Capitalism fail

March 11, 2010
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$1000 for 300 rounds of .45 ACP.  That’s the dumbest thing I’ve seen all year.

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16 Responses to Capitalism fail

  1. Freiheit on March 11, 2010 at 13:58

    Bwahahah! Thanks caleb, I needed a laugh after my last meeting.

    I’ve been griping about paying $0.40 a round.

  2. Tom on March 11, 2010 at 14:00

    It ain’t April Fool’s Day yet. I thought that link would go to a site about government purchasing.

  3. Dan on March 11, 2010 at 14:03

    Please note the droves of folks bidding on this “bargain.”

    Dan

  4. Heath on March 11, 2010 at 14:04

    Ridiculous. That’s just plain greedy.

  5. Simon Karabin on March 11, 2010 at 14:33

    His wife probably told him to get rid of some of that ammo in the closet. ;)

  6. Sigboy40 on March 11, 2010 at 16:02

    typo?

  7. Caleb on March 11, 2010 at 16:05

    From what, $666.66? That’s still absurd.

  8. lee n. field on March 11, 2010 at 18:18

    Gold plated .45 brass?

  9. Wolfwood on March 11, 2010 at 20:17

    Any chance he just hit an extra zero? $100 for that would be a decent price.

    • Caleb on March 11, 2010 at 20:20

      That’d be a solid theory, except the actual auction price is $999.99

  10. Jeff on March 11, 2010 at 23:30

    Hey, it’s a capitalism win for him if some moron pays him.

  11. flatdarkmars on March 12, 2010 at 00:30

    His other auctions have non-insane prices. I’m guessing either this one was a joke, or it was a typo from $99.99.

  12. Laughingdog on March 12, 2010 at 09:37

    Where do you see $1000.00 on there? All I see is “0 bids” and “Started at $147.00″.

    At just under $0.50 a round, that’s actually cheaper than what the local range has been asking for the last year or so by about $0.15 per round.

    I’d still never pay that. But I don’t see anything there that ridiculous.

  13. Caleb on March 12, 2010 at 10:00

    It looks like all the attention on the auction site caused him to fix the auction. I apologize for calling him stupid.

  14. Freiheit on March 12, 2010 at 10:07

    Still expensive. See:
    Ammoseek.com
    Ammoengine.com

    Steel cased (Wolf/Tula) is not terrible. Brass cased can be had for under $0.40 after shipping.

  15. Caleb on March 12, 2010 at 10:15

    I absolutely will not shoot steel cased Wolf .45 ACP in my guns.