Escort Margrd 12 GA 18" 5+1 Rnd Nickel - $169.15

I think the preponderance of negs on Buds revolves around perceived price gouging from the panic from 1.5 years ago. I dunno, most places did it BUT I have completely shunned place like cheaperthandirt since then because they sent me panicked e-mails saying I needed to buy one of their base AR-15 bushmasters for $2000 before the government banned them. THAT bothered me big time since it only served to feed the panic. I get that many were bothered by other retailers simply raising their pricing (sans alarming "buy from us NOW or else" emails a la cheap dirt which was too unforgivable for me) but I really think their (Bud's and most others') motive was more a reality of the fact they had NO supply coming in and they wanted to keep something in stock to stay relevant. Not like they overly profited over that period because their sales volume went down significantly because suppliers didn't have the ability to supply. Others may disagree. Anyway, my opinion is also CTD sucks because they went out of their way to try to scare us and contribute to the problem while getting overly greedy with their pricing. Buds and most other just tried to keep a few AR-15's in stock for more than 5 mins without scary advertising. I also don't like Bud's associating with a gun "Penny Auction" (aka "legal scam") website ... but again, I've bought multiple handguns from them with no hassle for FAR cheaper than anything I can get locally. So ... my humble opinion is if Bud's has something that looks good and you want/need it, buy it and you'll be happy in the end.