a loyal customer expects a certain margin of profit to be made off an order, but not anything like the ratios we have seen with Pmags, etc. Even if legal and ethical, I choose not to support businesses which overnight quadrupled (or more) their profit margins on firearm related products, regardless of whether the market would sustain such pricing.

pbwalker wrote:

jmra wrote:

Zoo wrote:How about the Texas government? They charge two or three times what some states do for a CHL. That's as bad as selling a basic AR for $2500.

That argument is getting old. If you don't qualify for any of the discounts it comes out to a little over 50 cents a week. If that is a problem for you good luck buying ammo.

^^^ THIS!

And the State of Texas hasn't changed the CHL fees since Sandy Hook.