The Sales or lack thereof...

[ak2m4]

All good explanations.  This time last year the £ was trading around 1.35 vs the $, today it's 1.2.  When you have to purchase a 20 foot container that small increase is gonna hurt.  

 

[AirSniper]

All good explanations.  This time last year the £ was trading around 1.35 vs the $, today it's 1.2.  When you have to purchase a 20 foot container that small increase is gonna hurt.  

Speaking to a store owner today, many retailers have stopped restocking in objection to price gouging by the big suppliers who have in many cases, removed the 25% hike in price.

You also have HM Customs and Manufacturers to contend with as they take advantage of the current situation yet these are countries of origin where the COL rises are not a factor.

Then you have the warehouses that have had stock in 2022 that they price up on the COL when its only cost them the 2022 pre COL rise that HM Customs are taking several months to clear and some of these suppliers are in the EU and therefore BREXIT is to blame for delays in the system.

In addition to that the store owner I spoke with had a consignment that they had to send back because the RIF's were not legal in the UK, seems that Chinese manufacturers are sending out RIF's to make fulfilment on orders for UK market that should be for EU and US markets.

So in real terms, there are no items on sale because retailers can't let items go at a discount because of manufacturers, delays by HM Customs and BREXIT backlog as well as merchandise that is sent out by manufacturers to fulfil orders.

I bought a Glock mag recently that is clearly not for UK markets as it lets 0.2g bb's fly out in excess of 396 fps, so I now have to buy a new regulator so I can use the magazine because its output is around 1.4 Joules, well over the 0.9 Joules of a standard UK magazine.