Latest marketing ploy: 40 count boxes of .22rf

[Maven]

It's a rare thing for either of the 2 local sporting goods stores, Dick's Sports and Gander Mt., to advertise ANY .22rf ammo. for sale, but today's ad (Dick's) was different. They advertised American Eagle .22rf at $2.39/box with a limit of 3 boxes/person, but each had only 40 rounds. Have I been living in a cave, or is this a sign of the times?

[Ben]

Hello Paul,

Come and get it.....You'll be getting less, but you'll be paying more !

Yes, definitely a marketing ploy.

Ben

[runfiverun]

the red box Federal A/E stuff has been 40 rounds and 400 bricks for a looong time now.
they shoot pretty good, nothing special, fast, or fancy but their dud rate is super low and they are fairly accurate.
I see a ton of their empties at our local range.

[dragon813gt]

the red box Federal A/E stuff has been 40 rounds and 400 bricks for a looong time now.
they shoot pretty good, nothing special, fast, or fancy but their dud rate is super low and they are fairly accurate.
I see a ton of their empties at our local range.

Yep, it's not a new marketing ploy. Like anything if you don't check the cost per unit you're a fool.

[Efin]

First the half gallon ice cream is no longer a half and now this... Pretty soon the news will no longer be unbiased...

[beroen]

Still a good deal..

[crappie-hunter]

A bag of sugar at my grocery store is now only 4lb as opposed the old bag of 5lb. Drives me up a wall, they must think I forgot how to read. Buy it or do without, thats the only option.

[Garyshome]

Liquid soap at wal mart also just got thinned out! Need to find somewhere else to get it now.

[Hardcast416taylor]

Check the size of your toilet paper roll. They`ve been getting smaller since last year. Watch your gas pump before you start squeezing the pump handle for the dispensed amount and money wheels to start turning before you start dispensing.Robert

[lefty o]

its nothing new, been doing the 40rnd boxes for a loooooooong time.

[southpaw]

The only ones that I have in the 40 round pack are the hollow points. As r5r said they have been like this for quite some time now (at least the hp's). They shoot very well out of a number of my 22's.

The cost of everything (raw materials included) are always going up in price. Manufactures can either raise the price of their product or they can reduce the amount that they sell you for the same price.

Jerry Jr.

[rosewood]

its nothing new, been doing the 40rnd boxes for a loooooooong time.

Really? I have never seen a 40 rnd of .22lr. Everything I have bought recently was 50 rnds. I have seen 40 rnd of .223 though.

I also noticed they changed the packaging on Orange juice and when they did, they reduced it from half a gallon to like 58 ounces or something like that. Any time the packaging changes, this is liable to be another reduction in size. Same as when a restaurant gets a new menu, it isn't because the other one is old, it is because they went up on prices.

I noticed the 4 lb bag of sugar like 5 years ago. Another reason I don't care for salesmen and marketers. Always trying to pull something over on the consumer.

[lefty o]

at least 6-8 years, maybe longer ago.

[Mumblypeg]

First the half gallon ice cream is no longer a half and now this... Pretty soon the news will no longer be unbiased...

Blue Bell still is...... I only get the Dutch Chocolate.

[Efin]

Still can't find the 22s here, did get a few boxes of 9s for a deal a WM though.

[Efin]

Blue Bell still is...... I only get the Dutch Chocolate.

Yes, that and Ben and Jerrys is a quart still if you like leftist ice cream...
(It's pretty good) ;)

[JeffinNZ]

Paul, you just need to improve your shooting. if you used to hit 40-50 you need to improve to 40-40 and it will cost you the same. [smilie=p::groner:

[dtknowles]

First the half gallon ice cream is no longer a half and now this... Pretty soon the news will no longer be unbiased...

I just checked the freezer, the half gallon is still a half gallon, two quarts 64 ounces. At least for our brand.

Tim

[Efin]

All the name brands out here are now 1/3, but maybe it's just a Kalifornia plot against me ;)
Blue Bunny is still not liberal ;)

[rosewood]

All the name brands out here are now 1/3, but maybe it's just a Kalifornia plot against me ;)
Blue Bunny is still not liberal ;)
The missing 2/3 is the governments cut.

[Efin]

The missing 2/3 is the governments cut.
They get 2/3rds of our income and now 2/3rds of our ice cream... Those are fighting words ;)

[HATCH]

This is exactly like R-12 freon.
Originally it was a 1 pound can (16 oz)
Then when the price started going up they switched it to 14oz and now I think its 12oz or was last time you could buy it.
I remember at the time it sucked because my truck took 32 oz and when they switched it I had to buy 3 cans instead of 2.

[rosewood]

This is exactly like R-12 freon.
Originally it was a 1 pound can (16 oz)
Then when the price started going up they switched it to 14oz and now I think its 12oz or was last time you could buy it.
I remember at the time it sucked because my truck took 32 oz and when they switched it I had to buy 3 cans instead of 2.

134A comes in 12oz cans now and some vehicles hold about 32-34.

[10 ga]

40 round boxes! WOW! That is a steal. Around here you get 10 rounds of 22LR in a baggie for $2 at the flea market. Only place ever has any. WW = none, GM = none, BassP = none, LGS = none, no RF anywhere within any kind of driving distance. 10

[Ravenhawk57]

I think Academy has 50 rds at 2.99 w/ a limit of 2 purchase if you live close to one. I pick up 2 boxes a week.

[Hickory]

Inflation maybe the root of all or most of the short packaging.

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

the only stuff I been finding is Remington golden bullets in 225packs at wally at least i can get 3 and have 675 rounds to hold me 6 more months till i find it there again

funny thing is I swore I was never going to buy rem golden bullets again when i had a box that burned so dirty it would gum up a clean 10/22 in 50-75 rounds

but they make stuff dead from a bolt action just fine and I am getting them for 5.23 cents a round and it isn't like i can have my favorite brands at any price right now let alone a good one

[GREENCOUNTYPETE]

toilet paper the roll is 1/2 inch narrow than it used to be , we were at thanks giving an my aunts about 5 years ago and she was showing everyone the old roll vs new rolls , she happened to have noticed when at the cabin , and she set a new roll next to an old roll that had been their since the last year.

not so many people notice that one after all who grabs a new roll till the old is finished

[Vinne]

If that is all the 22s you can find and you want to shoot then you buy them just buy more boxes. It might be less bang for the buck but at least you can go BANG!!

[marvelshooter]

toilet paper the roll is 1/2 inch narrow than it used to be

Sugar at the local grocery is now in 4# bags instead of 5#.

[dtknowles]

Sugar at the local grocery is now in 4# bags instead of 5#.

Yeah, but the 4# bag is less per pound than the 10# bag, what gives?

Tim

[Owen49]

Yeah, but the 4# bag is less per pound than the 10# bag, what gives?

Tim

That's why I carry a pocket calculator with me to the grocery store. Oftentimes, the "large economy size" isn't as economical as the smaller sizes. It's a marketing ploy as most people with think the larger size costs less per lb./oz. It pays to do the arithmetic.

[dtknowles]

That's why I carry a pocket calculator with me to the grocery store. Oftentimes, the "large economy size" isn't as economical as the smaller sizes. It's a marketing ploy as most people with think the larger size costs less per lb./oz. It pays to do the arithmetic.

Another item that has no discount for volume is canned tuna. The larger can is more cents per ounce. In many stores now you don't need the calculator because the price per unit is posted along with the price per item. It does not hurt to check their math but I have not found it to be wrong but sometimes the units are stupid.

Tim

[blackbike]

Do things really cost more and more?
Or is the dollar worth less and less?
bb

[dtknowles]

Do things really cost more and more?
Or is the dollar worth less and less?
bb

It depends on the item. Some things cost less as the cost to produce them goes down. Most things cost the same but the value of the dollar goes down as more dollars are printed and the gov. borrows more money.

Some items cost more because of market conditions. Beef has been up lately because of a shortage in production caused by weather and other production issues. Gas has been coming down do to slow down in global demand.

The dollar has held its value better than it should considering all the dollars the Fed has been putting into distribution.

Tim