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Wal-Mart's continuing problems
On 3/1/13 8:07 AM, Tim wrote:
On Mar 1, 6:32 am, J Herring wrote: On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:28:27 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:49:32 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: From Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), already struggling to woo shoppers constrained by higher taxes, is “getting worse” at keeping shelves stocked, the retailer’s U.S. chief told executives, according to minutes of an officers’ meeting obtained by Bloomberg News. I suspect Walmart underestimated the recovery. They pride themselves in having "just in time" delivery of product by analysing sales at each store right down to the department and item, in real time. They probably did not stage enough at the distribution centers to fill those orders. Of course they may have just underestimated "shrinkage" since the inventory system is based on what goes through the registers. In the case of John's ammo, that is a national supply chain problem. I doubt anyone anticipated the demand but I agree with Harry. It is likely that as soon as the hoarders have all they think they need supplies will go to glut and bulk ammo will be cheap again. A am sure the ammo manufacturers are trying to hit that goldilocks spot too. Don't make enough and you lose sales. Tool up, make too much and you may be stuck with that decision for a while (too much product and too many people). Our local WalMart got some .45 in today, about 8 boxes - packed with two or three other calibers in a box. Not even a case of the stuff. But, other than that, they've not had *any* ammo come in for a week now. You're right, it's across the board, not just 'WalMart mismanagement' as some would hope. The big ammo houses on the net all say the same thing, 'out of stock'. Tim gave me a heads up on a place near him that got in some 9mm. He checked the price, $30 for a box of 50 - more than double what WalMart is charging, and almost double what the local firing range is charging. -- Salmonbait All decisions are the result of binary thinking. And by noon they had sold out of the 3000 rounds of 9mm, they had just received the afternoon before. And that is at double the going rate price. Fools and their money... |
Wal-Mart's continuing problems
On 3/1/13 8:09 AM, Tim wrote:
On Mar 1, 6:42 am, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 3/1/13 7:32 AM, J Herring wrote: On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:28:27 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:49:32 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: From Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), already struggling to woo shoppers constrained by higher taxes, is “getting worse” at keeping shelves stocked, the retailer’s U.S. chief told executives, according to minutes of an officers’ meeting obtained by Bloomberg News. I suspect Walmart underestimated the recovery. They pride themselves in having "just in time" delivery of product by analysing sales at each store right down to the department and item, in real time. They probably did not stage enough at the distribution centers to fill those orders. Of course they may have just underestimated "shrinkage" since the inventory system is based on what goes through the registers. In the case of John's ammo, that is a national supply chain problem. I doubt anyone anticipated the demand but I agree with Harry. It is likely that as soon as the hoarders have all they think they need supplies will go to glut and bulk ammo will be cheap again. A am sure the ammo manufacturers are trying to hit that goldilocks spot too. Don't make enough and you lose sales. Tool up, make too much and you may be stuck with that decision for a while (too much product and too many people). Our local WalMart got some .45 in today, about 8 boxes - packed with two or three other calibers in a box. Not even a case of the stuff. But, other than that, they've not had *any* ammo come in for a week now. You're right, it's across the board, not just 'WalMart mismanagement' as some would hope. The big ammo houses on the net all say the same thing, 'out of stock'. Tim gave me a heads up on a place near him that got in some 9mm. He checked the price, $30 for a box of 50 - more than double what WalMart is charging, and almost double what the local firing range is charging. At 7:32 am on a Friday, Herring's already been to Wal-Mart to see the clerks there unpack the day's supply of ammo. Talk about obsessed. How else you gonna get it? There won't be any available by 9, if not before Oooh Nooo....the zombies are sure to get John... They're probably waiting in the Wal-Mart parking lot for him right now. I'll be glad to sell John some quality 9mm ammo...only $75 for the first box of 50 rounds, and $100 for additional boxes. I do have to limit quantities to five boxes per customer, though. |
Wal-Mart's continuing problems
On Mar 1, 7:17*am, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 3/1/13 8:07 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 1, 6:32 am, J Herring wrote: On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:28:27 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:49:32 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: *From Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), already struggling to woo shoppers constrained by higher taxes, is “getting worse” at keeping shelves stocked, the retailer’s U.S. chief told executives, according to minutes of an officers’ meeting obtained by Bloomberg News. I suspect Walmart underestimated the recovery. They pride themselves in having "just in time" delivery of product by analysing sales at each store right down to the department and item, in real time. They probably did not stage enough at the distribution centers to fill those orders. Of course they may have just underestimated "shrinkage" since the inventory system is based on what goes through the registers. In the case of John's ammo, that is a national supply chain problem. I doubt anyone anticipated the demand but I agree with Harry. It is likely that as soon as the hoarders have all they think they need supplies will go to glut and bulk ammo will be cheap again. A am sure the ammo manufacturers are trying to hit that goldilocks spot too. Don't make enough and you lose sales. Tool up, make too much and you may be stuck with that decision for a while (too much product and too many people). Our local WalMart got some .45 in today, about 8 boxes - packed with two or three other calibers in a box. Not even a case of the stuff. But, other than that, they've not had *any* ammo come in for a week now. You're right, it's across the board, not just 'WalMart mismanagement' as some would hope. The big ammo houses on the net all say the same thing, 'out of stock'. Tim gave me a heads up on a place near him that got in some 9mm. He checked the price, $30 for a box of 50 - more than double what WalMart is charging, and almost double what the local firing range is charging. -- Salmonbait All decisions are the result of binary thinking. And by noon they had sold out *of the 3000 rounds of 9mm, they had just received *the afternoon before. And that is at *double the going rate price. Fools and their money... LOL Harry, and how much did you give for that 'custom shop' CZ? |
Wal-Mart's continuing problems
On Fri, 1 Mar 2013 05:09:09 -0800 (PST), Tim wrote:
On Mar 1, 6:42*am, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 3/1/13 7:32 AM, J Herring wrote: On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:28:27 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:49:32 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: *From Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), already struggling to woo shoppers constrained by higher taxes, is “getting worse” at keeping shelves stocked, the retailer’s U.S. chief told executives, according to minutes of an officers’ meeting obtained by Bloomberg News. I suspect Walmart underestimated the recovery. They pride themselves in having "just in time" delivery of product by analysing sales at each store right down to the department and item, in real time. They probably did not stage enough at the distribution centers to fill those orders. Of course they may have just underestimated "shrinkage" since the inventory system is based on what goes through the registers. In the case of John's ammo, that is a national supply chain problem. I doubt anyone anticipated the demand but I agree with Harry. It is likely that as soon as the hoarders have all they think they need supplies will go to glut and bulk ammo will be cheap again. A am sure the ammo manufacturers are trying to hit that goldilocks spot too. Don't make enough and you lose sales. Tool up, make too much and you may be stuck with that decision for a while (too much product and too many people). Our local WalMart got some .45 in today, about 8 boxes - packed with two or three other calibers in a box. Not even a case of the stuff. But, other than that, they've not had *any* ammo come in for a week now. You're right, it's across the board, not just 'WalMart mismanagement' as some would hope. The big ammo houses on the net all say the same thing, 'out of stock'. Tim gave me a heads up on a place near him that got in some 9mm. He checked the price, $30 for a box of 50 - more than double what WalMart is charging, and almost double what the local firing range is charging. At 7:32 am on a Friday, Herring's already been to Wal-Mart to see the clerks there unpack the day's supply of ammo. Talk about obsessed. How else you gonna get it? There won't be any available by 9, if not before The poor boy is dying for attention. He accuses me of racism for posting the latest Chicago homicides. What a laugh. I suppose the Chicago newspapers is racist. Good morning to you! Here's hoping you make lots of money today! -- Salmonbait All decisions are the result of binary thinking. |
Wal-Mart's continuing problems
On 3/1/13 8:32 AM, Tim wrote:
On Mar 1, 7:17 am, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 3/1/13 8:07 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 1, 6:32 am, J Herring wrote: On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:28:27 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:49:32 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: From Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), already struggling to woo shoppers constrained by higher taxes, is “getting worse” at keeping shelves stocked, the retailer’s U.S. chief told executives, according to minutes of an officers’ meeting obtained by Bloomberg News. I suspect Walmart underestimated the recovery. They pride themselves in having "just in time" delivery of product by analysing sales at each store right down to the department and item, in real time. They probably did not stage enough at the distribution centers to fill those orders. Of course they may have just underestimated "shrinkage" since the inventory system is based on what goes through the registers. In the case of John's ammo, that is a national supply chain problem. I doubt anyone anticipated the demand but I agree with Harry. It is likely that as soon as the hoarders have all they think they need supplies will go to glut and bulk ammo will be cheap again. A am sure the ammo manufacturers are trying to hit that goldilocks spot too. Don't make enough and you lose sales. Tool up, make too much and you may be stuck with that decision for a while (too much product and too many people). Our local WalMart got some .45 in today, about 8 boxes - packed with two or three other calibers in a box. Not even a case of the stuff. But, other than that, they've not had *any* ammo come in for a week now. You're right, it's across the board, not just 'WalMart mismanagement' as some would hope. The big ammo houses on the net all say the same thing, 'out of stock'. Tim gave me a heads up on a place near him that got in some 9mm. He checked the price, $30 for a box of 50 - more than double what WalMart is charging, and almost double what the local firing range is charging. -- Salmonbait All decisions are the result of binary thinking. And by noon they had sold out of the 3000 rounds of 9mm, they had just received the afternoon before. And that is at double the going rate price. Fools and their money... LOL Harry, and how much did you give for that 'custom shop' CZ? Easy enough to find out at the *CZCustom Shoppe*, aka http://czcustom.com/ The difference is, my CZ is a custom job, not a box of commodity ammo that should sell for about $8 for 50 rounds. We have a few decent gun shops around here. If I happen to drive by one, I'll stop in and see what 9 mm ammo is going for, if there is any to be had. Wal-Marts tend to sell "white box" ammo, which is pretty crappy, dirty stuff. How do I know that? One of my friends buys his pistol ammo at Wal-Mart... .40 S&W. |
Wal-Mart's continuing problems
On Mar 1, 7:42*am, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 3/1/13 8:32 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 1, 7:17 am, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 3/1/13 8:07 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 1, 6:32 am, J Herring wrote: On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:28:27 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:49:32 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: * From Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), already struggling to woo shoppers constrained by higher taxes, is getting worse at keeping shelves stocked, the retailer s U.S. chief told executives, according to minutes of an officers meeting obtained by Bloomberg News. I suspect Walmart underestimated the recovery. They pride themselves in having "just in time" delivery of product by analysing sales at each store right down to the department and item, in real time. They probably did not stage enough at the distribution centers to fill those orders. Of course they may have just underestimated "shrinkage" since the inventory system is based on what goes through the registers. In the case of John's ammo, that is a national supply chain problem.. I doubt anyone anticipated the demand but I agree with Harry. It is likely that as soon as the hoarders have all they think they need supplies will go to glut and bulk ammo will be cheap again. A am sure the ammo manufacturers are trying to hit that goldilocks spot too. Don't make enough and you lose sales. Tool up, make too much and you may be stuck with that decision for a while (too much product and too many people). Our local WalMart got some .45 in today, about 8 boxes - packed with two or three other calibers in a box. Not even a case of the stuff. But, other than that, they've not had *any* ammo come in for a week now. You're right, it's across the board, not just 'WalMart mismanagement' as some would hope. The big ammo houses on the net all say the same thing, 'out of stock'. Tim gave me a heads up on a place near him that got in some 9mm. He checked the price, $30 for a box of 50 - more than double what WalMart is charging, and almost double what the local firing range is charging. -- Salmonbait All decisions are the result of binary thinking. And by noon they had sold out *of the 3000 rounds of 9mm, they had just received *the afternoon before. And that is at *double the going rate price. Fools and their money... LOL Harry, and how much did you give for that *'custom shop' CZ? Easy enough to find out at the *CZCustom Shoppe*, akahttp://czcustom.com/ The difference is, my CZ is a custom job, not a box of commodity ammo that should sell for about $8 for 50 rounds. We have a few decent gun shops around here. If I happen to drive by one, I'll stop in and see what 9 mm ammo is going for, if there is any to be had. Wal-Marts tend to sell "white box" ammo, which is pretty crappy, dirty stuff. How do I know that? One of my friends buys his pistol ammo at Wal-Mart... .40 S&W. so... paying double what a gun's worth is good, but paying double for ammo is bad? Speaking of 'dirty' ammo, most of the stuff I have is military surplus. old .303 British shells with "cordite" But they work....AND, that's what cleaning kits are for... ?;^ ) |
Wal-Mart's continuing problems
On 3/1/13 8:53 AM, Tim wrote:
On Mar 1, 7:42 am, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 3/1/13 8:32 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 1, 7:17 am, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 3/1/13 8:07 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 1, 6:32 am, J Herring wrote: On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:28:27 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:49:32 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: From Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), already struggling to woo shoppers constrained by higher taxes, is getting worse at keeping shelves stocked, the retailer s U.S. chief told executives, according to minutes of an officers meeting obtained by Bloomberg News. I suspect Walmart underestimated the recovery. They pride themselves in having "just in time" delivery of product by analysing sales at each store right down to the department and item, in real time. They probably did not stage enough at the distribution centers to fill those orders. Of course they may have just underestimated "shrinkage" since the inventory system is based on what goes through the registers. In the case of John's ammo, that is a national supply chain problem. I doubt anyone anticipated the demand but I agree with Harry. It is likely that as soon as the hoarders have all they think they need supplies will go to glut and bulk ammo will be cheap again. A am sure the ammo manufacturers are trying to hit that goldilocks spot too. Don't make enough and you lose sales. Tool up, make too much and you may be stuck with that decision for a while (too much product and too many people). Our local WalMart got some .45 in today, about 8 boxes - packed with two or three other calibers in a box. Not even a case of the stuff. But, other than that, they've not had *any* ammo come in for a week now. You're right, it's across the board, not just 'WalMart mismanagement' as some would hope. The big ammo houses on the net all say the same thing, 'out of stock'. Tim gave me a heads up on a place near him that got in some 9mm. He checked the price, $30 for a box of 50 - more than double what WalMart is charging, and almost double what the local firing range is charging. -- Salmonbait All decisions are the result of binary thinking. And by noon they had sold out of the 3000 rounds of 9mm, they had just received the afternoon before. And that is at double the going rate price. Fools and their money... LOL Harry, and how much did you give for that 'custom shop' CZ? Easy enough to find out at the *CZCustom Shoppe*, akahttp://czcustom.com/ The difference is, my CZ is a custom job, not a box of commodity ammo that should sell for about $8 for 50 rounds. We have a few decent gun shops around here. If I happen to drive by one, I'll stop in and see what 9 mm ammo is going for, if there is any to be had. Wal-Marts tend to sell "white box" ammo, which is pretty crappy, dirty stuff. How do I know that? One of my friends buys his pistol ammo at Wal-Mart... .40 S&W. so... paying double what a gun's worth is good, but paying double for ammo is bad? Speaking of 'dirty' ammo, most of the stuff I have is military surplus. old .303 British shells with "cordite" But they work....AND, that's what cleaning kits are for... ?;^ ) Let's just say that the "custom" CZ target pistols have a lot of "extra value" in terms of finishing, adjusting, parts, and so forth, that the work is done by very skilled competitive shooters, and the test results are...impressive. And the price wasn't "double." Ammo is a mass produced commodity product...paying $30 instead of $8 because of an NRA-induced panic is...stupid. |
Wal-Mart's continuing problems
On 3/1/2013 7:42 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote:
At 7:32 am on a Friday, Herring's already been to Wal-Mart to see the clerks there unpack the day's supply of ammo. Talk about obsessed. At 7:32 friday, harry and loogie have already made nearly 30 troll posts, talk about obsessed.. |
Wal-Mart's continuing problems
On 3/1/2013 8:32 AM, Tim wrote:
On Mar 1, 7:17 am, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 3/1/13 8:07 AM, Tim wrote: On Mar 1, 6:32 am, J Herring wrote: On Fri, 01 Mar 2013 00:28:27 -0500, wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 17:49:32 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: From Bloomberg Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT), already struggling to woo shoppers constrained by higher taxes, is “getting worse” at keeping shelves stocked, the retailer’s U.S. chief told executives, according to minutes of an officers’ meeting obtained by Bloomberg News. I suspect Walmart underestimated the recovery. They pride themselves in having "just in time" delivery of product by analysing sales at each store right down to the department and item, in real time. They probably did not stage enough at the distribution centers to fill those orders. Of course they may have just underestimated "shrinkage" since the inventory system is based on what goes through the registers. In the case of John's ammo, that is a national supply chain problem. I doubt anyone anticipated the demand but I agree with Harry. It is likely that as soon as the hoarders have all they think they need supplies will go to glut and bulk ammo will be cheap again. A am sure the ammo manufacturers are trying to hit that goldilocks spot too. Don't make enough and you lose sales. Tool up, make too much and you may be stuck with that decision for a while (too much product and too many people). Our local WalMart got some .45 in today, about 8 boxes - packed with two or three other calibers in a box. Not even a case of the stuff. But, other than that, they've not had *any* ammo come in for a week now. You're right, it's across the board, not just 'WalMart mismanagement' as some would hope. The big ammo houses on the net all say the same thing, 'out of stock'. Tim gave me a heads up on a place near him that got in some 9mm. He checked the price, $30 for a box of 50 - more than double what WalMart is charging, and almost double what the local firing range is charging. -- Salmonbait All decisions are the result of binary thinking. And by noon they had sold out of the 3000 rounds of 9mm, they had just received the afternoon before. And that is at double the going rate price. Fools and their money... LOL Harry, and how much did you give for that 'custom shop' CZ? These guys are such tools... 40 posts trolling already this morning from just kevin and harry:) |
Wal-Mart's continuing problems
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