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SureShot
 Post subject: Pricey Pellets
PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 8:37 pm 
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I was surfing through Amazon.ca when I came across these gems.
Are they gold plated????
Or just marked up?

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 Post subject: Re: Pricey Pellets
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Talk about alchemy-they finally found a way to turn lead into gold... :D

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Heh, Nikkonos would fall off her/his (still don't know if it's a he or a she) chair if they saw this ad. Listed for $7.50 for the Coppa-Sputnik (the Russian version is easier to spell). Then again I do have the old price list. The new price for these should still be under 50 bux/tin. Then again inflation is catching up to us...

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SureShot
 Post subject: Re: Pricey Pellets
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I am a self confessed pellet hoarder, I have a compassion to buy one of every brand & type and seldom open the tins.
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But I won't pay more than $15 for a tin.
I came across some the other day selling for $24, didn't buy them.


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 Post subject: Re: Pricey Pellets
PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2016 10:30 pm 
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...Hey, Sureshot.....I think I have that bug.....I bought some different H&Ns and some Miesters last spring but can't bring myself to use them ! .... It's the old adage , "when they're gone , they're gone" .....so I just keep buying RWS locally along with some Crosmans .....funny, eh?
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SureShot
 Post subject: Re: Pricey Pellets
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I often shoot Grizzly, Crosman or Daisy pellets because of their availability.
I wouldn't mind ordering some unique pellets online from Amazon.ca however I understand that their pellet shipments are often received in poor condition.


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 Post subject: Re: Pricey Pellets
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Amazon has all sorts of weird pricing on more obscure things. They also have other vendors selling from their site, and vendors use it as some sort of tool to try and rip off the misinformed. Just do your research as I would expect any Internet savvy person to do. Most stuff from Amazon themselves is generally cheap. It tells you who the retailer is.

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 Post subject: Re: Pricey Pellets
PostPosted: Wed Apr 27, 2016 6:17 am 
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Barfman wrote:
Amazon has all sorts of weird pricing on more obscure things. They also have other vendors selling from their site, and vendors use it as some sort of tool to try and rip off the misinformed. Just do your research as I would expect any Internet savvy person to do. Most stuff from Amazon themselves is generally cheap. It tells you who the retailer is.

I used to assume that when you buy from Amazon.ca that your purchase would be shipped from them however you are correct Barfman. They often ship from other warehouses from other countries.
For example on March 23rd I purchased an LED light bulb from Amazon.ca and I've yet to see it because it's coming from China.

The problems that people are experiencing with pellets purchased from Amazon.ca is probably due to poor packaging by the original shipper and poor handling by Canad Post. I haven't had any personal experience but Canad Post seems to have a bad reputation for handling parcels and handling customer complaints.

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In any of the product categories within Amazon.ca, the first few are generally the items sold and shipped by them,often free shipping.
As you go down the list, the pricing gets ridiculous and the seller is in the US or beyond.
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 Post subject: Re: Pricey Pellets
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As I understand it from other forum postings, when an owner of an amazon site runs out of stock they can easily change the price to something ridiculous so that no one will place an order. If they try to remove the item, they have to pay a ridiculous fee, and the same thing goes for anyone who doesn't have stock on hand, they too have to pay a 'fine' or something similar. This is one of Amazon's requirements to ensure that they can always provide very short time periods from when anything is ordered until it is shipped.

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 Post subject: Re: Pricey Pellets
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Amazon.ca I see it all the time that prices are out to lunch. Like why I bought a tin of pellets for under 6$ and than couple pages down, I see same pellets for 30$

Gotta shop around with Amazon.ca now and find out if its truly is a good deal. Most likely its not.
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