Originally posted by Swamp Yankee:
Originally posted by Jason R. Wesbrock:
Originally posted by Night Wing:
Maybe the reason is cost. Do the 160 grain Ace Hex blunts cost more than the 160 grain round steel blunts?
No, they cost the same as any other weight Hex Head. They're always available directly from Ace, and usually for less money and less shipping that most retailers charge.
www.acearcherytackle.com [/b]
There's the reason 3 Rivers is dropping them; as a manufacturer you have to be the most expensive option if you expect any retailer to carry your product. [/b]
Actually, I should have rephrased that. Instead of "most" retailers, it should read "some."
Ace charges the same as places like Kustom King and a few other retailers I've seen. Personally, I'm glad Ace doesn't raise their prices just to placate retailers who want to charge more than everyone else. That's how prices spiral out of control. Competition in the marketplace is suppose to lower prices, not raise them.
If I had to guess why 3 Rivers doesn't carry them, I'd suspect it has something to do with the fact that they sell their own private label small game blunts. I used to work for a nutrition supplement distributor years ago that, once they developed their own line of products, slowly stopped selling their competitor's merchandise.