selling primers

[rancher1913]

so hypothetically, if you needed say a newer vehicle and had a goodly stash of primers but no job, would you sell and pay cash for a vehicle or keep the primers and hope you found a job that would allow you to make payments on a vehicle. would you find it immoral to charge what people are willing to pay (200-250 per k), your not holding a gun on them, forcing them to buy. given all the rules coming down the line would it be wiser to sell most all your guns and supplies now while there is a market, or lose them in a boating accident and hope the ptb's dont find them buried in your yard. just some pondering.

[kerplode]

I can't really advise you whether or not to sell them. Personally, I wouldn't count on being able to replace them later, but you're gonna need to make that call.

I will advise this, however. If you do decide to sell them, sell them for as much as you can get for them. They are worth what people are willing to pay. Nothing immoral in that...

[JM7.7x58]

Selling primers at current market value ain’t the same thing as price gouging on drinking water after a hurricane.

Let the market set the price. That’s capitalism.

I’m set for a few years. When things calm down in a year or two I’ll get some more.

JM

[snowwolfe]

Doubt you could actually sell many primers to local folks at those prices. And to offer them online would require an authorized hazmat shipper to ship them. I been selling off extra bullets and brass and am amazed at the prices they are selling for. Its a calculated gamble because I will stop before running out and hope to restock when prices drop.
Primers are the holy grail of reloading components and are generally regarded as the most important one to own.

Eventually things will cool down, but when? I know some shooters who brag they have in excess of 100K primers and are still buying any they can find.

This is difficult market to predict. But I personally think 2021 will be the worst of it.

[Soundguy]

I know many sellers at shows are selling part of their stash to make bucks. I don't specifically blame them. I remember buying wolf primers for 2 cents each. You can now sell primers for 15-20-35 cents each.

If I had 50k primers... I'd sell half.

The problem selling them is uncertainty about 1, getting them back at all. 2, getting them back substantially cheaper otherwise your windfall shrank. Or 3, getting them without jumping thru 400 fire burning but-poking hoops like is in current house bills as we speak.

If the house bill from the female Democrat in Texas passes... It's going to be an act of Congress to buy a gun or ammo.. And no loaning, gifting, transferring... Handing anything to anyone... You will need about 10 licenses.. Even for antiques, multi day training courses. Yearly 800$ fee to atty general, and a psych veal for you, members of your family, and associates, to include spouses and ex spouses..each time you want to buy a gun or box of ammo. Yes... You read that right. Not to mention a new alphabet agency to handle the registration, database and check system.

Remember... Your ex spouse gets to decide if you buy ammo or a gun...

Think about the logistics.. You want a box of ammo to range shoot. You sign up.. Get on a wait list for your psych veal..say.. A month.. And the other umpteen dozen people they need to evaluate are then contacted.. So maybe in what. ? 6 months you can go get that box of 22lr. Watch out... 2 box limit.

We are doomed...

[dverna]

Do not listen to the whiners on this or any other forums. Do not sell to members here and cause ill feelings from envy and jealousy.

Primers will return and will likely cost $40-60/k. Likely in a year. Buy back then.

Keep a 4-6 year supply and cash them out. Even if it takes more than a year, you will still have plenty.

That is what I did.

[mroliver77]

I never feel bad to take peoples stupid money for things I own. I dont do stock market or bonds etc but do invest in tangible items that I can or will eventually use. I have got pretty hungry before while setting om a pile of ammo or components or antiques or whatever but held out until a Democrat got elected and panic drove prices to gag levels.
Same as any investment I try to buy low and sell high. I aint a business but if you offer me 25$ per c for primers I am game.
Some of my toys have become way more valuable lately. Enabled me to do some maintenance around here, fill my freezer and I can do a top end on my old bike. Oh ya, I hoard toilet paper also.
I have sold my stash more than once in life to be able to better my circumstances.
Jay

[cwtebay]

I am (nearly) ashamed to admit that I sold large pile of Russian 22 LR ammo in the spring following the Obama election. I am not ashamed to say I charged what was offered, generally $75/100. I would ask myself: is this something that I will be able to replace and am I going to be able to do without these if I can't replace them.

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[jim147]

I've seen primers going anywhere from .50-.63 cents each. I'm not buying any. I got mine years ago around $10-20 a thousand. Same as my .22 I got it before the Obama rush. Still have plenty. Less than $10 a brick.

[brewer12345]

rancher, there is no shame or issue with selling at current prices. Think the seller of a car will let you have it for 20% of current market? So if you need a car and have excess primers, have at it. You cannot ship them so you will have to do it face to face.

[David2011]

Just remember that any cash transactions even approaching $10,000 will be reported to the government. That includes deposits and purchases. If the cash is in hand you could finance the vehicle and then make frequent payments that wouldn’t attract attention.

[MrWolf]

You would be buying the vehicle at current market value so why should it be any different for you selling the primers? Whether you would be able to replace them down thecroad is another issue. Good luck

[No_1]

In 1968 I was standing in the showroom floor of a Ford dealer on Rivers Ave. in North Charleston, SC looking at a new Ford Falcon being sold for ~$2300. Next to it was a 427 Cobra for $6000. If the original owner decides to sell it (today) for its current market value of >1 million should he or she feel immoral for pricing it according to the market for that vehicle? I think not. What about your house? At sales time are you not allowed to price it according to the current market?

Sell what you can afford to live without as you can’t take it to the grave.

so hypothetically, if you needed say a newer vehicle and had a goodly stash of primers but no job, would you sell and pay cash for a vehicle or keep the primers and hope you found a job that would allow you to make payments on a vehicle. would you find it immoral to charge what people are willing to pay (200-250 per k), your not holding a gun on them, forcing them to buy. given all the rules coming down the line would it be wiser to sell most all your guns and supplies now while there is a market, or lose them in a boating accident and hope the ptb's dont find them buried in your yard. just some pondering.

[762 shooter]

Why on earth would anyone feel bad about selling anything at any price you are offered and are willing to accept?

Makes no sense to me.

762

[RU shooter]

If you bought precious metals at a low and then sold them at a high and made a good pile of cash would you feel guilty ? Same thing ,right now powder, ammo and primers are the new precious metals and are at a high . If I was sitting on a extra large stash and needed money darn right I'd be trying to sell for the highest price I could get . It's worth what someone's willing to pay for it . Same as anything else in this world .

[Garyshome]

so hypothetically, if you needed say a newer vehicle and had a goodly stash of primers but no job, would you sell and pay cash for a vehicle or keep the primers and hope you found a job that would allow you to make payments on a vehicle. would you find it immoral to charge what people are willing to pay (200-250 per k), your not holding a gun on them, forcing them to buy. given all the rules coming down the line would it be wiser to sell most all your guns and supplies now while there is a market, or lose them in a boating accident and hope the ptb's dont find them buried in your yard. just some pondering.

The only way it would be " immoral to charge what people are willing pay" is if I am a socialist, or a whiner who didn't plan ahead when the opportunity was there. The person without the primers may have a really nice car [or a ford ].

[tai95]

Just remember that any cash transactions even approaching $10,000 will be reported to the government. That includes deposits and purchases. If the cash is in hand you could finance the vehicle and then make frequent payments that wouldn’t attract attention.

They changed the 10,000 number years ago. I'm not sure what the new minimum is though. At one point I was using my personal credit card to buy items for work. Boss got what he needed and I earned the cash back. I went to pay off the card (around $5000 for the month) and it set off some sort of money laundering protocol. I had to give them a few different forms of ID and confirms my SS number. The patriot act changed a bunch of the old banking rules

[Thumbcocker]

Assuming that you had enough primers to meet your needs after selling enough to buy the vehicle I see no problem with it. I would not like to have a new vehicle payment when I had no job. As far as selling at current prices I see no problem with that. I have thinned the heard by selling off a few that I don't use much. I sold a M38 Mosin on consignment at a local shop and told them to set whatever price they thought it would bring. It brought $500!. It was restocked in a M44 stock and the bore was not pristine. Somebody wanted it $500 worth and they got it. Go figure. Swedish m38's that I bought for IIRC $125 brought over $500. I feel no guilt about it at all. I had enjoyed them and now someone else is enjoying them.

[JonB_in_Glencoe]

so hypothetically, if you needed say a newer vehicle and had a goodly stash of primers but no job, would you sell and pay cash for a vehicle or keep the primers and hope you found a job that would allow you to make payments on a vehicle. would you find it immoral to charge what people are willing to pay (200-250 per k), your not holding a gun on them, forcing them to buy. given all the rules coming down the line would it be wiser to sell most all your guns and supplies now while there is a market, or lose them in a boating accident and hope the ptb's dont find them buried in your yard. just some pondering.

My 2¢
..and I mean no criticism, as this could be taken as such, No Job? Then you don't need a newer vehicle. I assume you need to replace a vehicle, first I'd consider selling something else, that will predictably be more easy to replace when you get the Job.
Because getting top price for Primers ain't gonna be easy. Replacing them in the future might be difficult.
Anyway, I'd sell "whatever" to raise enough to buy a $2K car, that'll get you around, until you get a job.

Back to Primers, you could try selling some primers locally, and if you are successful getting over $100 per $1K, count yourself lucky, and just sell enough for a cheap car.
I honestly mean the best, with this advice,
Good luck.

[farmbif]

aint nothing immoral about it. this is America man, home of free capitalism. if someone is willing to pay you $250 for something you bought 6 or 8 months ago for $30
the more power to ya man.
there just aint a lot of jobs to had for a whole lot of people. but it seems like there are plenty of people that want to be sure they got plenty of those 25 cent primers.
it just might be prime time for cashing in on you surplus stock of supplies.