Texas gun seller Cheaper Than Dirt racks up 123 price gouging complaints

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Houston Chronicle by Taylor Goldenstein April 13, 2020

Texas gun seller Cheaper Than Dirt racks up 123 price gouging complaints

As coronavirus panic shopping started, one of the retailers drawing the most price-gouging complaints in Texas was a Fort Worth-headquartered, online-only gun store that customers say isn't living up to its name: Cheaper Than Dirt.

“I said, ‘Wow, this can’t be right,’” said Houstonian Kevin Switzer, who filed a complaint to the Texas Attorney General’s office after coming across the prices while shopping for ammunition. “‘There’s no way. Two or three weeks ago, this price was way less.’”

Switzer is one of 123 to complain to the office so far about Cheaper Than Dirt. Switzer and other shoppers reported markups such as a package of 1,000 rounds of .223 Remington rifle ammunition that once cost around $300 being sold for $900. Others said the company was canceling orders under previous prices claiming they were out of stock only to immediately re-list the product at a higher price.

More: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/texas/article/gun-seller-texas-coronavirus-price-gouging-15197043.php

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Dirt must be really expensive these days.

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Note to self do not but with them...