Yup. And I'm not speaking specifically about Crosman here- but airgun manufacturers in general terms; the 'big box' mentality takes hold and they find themselves screwed someday. Another US company has found this out the hard way, and I'm surprised they're still in business. I hear all sorts of things from US based resellers and distributors and they tell me all the US-based manufacturers or 'licensed distributors' are flogging through big boxes, on Amazon, and just about anywhere else they perceive they can make a nickel- which is apparently undercutting alot of the smaller people who were good at selling what they could, and supporting the customers properly- thereby taking it out of the manufacturer/licensee's hands. It almost appears that none of them can really figure out who/how they should sell their product- which tells me they are all hurting (at least mentally, i.e. not selling as much as they think they could be). The ultimate outcome will be, someday, the biggest vendor or two for their products will start dictating terms to them, and they may have killed off enough of the mid-range and smaller sellers that they find themselves in deep doo-doo and the mid-range and smaller guys will find products more to their liking in the meantime.

But whatever, any company can do as they please- whether it not it is a good mid/long term strategy is another matter entirely.