Comments on: Powder and Primer "Scalpers" on Auction Sites

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 26 May 2009 22:08:10 +0000

Guilty. I was one of the ‘fools’ who bought Varget at high prices…not that high but high. I’m just getting into reloading and wanted a mix of good powders so…I paid what I had to. I did the same with primers. Now I have enough and will no longer be contributing to the panic but we really don’t know how long the shortages will last and to at least have some to play with is fun. If prices fall I’ll be the fool, if not I will definitely claim to prescient. I can afford this silliness and have tried not to be piggish. This is what happens in a free market however. At least it’s not tulip bulbs.
Mike

By: Danny Reever

Danny Reever — Mon, 25 May 2009 03:13:14 +0000

I still question if it’s real, or if some guy gets a couple of his buddies to run the price up through the roof just to make it appear that a jug of Varget is bringing close to $700. I sort of got the feeling that there is some sort of B.S. involved here.

By: Matthew Durdin

Matthew Durdin — Sun, 24 May 2009 22:59:06 +0000

This is madness, as well as nonsense indeed. That being said and agreed upon, the ONLY reason that this seller can be called a scalper is that the bidders made him one. It looks to me that the starting price is something close to normal and reasonable. I’ve seen numerous penny auctions on GB for a box of primers end up the same way — $60, $70, and sometimes over $100 for a lousy brick of primers!!