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someguyinseattle
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Location: seattle
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Real Name: Adrian
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joao01
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Location: Midwest
Joined: Thu Oct 2, 2014
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Unfortunately it is not a big fat goose egg.
_________________Massivedesign wrote: I am thinking of a number somewhere between none of and your business.
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| Fri May 13, 2016 8:47 am |
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Massivedesign
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Location: Olympia, WA
Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011
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Real Name: Dan
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I am impressed that OE still had 21k in taxes! That's a lot!
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| Fri May 13, 2016 8:58 am |
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solyanik
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Location: Seattle
Joined: Fri Oct 28, 2011
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Massivedesign wrote: I am impressed that OE still had 21k in taxes! That's a lot! I was surprised, too, but... (a) it is a pretty busy time of the year for guns, not much less busy than the holiday season (b) people did not have time to adjust, I am sure many were caught by surprise by the tax, but they already came to the store (c) they are a distributor, so they can afford to lower the prices on ammo by 15%. In my case 9mm costs 9.95/box from the distributor, and we sell it for 10.99, credit card fees and all. If I were to lower the price by 15%, I would be paying people 70 cents per box to take it
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Benja455
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Location: White Center
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solyanik wrote: Massivedesign wrote: I am impressed that OE still had 21k in taxes! That's a lot! I was surprised, too, but... (a) it is a pretty busy time of the year for guns, not much less busy than the holiday season (b) people did not have time to adjust, I am sure many were caught by surprise by the tax, but they already came to the store (c) they are a distributor, so they can afford to lower the prices on ammo by 15%. In my case 9mm costs 9.95/box from the distributor, and we sell it for 10.99, credit card fees and all. If I were to lower the price by 15%, I would be paying people 70 cents per box to take it Their ammo prices were always significantly higher than yours too...which I attributed to lower efficiency and/or high profit margin.
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velillen
Location: Wyoming
Joined: Mon Sep 24, 2012
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Seattle not releasing the information is complete BS. Especially their reason. They knew damn well there were only~20 (22?) FFL's in Seattle prior to the tax going into effect so coming out and now saying they wont release the info cause there is a "limited number". No shit theres a limited number cause there was always a limited number of FFL's in Seattle to begin with!
I am surprised with OE's amount. But with it being only the first quarter and with ammo sales I supposed that's reasonable. Real test will be the next filing ot see if it continues or drops as people know to go elsewhere
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Shonmow
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Location: Shoreline, WA
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These vultures will do anything they can to "massage" the numbers their way, but after seeing all of the shops move or close all they have really done is hurt the the city and potentially create more casualties.
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AR15L
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Location: Nampa, Idaho
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Shonmow wrote: These vultures will do anything they can to "massage" the numbers their way, but after seeing all of the shops move or close all they have really done is hurt the the city and potentially create more casualties. In their minds they have 'helped' the city. Less guns shops, less guns, less crime. Yes, that's the way they think.
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Selador
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Location: Index
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AR15L wrote: Shonmow wrote: These vultures will do anything they can to "massage" the numbers their way, but after seeing all of the shops move or close all they have really done is hurt the the city and potentially create more casualties. In their minds they have 'helped' the city. Less guns shops, less guns, less crime. Yes, that's the way they think. Less legal guns. Pretty much = more illegal guns, in time...
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rodell
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Location: Free At last in NC!
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Since FFL data is public, anyway, the journalist should have just called them all.
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lionhrt
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Location: Skagit county
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wouldn`t the bottom dollar amount be manditory for them to release if requested?
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Benja455
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Location: White Center
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lionhrt wrote: wouldn`t the bottom dollar amount be manditory for them to release if requested? Right. I'm not sure how they plan to avoid releasing that number.
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CurtisLemansky
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This is government we're talking about here... they detest accountability.
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