Keep faith and vote with feet, dollars, and at the ballot box.
If someone doesn't treat you right, you have every right not to give them any more of your money. If it costs more to procure items, stores have every right to charge more for them. If your elected representatives don't protect your interests, you have every right to vote for someone else.
The last 7.62x39 I bought was $179/1260rds form Aim surplus. When I see the current prices I have no interest in buying more, but if I do I know that the seller probably had to pay more to get it so in turn I will have to pay more. 21st Century in Bluffton had an M1A that I wanted. It went to gun broker and was over priced in my opinion, but that didn't bother me because they have cut me deals on my wife's AR and my Beretta, and have offered me other deals when they could. I want them to make money and stay in business. Most are in a position now, where they can't make the deals they once could, but if they have treated folks right, we should give them the benefit of the doubt. As far as congress critters go, I don't just tell them I vote, I tell them I vote in the primary and so do all of my friends and family. Pay attention, keep faith, stay informed, this will pass and saner times will return. The old guys on the CMP boards think this will pass and they are older and wiser than me.
I paid $100 for 2 pistols to be shipped to Fort Liberty in Avon. They raised their price on transfers and it took them no longer than normal to call it in. Say whatever you want, but as a business owner it just doesn't sit right with me. I don't care about the money, it's the principal and way of doing business.
You can go on and on about how people shouldn't stop shopping somewhere, or "hold grudges", or whatever other view you'd rather them have... But I can tell you one thing. When all this nonsense stops, I'm going to remember the shops that didn't raise their prices on me, and they are going to get my business each and every time.
If someone doesn't treat you right, you have every right not to give them any more of your money. If it costs more to procure items, stores have every right to charge more for them. If your elected representatives don't protect your interests, you have every right to vote for someone else.
The last 7.62x39 I bought was $179/1260rds form Aim surplus. When I see the current prices I have no interest in buying more, but if I do I know that the seller probably had to pay more to get it so in turn I will have to pay more. 21st Century in Bluffton had an M1A that I wanted. It went to gun broker and was over priced in my opinion, but that didn't bother me because they have cut me deals on my wife's AR and my Beretta, and have offered me other deals when they could. I want them to make money and stay in business. Most are in a position now, where they can't make the deals they once could, but if they have treated folks right, we should give them the benefit of the doubt. As far as congress critters go, I don't just tell them I vote, I tell them I vote in the primary and so do all of my friends and family. Pay attention, keep faith, stay informed, this will pass and saner times will return. The old guys on the CMP boards think this will pass and they are older and wiser than me.