sproulman

shipping costs are getting terrible. what most do here now in my area is they make a trip to bass pro etc and take orders from as many as possible. i saw bricks of federal 22 cal shells,550 to brick for 9 dollars at wal-mart. i bought 10 bricks. i see a lot of people now buying locally BUT the gun shops are getting wind of this and they are jacking up their prices terrible. just today i was at my friends gunshop. he gets pmc bullets for 12 dollars a box. he charges 25 DOLLARS a box.i said, you nuts and greedy.he said, well, spend the 10 dollars in gas to drive to wal-mart. you know what i did, i did that .i got my shells for 11.20 at wal-mart.its like powerbelts. he has them for 18.95 on his shelf. i got them for 11.69 at wal-mart.i can see making profit but over 200% mark-up is greed.way i look at it, if you cant compete and be fair with your prices, then go out of business because you should not have been in it from beginning.i kknow how hard it is to compete in business, i was there but when i see gunshops GOUGING customers because they dont get business as much, to me is not someone i want to deal with.i would buy you pack of powerbelts but shipping would not make any sense. what you have to do is this.when sale on powerbelts or good price is near you. buy 5 packs.thats only way to come out ahead.some internet stores have FREE shipping on orders over 50 dollars. we get our orders together and all send in as one. thats way to win.