L Ross
Well-Known Member
Just imagine the angst of those flipper we were seeing in the last two years pre-Covid at gun shows. Those wonderful Wal-Mart parking lot dwellers that bought up everything in sight just before Madam Secretary was sure to be elected. Then they couldn't get rid of it. Companies were offering rebates. 9m/m at $169.00/1,000, Olin rebating $25.00/1,000 on cases of primers.
The flippers were desperate to unload their wares at bargain prices, and DID! Hardeharharhar! Just think of their tears as they contemplate the money they lost by not holding on until now.
I was at a gun show and helped an older than me fella with brain cancer price his life time stash of reloading supplies at a more fair to him price. He was going to sell 3 buckets of Lino at 25 cents/lb. RCBS Rockchucker at 25 bucks, and on and on. I was right near him and left my stuff covered on my table until we could go through his stuff.
I actually got guff from a couple of the gun show circuit regulars who were circling like sharks for, "Screwing up a chance at a good deal." Just another form of predator as far as I'm concerned.
He was very grateful and insisted on selling me his primers and powder at a very cheap price and I insisted that he try to sell it at a fair price first. For example we priced recent 1 lb. cans of 748 at 16 bucks, primers at $2.00/100 and it did not sell! This was in October of 2019. In the course of the two day show he managed to get 75 for the Rockchucker, 50 for a beautiful Lyman 4 cavity button nose wad cutter mould. He got a guy to take all of the Lino at a buck a pound. Dies went for 10 to 15 bucks a set. He managed to sell the vast majority of his stuff, except for the powder and primers. I guess buyers are leery of the, "second hand status."
At the end when we were packing up he came to me and thanked me again for my help and brought me a 30 caliber ammo can full of primers and all of the powder he had left. He had counted each primer in the partial boxes and marked them with a Sharpy. Same with partial cans of powder. He had weighed each can or bottle and wrote 10 oz., 14 oz. etc. He shot me a price so cheap that I tried to talk him out of it. We politely discussed it and he told me of his medical prognosis in terms of weeks or months. He said his kids had all the guns, none of them reloaded nor had any interest in doing so. He wanted me to have it, so I paid his asking price. As I am slowly using it up, I get a tad emotional thinking about him.
Even more recently, a dear friend who is fully cognizant of current prices, auctions etc. wanted me to help him get rid of his stash, also for medical reasons. He did not want to deal with the tedium of parting it out for the highest bid, but rather did I know anyone deserving of a good deal? I thought about it for more than a month, maybe two. The prospect just made me so sad. Then a couple of my young friends experienced the trauma of not being able to buy ammo for deer season. They expressed and interest in reloading but everywhere they had looked all they saw was, "Out of stock." A match made in heaven! These young shooters now have a load of stuff that nearly filled the 6 1/2' box of my F-150 for an extremely generous price. And we kept it out of the hands of flippers!
The flippers were desperate to unload their wares at bargain prices, and DID! Hardeharharhar! Just think of their tears as they contemplate the money they lost by not holding on until now.
I was at a gun show and helped an older than me fella with brain cancer price his life time stash of reloading supplies at a more fair to him price. He was going to sell 3 buckets of Lino at 25 cents/lb. RCBS Rockchucker at 25 bucks, and on and on. I was right near him and left my stuff covered on my table until we could go through his stuff.
I actually got guff from a couple of the gun show circuit regulars who were circling like sharks for, "Screwing up a chance at a good deal." Just another form of predator as far as I'm concerned.
He was very grateful and insisted on selling me his primers and powder at a very cheap price and I insisted that he try to sell it at a fair price first. For example we priced recent 1 lb. cans of 748 at 16 bucks, primers at $2.00/100 and it did not sell! This was in October of 2019. In the course of the two day show he managed to get 75 for the Rockchucker, 50 for a beautiful Lyman 4 cavity button nose wad cutter mould. He got a guy to take all of the Lino at a buck a pound. Dies went for 10 to 15 bucks a set. He managed to sell the vast majority of his stuff, except for the powder and primers. I guess buyers are leery of the, "second hand status."
At the end when we were packing up he came to me and thanked me again for my help and brought me a 30 caliber ammo can full of primers and all of the powder he had left. He had counted each primer in the partial boxes and marked them with a Sharpy. Same with partial cans of powder. He had weighed each can or bottle and wrote 10 oz., 14 oz. etc. He shot me a price so cheap that I tried to talk him out of it. We politely discussed it and he told me of his medical prognosis in terms of weeks or months. He said his kids had all the guns, none of them reloaded nor had any interest in doing so. He wanted me to have it, so I paid his asking price. As I am slowly using it up, I get a tad emotional thinking about him.
Even more recently, a dear friend who is fully cognizant of current prices, auctions etc. wanted me to help him get rid of his stash, also for medical reasons. He did not want to deal with the tedium of parting it out for the highest bid, but rather did I know anyone deserving of a good deal? I thought about it for more than a month, maybe two. The prospect just made me so sad. Then a couple of my young friends experienced the trauma of not being able to buy ammo for deer season. They expressed and interest in reloading but everywhere they had looked all they saw was, "Out of stock." A match made in heaven! These young shooters now have a load of stuff that nearly filled the 6 1/2' box of my F-150 for an extremely generous price. And we kept it out of the hands of flippers!