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There's plenty of good blacksmith shops. They've changed from a business model of "repair and fab" to a business model of "cottage industry making high end artwork using the old methods" and getting top dollar for their work....
But I get your point.
I often describe what I do with milsurp as...
GP is literally getting twice as much for them "wholesale" as I do retail.
I have gotten out of the habit of looking at the auctions. I haven't looked since I bought the welder a few months ago.
Judging from the fact that the stuff is still selling, enough people are looking (and bidding)...
I speculate that GL got outbid on the truck contract because someone knew that the hmmwvs would be able to be sold as trucks and not as scrap. (Sheer speculation on my part and labeled as such).
Wil, as I'm sure you know better than I do, "winning" a bid is only winning so long as there's...
The only truck I've ever previewed is also the only truck to break down on the way home. It dumped the coolant into the oil about 300 miles out of ft riley. Go figure....
I've had "very good" and "very bad" experiences with both. I can't say I have a preference between the two when it comes to customer service.
End prices on items that get chased, like trucks, really aren't any different either.
End prices on items that don't get chased hard are much higher...
What competition? If GL doesn't get it back, it'll be one monopoly losing to another monopoly. It won't be a division of the nonrolling stock.
The "competition" portion comes into play when they're competing for the contract.
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