That’s crazy. I just bought 3 boxes from academy a couple weeks ago for $13 a boxFederal will ship you a 2 box limit of 9mm American Eagle ammunition for $70 with a long delay in shipping.
Total is $57.98 due to the expensive flat rate shipping cost.
Federal has a quasi pay to play scheme going on.
2 boxes Syntech 150gr - $45.98 = ~46cpr
+ $12 shipping ($5.xx tax locale dependent but ignore this, everybody charges tax now online pretty much)
= $63.31, ~63cpr shipped.
Anybody who has ever shipped anything knows that A) volume shippers get volume discounts, B) the price of shipping doesn't scale linearly with the size/weight of the package.
2 box limit, infinite order capability to the same address/same card, $12 shipping each time, multiple orders packed in 1 box if it fits. Ask me how I know. Yes, they have the capability to charge you $12 on each order and have shipping associate your non consecutive order numbers and consolidate the shipping to make them more money.
They used to charge $3 in fees on each order on a 2 box limit on top of things. I went to order once and saw that and backed out, the time I did order with multiple orders they charged $3 more per order than invoice price on my card, then revised the charges.
At that point you can pay $0.60/rd shipped on other sites.
I think Federal is doing it to get people "some" ammo, while discouraging those are looking for thousands of rounds.
At that point you can pay $0.60/rd shipped on other sites.
I think Federal is doing it to get people "some" ammo, while discouraging those are looking for thousands of rounds.