Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Midway usa dealer accounts going away

I called today to order some small items from Midway today. I called because the website would not let me select USPS priority mail which would mean I should have the items in 2 days verses nearly a week with UPS with the cost about the same why would I not want it here in 2 days. They told me they can't ship priority anymore. I also voiced my displeasure in the fact that on most items the dealer discount has gotten to be a joke with many items being no discount at all. I was then informed the dealer accounts would be going away. wow thats a smart business decision. That will take away the last reason I have to do business with them. Honestly if not for the dealer account I think the regular prices suck. The regular prices aren't any better than local prices at cabelas or sportsmans.

Think it could be because of abuse?

dealer prices with Midway was a joke anyway

Amen to that!

What are dealer prices? Anybody with a business license gets special pricing?

supposedly you do,

Just another reason to use Brownell's.....

considering the state of our Post Office, I can see why they don't like Priority so much. My local PO sat on a insured pair of $1000 binos for several days, without leaving a notice, even though in their system they had recorded, "notice left"

Of course Midway probably marks up UPS 2nd Day, so they make more money, too.

Brownell's can be a PITA too. They wouldn't ship Weatherby brass to me in Alaska....said it was a "restricted item." I have bought brass online from about a half dozen other places with no problem.

And Brownell's has raised their shipping prices - now it's $7.95 base.....

Guess I'll just have to pass the added cost onto the poor customer.

brownells has a crappy dealer program and IMO are even more difficult to deal with than midway. I seem to have more trouble and hassle dealing with them than even midway. some of you are FFL holders and some here aren't. AS an FFL holder I don't pay retail prices for anything gun related. Midway took dealer pricing away from alot of things like vortex, nightforce and some others. that wasn't a big deal if you make some calls its easy to get dealer discounts from other sources on that stuff. Graff is the one that has the best pricing however they do a very poor job of maintaining inventory. I suspect midway is going to be moving more toward a coupon code system where they run promotions where you get like $20 off $100 purchased. kinda like cabelas does from time to time. This may allow them to get past the minimum pricing that some companies want retailers charging. but with that dealer accounts are still going to suffer and not be getting near as good a deal as before.

never had any issues with Brownells. I avoided Midway due to their shipping costs and added shipping for backordered items.

Lots of these folks have been Fing us around for years. Midway lost my business years ago.

I received the email from Midway that they would be "inviting" me to become a retail customer. I've had a dealer account with Midway since the 80's.

Over the past few years the dealer discount has been declining. A lot of items there are no discounts and as a dealer I couldn't qualify for any of the special offers. I also had to place a minimum order of $40 or pay a small order fee.

Like everyone else I have to question their shipping charges. Last week I received an order of some Hornady modified cases and a few other small items. The box it was shipped in was huge and stuffed with packing material.

It's getting cheaper to shop locally and pay retail and sales tax than to pay shipping charges.