Gas price's

[Ron61]

Originally Posted by Bob In Ct

When you leave out the tax it's about the same price as soda. Seems like a bargain. I'd like to know why a box of 50 rounds of 9mm range ammo is costing me almost $20!

Bob

Bob,

I was over at the range shooting yesterday and they can't even get any 9mm ammo. All they had were a few, about a dozen boxes, of odd caliber ammo and Jeff told me that they had been calling every day trying to get 45 and 9mm and just can't get any. Also their selection of guns for sale is very small and he said they are even having a hard time getting new ones to replace them as everything is back ordered. Al, of the gun stores around here are out of 9mm and they say the same thing. People are going from store to store trying to find a gun they like as most of them only have some of the less popular models in stock. I did find one 45 caliber that 8 months ago was priced at $595. It is now $1,295 and is the same gun as I looked at back then.

As for the gas prices they raise them a lot every year up here for the tourist trade. But since the tourists aren't coming in any big numbers this year, they raised the prices more and faster to try and make up for the lost extra money they would have taken in during a normal season. Not only has the economy hurt here, but the drought and the lake being so low also hurts and many people are staying close to home.

Ron