Re: Investing in Ammo....wise?
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: melloyello</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Evolution 9</div><div class="ubbcode-body">TXBRASS,
For the last couple years, every time I went to the grocery store, I'd pick up a box of 9mm for $10 or a brick of .22 for $15.
I wasn't hurting anybody's ability to get ammo. Most guys were buying fake boobs for their girl or a new boat, and weren't interested in ammo -- The shelves were full.
In the last month I've sold all that ammo on the evil GB auction site for tripple (9mm) and quadruple (.22) what I paid.
When all this crap dies down, I will put all that money right back into ammo and do this all over again the next time, so every time there is a panic, I'll start with 3X more ammo than I had the last time.
By buying <span style="text-decoration: underline">when things are normal</span> and selling when there is a panic, I am part of the <span style="font-weight: bold">solution</span> to the supply/demand problem, and I get well paid to be part of that solution. If that bothers anybody, they simply don't know how to think.
I have no problem with you buying now through a special connection, but be aware that you won't have the same claim to being part of the solution because you waited to buy till everyone else did. I'm not saying it's a bad thing, but you would be viewed as part of the "problem" in that case.
In answer to the title of the thread, YES, investing in ammo is wise. I might not make it my biggest investment, but you certainly won't regret buying some extra here and there.
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You are not the solution. You can keep telling yourself that if you want but you are part of the problem. But, I don't blame you as much as the idiots that are paying the high prices for it. Of course there is profit to be made and it would be so easy but I just don't see it as an ethical choice to profit off a fellow shooter. Every democrat out there wants to attack guns, magazines and ammo and here we are taking advantage of one another. It just doesn't make any sense. If we can't help our fellow shooter then why not just join the other side? </div></div>
Yes, liberal F-tards caused the buying panic, but the reason prices are high is because <span style="font-weight: bold">demand</span> is higher than <span style="font-weight: bold">supply</span>. I am increasing the supply which lowers prices and fills demand. That's a mathematical and economic equation that can't be argued with.
Could I do the same thing and make zero profit? Sure, but there's no incentive for me to do that when I could be buying fake boobs an boats like many guys did while I was buying ammo. That's also an economic rule (people do what they have incentive to do).
Additionally, if I made zero "profit" I could only afford to increase the supply by the same amount next time there is a panic. Since I sold the ammo for 3-4 times what I paid, next time I'll increase the supply by 3-4 times as much.
Speaking of incentive, If all of us guys that think past next week and are prepared are willing to sell all our ammo for what we paid during normal times, that gives the morons who don't prepare for anything no incentive to be prepared, thus exacerbating the supply/demand problem.
Our freedoms will continue to be attacked until they are gone. Anyone who does not maintain a significant stock of ammunition for their guns lacks an ounce of foresight, and deserves to pay through the nose for not doing their part to secure our freedoms. Yes, I will happily make a fellow shooter pay for not pulling their weight.
It's a <span style="font-weight: bold">win, win, win</span>. The moron learns a lesson, I end up with more ammo, and there is more supply next time there is unusually high demand.
Would you prefer I bought fake boobs and boats and that ammo wasn't available <span style="font-weight: bold">at any price</span> next time?
