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This is from the COO of CMP:
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I have been receiving many emails asking us to impose limits on the sale of the .30-06 we are now receiving. Maybe this post will help answer some of the questions.
Until we receive all of the ammo and know what we have, the condition, and the quantity - we will not make any decisions. I understand your concern, but we have to be practical. As a general rule, we are opposed to setting limits.
To take care of the "little guy" who only buys 2 cans a month (or less) - how many years of supply would you expect us to reserve for you? Multiply the number of cans per year times the number of years - and then multiply that times 200,000 current customers. Let's say you buy 24 cans a year and expect us to store enough for 5 years for you. To start, - That's 24 million cans!!! 250,000 pallets!!! 1,687,499 sq. ft. of warehouse !!! That's over 35 football fields !!! Stacked 12' high (over 20,000,000 cf of storage space). Then add the loss of the use of millions of dollars tied up in inventory, the labor needed, and all other expenses - security, insurance, utilities, taxes, etc. Assuming we could even find that much storage space? How much a round should we charge?
Some folks have suggested to me that we should stock enough ammo for them for 10 years.
We would much rather see the individual users stockpile ammo for their own future use. Regardless of what CMP does, the 'cheap' ammo is going to eventually run out. You need to take care of yourself and lay in your supplies.
Face facts - cheap ammo will soon be gone.
Yes, there will be a few who buy for resale, whether or not we have limits.
I now you can sharp shoot the numbers above and show decreasing costs per year, yada, yada.
Bottom line - we cannot be everything to everybody forever.
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I have been receiving many emails asking us to impose limits on the sale of the .30-06 we are now receiving. Maybe this post will help answer some of the questions.
Until we receive all of the ammo and know what we have, the condition, and the quantity - we will not make any decisions. I understand your concern, but we have to be practical. As a general rule, we are opposed to setting limits.
To take care of the "little guy" who only buys 2 cans a month (or less) - how many years of supply would you expect us to reserve for you? Multiply the number of cans per year times the number of years - and then multiply that times 200,000 current customers. Let's say you buy 24 cans a year and expect us to store enough for 5 years for you. To start, - That's 24 million cans!!! 250,000 pallets!!! 1,687,499 sq. ft. of warehouse !!! That's over 35 football fields !!! Stacked 12' high (over 20,000,000 cf of storage space). Then add the loss of the use of millions of dollars tied up in inventory, the labor needed, and all other expenses - security, insurance, utilities, taxes, etc. Assuming we could even find that much storage space? How much a round should we charge?
Some folks have suggested to me that we should stock enough ammo for them for 10 years.
We would much rather see the individual users stockpile ammo for their own future use. Regardless of what CMP does, the 'cheap' ammo is going to eventually run out. You need to take care of yourself and lay in your supplies.
Face facts - cheap ammo will soon be gone.
Yes, there will be a few who buy for resale, whether or not we have limits.
I now you can sharp shoot the numbers above and show decreasing costs per year, yada, yada.
Bottom line - we cannot be everything to everybody forever.
