I ask every time I go in, and as of last week the 6 box limit was still in play at my local Wal-Mart. Now, perhaps the sales lady is misinforming me, I don't know. But to be truthful, I don't mind the limit, and here is why. When all of this ammo buying craziness started after the election, and Wal-Mart imposed the 6 box limit, I talked to the Sporting Goods Manager at my local Wal-Mart. He told me the reason for it was because they were having a big problem with small, local gun shop owners coming in and literally buying every box of ammo they had. They then would take it back to their stores, mark it up, and put it out on their shelves. He told me one guy came in and bought over $2,500.00 worth, and about 15 minutes later another guy bought over $1,900.00 worth, cleaning them out of ammunition for over a week. He said he told the store manager what had just happened, who then called the home office in Bentonville, Arkansas to report to them what was happening, and they told him this was occurring all over the country. Shortly after that the 6 box limit was imposed. He said Wal-Mart does not like placing limits on purchases, but in this case they had no choice.
Wal-Mart has the same problem when they put candy on sale. Vending machine operators come in and purchase cases of it because Wal-Mart's sale prices are lower than their dealer prices for the same stuff. Wal-Mart has such buying power from these large companies they can get prices no one else can come close to matching, even places like Cabela's and Bass Pro Shop's on things like ammo. So with that being the case, I don't mind having to make a couple of trips a week to circumvent that kind of situation. It's inconvenient to be sure, but at least it assures there is ammo to buy. It irritates me that the people doing this are the same people we are supposed to support because big, bad companies like Wal-Mart are driving them out of business. While I do sympathize with their economic situation, I've got to worry more about my own. Bill T.
