I don't remember component shortages during the Vietnam War or the Gulf War. Primers cost what they do because people are paying it. There doesn't seem enough discipline for enough people to withhold t heir dollars, and OH!, there's NO COMPETITION, so why on earth would anyone expand production? It's greed. All the other "logical" explanations are void. I got that when the guy from Hornady did that whiny video about doing all they can.
......buy when they put it on the shelf in quantity... period... don't whine when it ain't there you had your chance.
I have no room to "whine," as I have primers. I HAVE planned ahead and have easily weathered many "droughts" in the past, yet, I "whine."
I may not have enough to last the rest of my life, but I'm not exactly desperate either. I've noticed, from time to time that I'm "low" on a specific primer and had to buy some and not always at the ideal moment. This recent drought though, has reached farther and deeper than any I've witnessed before and I'm sure many have come up short, but I do not doubt most people posting here have been at least somewhat responsible in stocking up, so I don't think "whining" applies here, but yeah, I think it applies. I do know people who relied on someone else holding their inventory and administering a "just-in-time" philosophy, which I think is irresponsible.
My chances came over many years of slow accumulation, good luck, bad luck and MODERATION in usage. I've PAID for what little I do have and I do resent the fact that it is being eroded because of greed. I BUILT that little buffer, that surplus and it's been enough to get me through all the previous "droughts," plus, but this is beyond ridiculous and I do have something to say about even though I've bought when they'd put it on the shelf in quantity.
Nothing wrong with discussing it.