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Keith B wrote:

pcgizzmo wrote:My problem with gun shows is I seldom find a better deal than I can get at a regular gun store. I mainly go just to handle all the guns I might purchase and get ideas. On top of the prices being as high or higher I usually buy with a CC and that adds an additional 3%

I do enjoy the accessories and other side attractions.

Glad you found a good deal on a shotgun though.

It sometimes depends on what you are looking for. One of the issues is some manufacturers are placing fixed prices on vendors and they can't sell them any cheaper than that price. A good example is Glock. They have what is called MAP (Minimum Advertised Price) pricing, and the major sellers at the shows (Bachman, S.A.W.'s, Gun Zone, etc.) are all forced to keep that price at the shows. Glock actually black-listed them a while back, and they were not even allowed to buy from Glock until they worked out a deal with them.

Now, why Glock thinks the gun show is advertising, I don't know, but apparently they do and that was the whole issue with why the vendors got black-listed because they were selling them cheaper than MAP at the shows.