Cheaper Than Dirt - Suspends Online Firearm Sales Immediately

[printcraft]

Read the "fine print"

Note: Magpul has recently released the Gen 3 M3 Magazine. The magazines listed on this page are Gen 2 PMAGs with the dust covers. The M3 magazines will have a different part number when we receive them.


They are merely pricing them out of stock. Meaning intentionally raising the price so nobody will buy them and they can stock the newer/later/greater model or whatever. It's common practice in businesses actually. Some of my employers' vendors do the same thing with certain components and I know M&A Parts does it too.

Is Ruger replacing the BX-25 magazine with a new model too?

Ruger BX-25 10/22 Magazine .22 LR 25 Round Metal Feed Lips Factory Polymer Black

 

[Caleb]

what going on?

 

[printcraft]

Better yet - how about a Surefire 100 rd. magazine.

Midway - $123.50
Surefire Mag AR-15 223 Remington 100-Round Aluminum Matte

CTD - $289.97
SureFire 100 Round High Capacity Magazine, 5.56 NATO / .223 Rem., Mil-Spec Hard Anodized Aluminum, M4, M16 and AR15

Same magazine. No price gouging going on here!!

DIRT - It's expensive.

 

[TopDog]

Wow this is crazy...

The dumb thing is that it seems some of these retailers are making these rash changes w/o thinking about the future implications it might have on their business. Yeah it's "nice" to fit in with the puplic wishes, but say we make it through to January just to find out that "firearms" in general are still kosher to own. I can imagine that for a lot more buyers than just myself, that I'd prefer to buy from a retailer that stood behind their products (and their intention of selling them).

Kudo's to Dicks/CTD if they hurt their own profits by stunts like this.

Don't worry greed is always king.

If Jan rolls around and guns are kosher CTD will just put guns back up for sale at inflated prices but less than a LGS and like magic it will be money hand over fist once again. Most buyers will continue to get the best deal they can. And fear mongering, even if as stated guns are kosher, will keep prices up and rising.

 

[HoughMade]

Here I go being the odd-man-out again, but I'm going to reserve judgment. It could be that they really are "reviewing their policies" and want to make sure that their policies are as legally sound as they can make them. Seems like a decent time to do that. If they do not return to selling guns, fine, bash them all you wish, but I'll wait and see.

 

[the1kidd03]

Better yet - how about a Surefire 100 rd. magazine.

Midway - $123.50
Surefire Mag AR-15 223 Remington 100-Round Aluminum Matte

CTD - $289.97
SureFire 100 Round High Capacity Magazine, 5.56 NATO / .223 Rem., Mil-Spec Hard Anodized Aluminum, M4, M16 and AR15

Same magazine. No price gouging going on here!!

DIRT - It's expensive.

wow


That's what I get for giving someone the benefit of a doubt

 

[cwagner1]

All of this is just insane.

 

[netsecurity]

I know where I'll never shop again.

 

[IncendiaryGunner]

The ironic part is their name...

 

[jimmytj]

The ironic part is their name...

--Depends on which "dirt" you're talking about. Do you have any idea how much land sells for in Manhattan? :-)

 

[T.Lex]

This is pure capitalism.

The sense that people will pay more in the (near?) future for this stuff, for a variety of reasons. So, they up the prices NOW, forecasting what they will be worth later.

As for the guns, that's a bit stranger. To me, it would make sense if they inflated the prices, but to completely take them off? It means they may not be able to tell how much more expensive they will be. At some point, there's a break point - how much money will you accept now, as opposed to the speculation as to what it will be worth.

That number must be pretty high for them.

 

[jbrich]

They have lost me as a customer for good. Price gouging is absolutely ridiculous.

 

[SmokinSigs357]

They have lost me as a customer for good. Price gouging is absolutely ridiculous.

+1

 

[shibumiseeker]

Here I go being the odd-man-out again, but I'm going to reserve judgment. It could be that they really are "reviewing their policies" and want to make sure that their policies are as legally sound as they can make them. Seems like a decent time to do that. If they do not return to selling guns, fine, bash them all you wish, but I'll wait and see.

They have a long and colorful history of sleazy business practices, no judgement reserve needed, this is just another example of how they do business.

I predict that better than 50% of the people who post in this thread saying they will never buy from them again will buy something from them within the next year.

 

[teddy12b]

I really haven't bought much of anything from them in the last several years so much to the point where they've pretty much fallen off of my radar. I remember back in the day (over 10 years ago) they really were cheaper than dirt and I bought tons of ammo and everything else from them. Now I just look at what they've become and I feel sorry for what they could have been.

 

[KW730]

If you refresh their facebook page they're losing 100 likes every minute, as they should.

 

[Yukon622]

Never again will I buy from CTD. I hope enough people realize how ridiculous this is and they go out of business.

 

[JettaKnight]

what going on?

Price gouging - pure and simple. Plus, trying to hide all their "evil online gun sales".

 

[jgreiner]

Cheaper Than Dirt suspends Gun sales

From their Facebook page:

Cheaper Than Dirt! is suspending online sales of firearms effective immediately. We are reviewing our policy internally, and will continue to be the leader in the outdoor industry with our full line of gear and accessories.

 

[TheWabbit]

This is probably one of the dumbest marketing moves I've seen in a LONG time.