Ammo Finds - Post them here

[happyharold4]

I see someone was kind enough to take my 25 item link and post it in the SW forum.

It don't work now.

Not I sir---I'm not registered over there---I just give the link to those who complain about the banter here.

Happy

[abe2131]

I see someone was kind enough to take my 25 item link and post it in the SW forum.

It don't work now.

Well sir, if you post it up in an open forum on the interwebs, then you can safely assume that it's accessible to the whole wide world.

[Eljay]

I think you don't have to make small carts - I'd emailed myself a copy of one of the most popular links the other day and I see the original link failing and my link still works. No changes, they were identical.

[junior40er]

awesome. Thanks

[abe2131]

I think you don't have to make small carts - I'd emailed myself a copy of one of the most popular links the other day and I see the original link failing and my link still works. No changes, they were identical.

Eljay, would you mind posting your link here? AND accompanying instruction manual on how to use it please. I swear I won't share it with anyone else.
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[Eljay]

The beauty of it is that anybody could - they just need to clone a sacrificial copy first. And anybody intelligent getting the link should clone it themselves so that when it hits the Facebook people without instructions and it gets burnt it reduces the impact.

[TigerShark]

I went to the Cabela's site under ammo. They don't even have the Rimfire tab anymore like they use to.

[abe2131]

I went to the Cabela's site under ammo. They don't even have the Rimfire tab anymore like they use to.

It's done that before from time to time. I wouldn't read anything into that.

[Mayor McRifle]

Well sir, if you post it up in an open forum on the interwebs, then you can safely assume that it's accessible to the whole wide world.

Especially when members here are actively posting the links (with instructions for use) on other forums.

[themuffinman619]

"GMT5" promo code for Gander Mountain. $5 off $50 or more.

[happyharold4]

Hmmm---I'm a bit at a loss here---When I try to enter a Cabelas item # I get a screen saying the item is no longer available??

http://www.cabelas.com/catalog/search_catalog_command.cmd?fromProductSearch=true&item1=ik%20217964

Happy

[PubChef]

took me about 35 minutes to find the info. but i finally figured it out. thanks Yank

[Bushwack44]

Just a thought: Who wants to take the initiative and create a Yahoo (password protected) forum for the regulars (to share information) who put in the effort for fellow Calgunners to purchase ammo at a good price?

Response: Bad idea. Loose lips sinks ships. We have a few here whose lips are looser then Kim Kardashian's private parts.

[abe2131]

Especially when members here are actively posting the links (with instructions for use) on other forums.

There's a very fine line between helping others and shooting yourself in the foot (especially on the internet)

[abe2131]

Just a thought: Who wants to take the initiative and create a Yahoo (password protected) forum for the regulars (to share information) who put in the effort for fellow Calgunners to purchase ammo at a good price?

Response: Bad idea. Loose lips sinks ships. We have a few here whose lips are looser then Kim Kardashian's private parts.

This was bound to happen. My personal take on this: I'm all for sharing links and alerting others to availability. I was doing the F5 on multiple tabs and later the alert add-ons in my Firefox long before I found this thread. It's not rocket science. I wasn't doing too great with those methods, mainly because the time I could spend online is limited. The alert thing didn't work out too good for me because my PC is a little dated and Firefox would quit loading so many tabs and stall when loading. Then I came across this thread and managed to do better because others (THANK YOU AGAIN) were posting the deals real time. I wanted to repay the favor but was never fast enough. I wanted to come across a live link JUST ONCE and be able to post it here first. I was even using the Cabelas catch-all link before it became widespread knowledge here. Again because of not having too much free time, only maybe clicking on it a couple of times a day, I wasn't likely to be in a position to beat others to the draw in posting finds here. But I never felt compelled to show that cart link here.

One thing I would have never done however, is to post in an open forum HOW exactly I was looking for the links. Nor would ask and expect anyone else to share that information with me. For the very reason that we see today. Do you really want tens of thousands of people reloading those tabs and crashing the site? Do you really want greedy flippers bumping everyone else out of the way? So now the guys who used to pick up a brick here and there don't stand a chance. The fishing-hole analogy is a good one. It's great to help others, but I think it's not too wise to stand on a street corner and give away everything you know to as many people as possible, not knowing if some of them might abuse that information.

It's an OPEN forum for Gods sake. Think about it. When you have guys come in here and in their first posting on this site start asking you "how did you find that link", instead of saying "thank you, I managed to buy some", and you start spilling your guts. That's not being kind and generous. I think it's plain foolish. I will still gladly post a link to a deal (AFTER I BOUGHT MY ONE BRICK, if it was something I wanted), but you can bet that if I figured out a new way to FIND deals, I would only share it very selectively with people that I can be sure will not abuse it.

1) Feed a man a fish, he eats for a day (says the Democrat).
2) Teach a man to fish, he eats for a lifetime (says the Republican).
3) Teach him to fish, then show him your very own private fishing hole (says the do-gooder)

I would do 1 and 2 without hesitation, but if I did 3, then I should have no cause to complain that I don't have any fish to eat.