Was going to buy ammo at Cheaper than Dirt...

[rbrthenderson]

Where I have relocated in Texas is a few miles away from a Cheaper than Dirt retail center. I have been going there looking for a few items including a pistol grip for my shotgun. I had been pretty satisfied with their pricing up until today.

I went in to check out some different guns but specifically looking for a Glock 19. I didn't find one and all the associates were busy, so I walked over the ammo while I waited for one of them to free up.

I was browsing the ammo and got to the 9mm section and about had a heart attack. The cheapest box of 9mm 115 gr FMJ standard ammo was $32. For 50 rounds. They had a box of Remington priced at $44. There was a sign above the ammo that read something like, "We adjust our prices daily to get you the best deal." What kills me the most about it is I know that these are not normal prices because I remember seeing the Federal ammo I use there for $12.99 a box a couple of weeks ago.

I drove to Wal-Mart where I normally buy ammo and they had it for the same price I always get it for. ($10.47 for a box of 50) I bought 600 rounds and left. Just kinda irks me that CTD seems to be price gouging....

 

[Mr.JAG]

Seriously?

They tripled the cost of 9mm ammo?

 

[rbrthenderson]

Seriously?

They tripled the cost of 9mm ammo?

Yep. It was all the boxes. When I first saw it, I thought they were HP or Hydroshoks something like that. Nope, normal FMJ.....

I was really disappointed to see that from a place that I was really beginning to like...

 

[Andre46996]

CTD will never see another penny of mine after what they did during the election gun craze. I am sure they are using the most recent tragedy to rise their prices.

 

[Scutter01]

After they gouged their customers following Obama's election, you're surprised that they're gouging again?

 

[MinuteMan47]

Maybe you should just buy it online then...

Cheaper Than Dirt - America's Ultimate Shooting Sports Discounter

 

[rbrthenderson]

I got into firearms in March of 2010. I had no idea that this was something they have done before. At least I now know to stay away.

I ended up driving to Cabelas and putting a 19 on layaway today. They had it priced at $519.99. Their ammo was at normal prices but I still went to Wal-Mart cause it's cheaper than anywhere I've found.

 

[littletommy]

I tried buying a glock Knife from them, only to be told at the end of the check out process that they could not ship knives to my zip code due to local ordinances, which was funny, as I had bought a few AK bayonettes from them a few days earlier. (There are no "local ordinances" around here). I e mailed em' and told em' to shove it, and to take my name out of their system completely. I won't spend a dime with them ever again.

 

[indykid]

Looks like dirt got pretty expensive.

It also looks like they are taking advantage of a the tragedy in Arizona.

 

[BigJ3780]

sportsmansguide.com also has decent ammo for cheap. can buy cases of 1000

 

[MikeyG]

ammunition to go is had pretty good prices

 

[762Mike]

Of course you can't forget about AIM surplus.

On a similar note, I see Cabelas having higher prices in the store than on the Cabelas website most of the time. You can request a price match in store, and they'll do it but a lot of folks probably do not pay attention. At least it's only a few dollars at Cabelas and not 3x normal. That sounds pretty unethical at CTD.

 

[Armed Citizen]

I placed an order after X-Mas from them, I had no issues. Bought a nice survival bag, nice quality, big, and strong. It was less than $40.00. Now there $10.00 survival kit in a water bottle, JUNK!!! I wanted a magnesium fire starter and there was one in the kit, everything else in the kit JUNK. Bought some 300 grain 44 mag bullets "Bitterroot Valley" called "Bear Load" 20 rounds, I think $20.00. Bought 4 -30 round Tapco polymer AK mags and 2 40 round Tapco polymer AK mags, I bought a Hi-Point TS995 15 round mag. I bought two ammo cans 30 cal. And a few other odds and ends. All for less than $130.00 + shipping.

 

[GhostofWinter]

During the height of the obama craze CTD inflated their prices to what I would consider exhortion levels. As such I REFUSE to spend a single penny with them EVER! I mean other places like AIM surplus, and Sportsmans guide did raise their prices, but they only raised them to compensate for the increase in cost not to cash in on the craze and shortage.

a HUGE -1 for CTD!

 

[JoshuaW]

I have never found something on CTD's site that I could not find for less elsewhere. I have basically eliminated them from my usual places to check when I am looking to purchase something.

 

[xHwyLT]

I'm not defending CTD, but I just want you guys to know that CTD the store is a completely different operation from CTD the catalog/on-line business, it even has different owners. I found this out while talking to some folks at the on-line/catalog business. Check out the prices on ammo at Midway, the prices of .223Rem dropped drastically from a couple of months ago. According to the gun magazines, the price increase was a result of the demand for ammo due to the war in Afghanistan & Iraq, and also to people buying up supplies of military caliber ammo because of Obama being elected.

 

[figley]

Just kinda irks me that CTD seems to be price gouging....

[somebody quiet this poster...ctd]

 

[willie69]

the price of everything gun related is skyrocketing have u looked at the price of lead shot lately

 

[Disposable Heart]

the price of everything gun related is skyrocketing have u looked at the price of lead shot lately

Prices have increased, yes. But not tripled in cost as Cheaper Than Dirt has done. Cheaper Than Dirt has a nasty tendency to bump up cost on things that are associated with the latest political/social thing dujour. The Panic in 08 due to the election, Y2K saw some horrendous jumps in pricing by them (I still have a cataloge from 1999 that lists ammo at roughly double the cost considered the "norm" for those days, and is still pretty expensive by today's standards).

A buck extra per box, that's price increase due to demand/materials cost. Tripling the cost of the box is artificial inflation.

*(side note, please do not tell me I wrote all of that so that someone can classified race to 50 posts... )

 

[McKinney19D]

I am looking at CTD website now, what ammo are you referring to?

I just went to 9mm handgun ammo, filtered low to high, and prices seem to be fine.