Fleet Farm Sporting Rifle Mag Policy

[Dave Timm]

Hey Guys,

First, please let me say again that we really appreciate all of the support you have given our stores and rifle brand, Huldra Arms. Due to the recent situation, some have taken advantage of Fleet Farm's pricing and inventory. We strive to keep our prices competitive and it is our goal NOT TO RAISE prices on items we can control. Here is our stated position that we feel will allow us NOT to increase prices, but will fend off those that are inclined to take advantage of a bad situation.

“It is with regret that due to our inventories getting wiped out by individuals that are reselling these items at wildly inflated prices, we must announce this temporary measure: Mills Fleet Farm is limiting purchases of Sporting Rifles with detachable magazines to one of each rifle model per customer. We are also reserving magazine sales of up to 4 to those customers that have bought a rifle that is compatible with that magazine on that day. This measure is necessary to keep our prices low and our inventories available to our customers.”

This policy is temporary, until this get back to normal. Again it is our goal, NOT to raise prices. Recently, we have gotten some late night calls from our suppliers advising us that our cost to replace inventory is increasing. Due to these circumstances, some prices on products had to reflect the increased cost to us to replenish inventory. We have NOT raised the prices of any Huldra's, if our component manufacturers, JP VLTOR Magpul etc, advise us that prices are increasing then we may have to but it is not something we want to do or take lightly.

What has caused this was people coming to our stores, wiping us out of Pmags for example and then putting them on ebay for triple the price, or local stores using us as they new "supplier." We want to have products available for our customers who come and buy a rifle, for us to be able to offer them extra magazines as well.

Again, we greatly appreciate your support. If someone recently bought a Huldra and wants to buy some mags shoot me a PM or email and I'd be happy to see if I can help out.

Thanks again and we hope you are enjoying the holidays!
Dave

[The Lance]

edit: After reading it clearly I'm not sure what to think.
But in a way it kind of makes sense.


How about ammo stock? Any idea when ammo is gonna be restocked?

[Holland&Holland]

Am I reading this right though that unless you buy a rifle you will not be able to purchase any magazines?

[Dave Timm]

Am I reading this right though that unless you buy a rifle you will not be able to purchase any magazines?

Correct, until we get more mags in we are restricting sporting rifle mags to customers who buy rifles. Again this is temporary until inventory returns. We are expecting replenishing with orders, however based on levels and what is filled or not will depend on this policy and its expiration. Our goal is to keep our prices the same and still have product for the customer who buys a rifle and wants some mags.

This is only a temporary policy, its just really unfortunate some individuals and local gun shops have chosen to take advantage of Fleet Farm, and its customers, by taking all our inventory and turning for a huge profit. I'm all for capitalism, but first I'm for taking care of our customers. It makes me sick to see what other retailers and people are selling stuff for.

Thanks,
Dave

[plink]

Crappy situation. Understandable response. When supplies recover a bit, a small buy limit would be much preferable over none.

[TommyMN]

You've impressed me. I like your stance on these people taking advantage.

[shooter115]

No problem here what-so-ever Dave, I've got plenty of mags to get me by. I'm actually hoping all major retailers start putting rations like one or two magazines per sale until things settle down. These folks completely buying out major retailers and rushing over to GB or fleabay and selling things for 5 times retail are just hurting us (the consumers) in the long run and creating artificial inflation. Same goes for ammo as far as I'm concerned.

[TommyMN]

No problem here what-so-ever Dave, I've got plenty of mags to get me by. I'm actually hoping all major retailers start putting rations like one or two magazines per sale until things settle down. These folks completely buying out major retailers and rushing over to GB or fleabay and selling things for 5 times retail are just hurting us (the consumers) in the long run and creating artificial inflation. Same goes for ammo as far as I'm concerned.

I've been bitching for days. Nobody cares much around here.

[user293]

the whole situation is a bummer for folks like me and my buddy. i just completed my ar build and he snagged a sig 516 before the chaos. i got one 20rd pmag(ones enough but...) and now i dont think ill see another, and now i cant find ammo. my friend needed to drop 40 bucks on a mag just to be able to feed the sig and he has been feeding it steel cased cause thats all he can find, and it aint much! i wanted to find some bulk 5.56 to run through my ar, and have a little supply but with this hoarding ****, i wont be able to find anything. pain in the ass

[TommyMN]

the whole situation is a bummer for folks like me and my buddy. i just completed my ar build and he snagged a sig 516 before the chaos. i got one 20rd pmag(ones enough but...) and now i dont think ill see another, and now i cant find ammo. my friend needed to drop 40 bucks on a mag just to be able to feed the sig and he has been feeding it steel cased cause thats all he can find, and it aint much! i wanted to find some bulk 5.56 to run through my ar, and have a little supply but with this hoarding ****, i wont be able to find anything. pain in the ass

Didn't even use the full quote?

[shooter115]

No problem here what-so-ever Dave, I've got plenty of mags to get me by. I'm actually hoping all major retailers start putting rations like one or two magazines per sale until things settle down. These folks completely buying out major retailers and rushing over to GB or fleabay and selling things for 5 times retail are just hurting us (the consumers) in the long run and creating artificial inflation. Same goes for ammo as far as I'm concerned.

I've been bitching for days. Nobody cares much around here.

If you wanted to look through my posts you'll see that I don't approve. I just don't waste much time bitching

[45Badger]

Solid call Dave!

Question for the rest of you- Would you like some cheese with all that Whine? Do you really need someone to protect you from the big bad, scary hustlers out there who bought up all the magazines and ARs before your panic button went off? Are any of you over the age of 22? If so, you might remember the blind stupid panic that happened from November 2008 through maybe March of 2009. And then it all settled down. I know some of you were in diapers for the 1994-2004 ban period, but there's no excuse for not remembering what happened four years ago.

If you remembered and took no action to protect yourself in case of future supply shocks- shame on you for such short sightedness and stupidity.
If you didn't remember, stop drinking so much, ease up on the bong hits, and see above comments on stupidity.

The solution to your problems- time. It will all come down again in a relatively reasonable time. Really.

[xd ED]

Seems like a good plan to protect the store from a reputation of getting wiped out, which only discourages customers at large from shopping. And it might help cool things off without a dearth of supplies, or a big price jump on the back side.

[xd ED]

Solid call Dave!

Question for the rest of you- Would you like some cheese with all that Whine? Do you really need someone to protect you from the big bad, scary hustlers out there who bought up all the magazines and ARs before your panic button went off? Are any of you over the age of 22? If so, you might remember the blind stupid panic that happened from November 2008 through maybe March of 2009. And then it all settled down. I know some of you were in diapers for the 1994-2004 ban period, but there's no excuse for not remembering what happened four years ago.

If you remembered and took no action to protect yourself in case of future supply shocks- shame on you for such short sightedness and stupidity.
If you didn't remember, stop drinking so much, ease up on the bong hits, and see above comments on stupidity.

The solution to your problems- time. It will all come down again in a relatively reasonable time. Really.

Yep.
Anyone who didn't see this happening at some point after November, particularrly in view of the election results hasn't been paying attention.

[infidel]

Thanks Dave and Fleet Farm. Reasonable measures you have taken. The market does correct itself.