Avtomat-Acolyte
Well-Known Fanatic
It sickens me to be involved on many gun forums and to see everyone around the country screaming about how awesome Palmetto State Armory is and how wonderful the prices are.
Many times when I have gone to PSA's website and added identical products to my cart, then calculate shipping and tax, the price is now MORE than it is from an out-of-state competitor, even if PSA is doing a sale.
The economy has been getting progressively worse since 2006 and saving "a couple of dollars" translates into "a gallon of milk" or "a gallon of gas" in my Real World, so I usually shop elsewhere after price-checking with PSA. If I lived in any state besides South Carolina I would be buying almost all of my gun parts from PSA. The sales tax really kills the incentive.
I wish upon a star, a genie in a bottle, or an eyelash on a nose, that Palmetto State Armory would do a "South Carolina Resident Discount" that happens to be exactly what the sales tax is.
Many times when I have gone to PSA's website and added identical products to my cart, then calculate shipping and tax, the price is now MORE than it is from an out-of-state competitor, even if PSA is doing a sale.
The economy has been getting progressively worse since 2006 and saving "a couple of dollars" translates into "a gallon of milk" or "a gallon of gas" in my Real World, so I usually shop elsewhere after price-checking with PSA. If I lived in any state besides South Carolina I would be buying almost all of my gun parts from PSA. The sales tax really kills the incentive.
I wish upon a star, a genie in a bottle, or an eyelash on a nose, that Palmetto State Armory would do a "South Carolina Resident Discount" that happens to be exactly what the sales tax is.