Originally Posted by
Mr. Deer Hunter
I worked for a distribution center for Walmart, was the 3rd person that was hired there.
I could tell you stories that would curl your hair.
One of my jobs was to unload shoe trailers. Shoe trailers are JITF - Just in Time freight. They actually have the stickers already applied to the boxes for direct shipment to the stores. The ammo for the stores is all JITF..
When Walmart has their way, they will run all others out of business and then they will raise their prices higher then what the competition sold the same item for a year or two before, when you said it was too much money.
They brain wash everyone into thinking that they are the good guy and that they are only in business to help the little guy out by giving him a good deal.
Only I was a part of management, where I was told everything that went on and I can tell you that if you have a product for sale, Walmart will not sell it unless you can deliver 10,000 of it and unless they can have a multi discount - where they get it cheaper then anyone else. They do not care about quality, just quantity.
I do not deal with chain type store when it comes to the purchase of new firearms. I have 4 gun dealers that gets 90% of all my business. Grice Gun Shop, Bob's Army and Navy, Punxsutawney Feed Mill and Dicks Sporting Goods out of Ohio.
If you buy one Remington Super Mag from Dicks, and the price is $280 and if you buy 3 the price is $250, how much do you think that Walmart pays for 10,000?
Someday, the same people who shops in Walmart is going to have to send to China to get their social security checks.
This post made me laugh. I see you don't buy from Walmart, yet you buy from Dicks which is a huge sporting good chain whom just happens to really overprice stuff just like Gander Mountain. I agree, though, you can often find decent deals on stuff at Dicks especially when they have sales. Their ammo and accessories is what I usually see over priced. Their guns seem decent and everything seems decent when on sale. However, how often do you see gun shops selling for the prices Dicks does? The gun shops here still have a $50-150 markup on most items over Dicks. Then you have to consider that Dicks already has a decent markup over Walmart, and you still are supporting a big chain not a local shop.
As for you working for Walmart, I'm not disputing that. However, I will state that in one area I have several family members and visit fairly often, it's a small town, and Walmart did come in and run quite a few places out of business. However, after that did that Walmart still has the same prices as other Walmarts in similar area's. There prices are no different at that Walmart than the one 50 miles away in the nearest big city. Now I've noticed they are slightly higher on ammo than the area I live in, but I'm literally talking $.50 a box, and they are inline with most other Walmarts I've been to.
A sporting goods shop is now back in the town. The gun shop went out of business (due to other reasons, not walmart), but now a farm supply store has started selling guns and ammo. Yet they sell mostly ammo that you can get at Walmart at a huge markup. They have some stuff you can't get at Walmart, but most of it you can get and at a fraction of the cost.