[owenslee]

is anyone else getting the shaft from their local dealers? Both places near me now want $250 and up for a stripped lower!!! I got mine from one of them for $180 a couple months ago, and they had RRA and Stag for 140-160 then. :?

It's not the fault of the dealer. Several distributors and manufacturers increased their prices right after the election. Spike receivers went from $105 to $179 for example in one week. The local dealers are having to pay more for new receivers being delivered so they are raising their prices to reflect what they pay. It has been very rare lately to still find lowers at pre election prices although there are some manufacturers who are trying to hold old prices.

It is also a matter of supply and demand. The supply has dried up...the demand has dramatically increased, making the few that are left on the market worth more. It' s no different than any commodity in short supply. The economic law of supply and demand... When lowers are in short supply...there will be some buyers willing to pay a premium to get one. The value of anything is based on what "someone" is willing to pay for it and right now there are apparently many willing to pay inflated prices.

If Obama the almighty and his cronies in crime do not ban AR lowers...the demand will drop dramatically...manufacturing capacity will exceed demand....and then you will see the prices drop.

Kerry

 

[owenslee]

Ownslee,

I have checked with a number of Manf and their prices only went up 5-10 at the most with some not going up at all. These price increases are the dealers jacking up price cause they can as its fear buying. If you see prices going from 110 up to 130 that is reasonable for he cost increase. If they go from 110 to 179 ro 200 or even 279 that is dealer capitalizing on the situation. Bsides you had many dealers increasing prices on ones they already had in stock and ones that had already been on order at he lower rates if they did go up at all. Spikes as well. He received upper in right after elections. I am not sayings its wrong or its right. Spikes move did put me in a bit of a bind as he had ordered them well before the rush and had the expected arrival date on his site. I purposely did not buy other lowers as I was waiting on those to arrive as I hadn't used his lowers before and they were so highly rated. Then they came in and the price got jumped 40% from what was listed. That was clearly not becasue his cost was higher on them as they were already on the way. It was becasue he had a chance to make more profit as demand went thru the roof. Again not making any judgment but this price increase is largely from dealer raising prices not manufactures. Now there are reasons to raise prices even though they may not cost more but this isn' a economics class which I absolutely hated. :lol:

Tim...It's Kerry...

I am not sure I understand your post ...as you are making my point. Spikes distributes their own brand of lower manufactured by one of their vendors. If the price increased 40% on lowers in transit to Spikes from the manufacturer...the 40% increase was set by the manufacturer....not by a dealer. If they were the same price from the manufacturer and Spikes increased the price due to the feeding frenzy...I would attribute the increase to a distributor...again not a dealer.

I am sure there are some dealers trying to capitalize on the situation...but of the increases I have been personally aware of, it has been due to a manufacturer or distributor...not a dealer.

YMMV

Kerry