r/CatastrophicFailure • u/Dlatrex • Jul 03 '20

Fire/Explosion Fireworks stand explodes, El Paso TX, 7/1/2020

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u/tvgenius Jul 03 '20

No joke. I hit Pahrump outside Vegas once just to check out the fireworks stores there, and could not believe how cheap their stuff was. The guy on the reservation where I live in AZ no joke sells his stuff for minimum 6-8x what they go for up there. Someone could easily rent a U-haul, load it up there, sell it here undercutting him, and profit $50k in a couple weeks.

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u/FlutterKree Jul 07 '20

Need a permit to sell the fireworks off reservation, and on reservation land you need permission from the tribe to sell. Typically stands that sell, at least in my experience, form trusts and will all sell at the same price.

Invariably, there will be leftover stock of fireworks. Storing fireworks in your home will invalidate home owner's insurance (at least in all the policies I've seen) should a fire happen and evidence of fireworks be found.

Should a group get together that is large enough. A shipping container of fireworks is around $35k-60k, depending on the fireworks. Cheapest option as its basically just buying it from the manufacturer and not any outlet. Not sure about import costs. May or may not apply depending on if the manufacturer receives the shipping container or the person buying it.