Bots buying up online ammo

[The War Wagon]

Takes me back to the olden days of the late '90's... trying to win that E-Bay auction at the LAST second... with a dial-up modem!

[high_revs]

This ^ exactly. At this point, online is for people who don't have stores they can easily visit. Unfortunately Wallyworld is gone from our radar.

isn't dicks also? i know i know.. not popular but they carried ammo still. went by dicks dublin to see some .22lr stock for acquaintance who just got a browning buckmark. there was nothing there at all, not even shotguns. maybe been 1 mos since i was there in the area. will usually check for acquaintances while i'm waiting for take-out food across the street.



boxes around is for something else (can't remember) but everything 2a related/ammo, gone. i asked a fellow trapshooting league member if he's been there recently as that's where he gets in ammo for trap.

[tradecraft]

They can have it at these prices!

[sbo80]

When target sports sends me a text, I know I have approximately 15 seconds to get that order in lol.

depends what you're looking for. the "typical" calibers, sure. I don't do email on my phone, it annoys me. So I only can see the alerts after I get home from work. I bought ammo hours after their email went out. Brass case mosin food. It was only 10cpr more than it was a year ago. More than I'd prefer but it wasn't double or triple like the 9mm and 556 are. Though I did sign up for alerts I wouldn't buy that even if I managed to log on fast enough.

[JohnnyMtn]

I read somewhere that the bots buying all the ammo are from China. Apparently China is buying all of the ammo so that the average American will, over time, deplete his ammo stockpile. Then, once the average American holds little to no ammo, all of those Chinese troops being secretly stationed in Canada will storm across the border and invade the US.

I forget exactly where I read all that. It might have been in CGN OT.

[JC2020]

depends what you're looking for. the "typical" calibers, sure. I don't do email on my phone, it annoys me. So I only can see the alerts after I get home from work. I bought ammo hours after their email went out. Brass case mosin food. It was only 10cpr more than it was a year ago. More than I'd prefer but it wasn't double or triple like the 9mm and 556 are. Though I did sign up for alerts I wouldn't buy that even if I managed to log on fast enough.

Sadly enough, if I can find 9mm for only double 2019 prices, I automatically buy as much as possible. Prices are really triple to QUADRUPLE or QUINTUPLE (or more) at this point.

[lmcc0072]

This ^ exactly. At this point, online is for people who don't have stores they can easily visit. Unfortunately Wallyworld is gone from our radar.

[cheesyhybrid]

I read somewhere that the bots buying all the ammo are from China. Apparently China is buying all of the ammo so that the average American will, over time, deplete his ammo stockpile. Then, once the average American holds little to no ammo, all of those Chinese troops being secretly stationed in Canada will storm across the border and invade the US.

I forget exactly where I read all that. It might have been in CGN OT.

That's what I'm talking about.

[sigstroker]

Damn hosers!

[CWL]

I read somewhere that the bats buying all the ammo are from China. Apparently China is buying all of the ammo so that the average American will, over time, deplete his ammo stockpile. Then, once the average American holds little to no ammo, all of those Chinese troops being secretly stationed in Canada will storm across the border and invade the US.

I forget exactly where I read all that. It might have been in CGN OT.

You had a typo, fixed it for ya!

[Monterey Gun]

Now is not the time to buy online - make stopping into physical stores part of your weekly routine.

I'm slowly figuring this out. But my stubbornness isn't going to stop me from checking.

[divingin]

Yes, you and I can purchase bots to make purchases for us. Most common are airline tickets, hotel rooms and as stated in the other thread, sneakers.

Take a look at Wall Street trading. A microsecond can mean the difference between losing or making millions.

[SilasWinter]

I'm not a bot but last month I did use a tool to monitor for website changes on a few firearms sites. I did this for a few days after work and was able to snag 1k rounds of 9mm Federal, Hornady and Legend.

Same thing was happening to me where I'd get an email about restocked ammo and boom! it would be out of stock!

I totally disagree with bots buying up ammo, concert tickets and similar items that hard working people want.

[vintagearms]

bots...welcome to the world of concert ticket sales. You won't get an good seat at face value due to those vultures. Only the wealthy can afford the first row for any highly popular artist. And the artist doesn't get the money, the scalper does as a reward for setting up servers that exclude real fans from a chance to get a good ticket at face value.

Its not bots. Ticket sellers hold back seats for VIP's, radio stations, and ticket resellers. What gets sold to u and I are the leftovers.

[GW]

I read somewhere that the bots buying all the ammo are from China. Apparently China is buying all of the ammo so that the average American will, over time, deplete his ammo stockpile. Then, once the average American holds little to no ammo, all of those Chinese troops being secretly stationed in Canada will storm across the border and invade the US.

I forget exactly where I read all that. It might have been in CGN OT.

YES! And the Chinese are monitoring sites like Calguns, keeping a roster of everyone bragging about how they have lots of ammo they bought before the latest panic.
The Chinese will round them up first...