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I've got a Bass Pro about 5 minutes from me, but unless I need something absolutely right now, the internet is just easier, better, and cheaper. I think the business model for their brick and mortar stores is pretty much doomed whether they run their stores well or crappy.
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They got the attraction / destination thing going.
Kids love aquariums.
Springfield has the gun museum.
Go see Santa.
Dave
�The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.� Lou Holtz
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Told y’all, they are preparing to close and or restructure
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went to a Cabela's store twice.........
the first & last time........
Ain't never been to a Bass Pro........
Prob just another over priced/over rated store
T R U M P W O N !
U L T R A M A G A !
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Never cared for Bass Pro, and I've been watching Cabelas slide downhill for years now.
I have 50 dollars in Cabelas points and can't even find anything I want, they literally have nothing in stock.
When I manage to spend my fifty dollars in Cabelas points I'll be done with them !!!!!
Garry
Trump won !!!
Trying to live like a free man in the Communist Republic of New Jersey.
Love your country, distrust your government.
Democrats and the people who vote for them, enemies of America and a free American people
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Ordered item Friday from AssPro at manufacturer's fixed price, arrived today UPS, cost free shipping. Otherwise they suck.
"I can't be canceled, because, I don't give a fuuck!"
--- Kid Rock 2022
Holocaust Deniers, the ultimate perverted dipchits: Bristoe, TheRealHawkeye, stophel, Ghostinthemachine, anyone else?
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I bought a gun in a WA state Cabelas, I think a Luger. I have stopped on the Idaho state line a few times to buy jugs of powder while driving 900 miles to deer hunt. I owned commercial property with apartment tenants and business tenants on the main floor in through the 1990s. I learned how much commercial property costs per month per square foot. It was $1/sq ft/month in 1990 for what I had, but $10 for medical space. Everything should be 4X that now, from looking at https://gismaps.kingcounty.gov/parcelviewer2/The building is appraised at 4X what I paid. I have never been able to understand how Cabellas can cash flow. Not enough customers buying enough stuff for enough profit to pay for the overhead. But they still exist, ....so either I don't know anything, or someone is subsidising the losers I visit.
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. -Ernest Hemingway
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.-- Edward John Phelps
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That's a conundrum for me too. Just doesn't make sense they are able to stay viable after the buy out I bought a gun in a WA state Cabelas, I think a Luger. I have stopped on the Idaho state line a few times to buy jugs of powder while driving 900 miles to deer hunt. I owned commercial property with apartment tenants and business tenants on the main floor in through the 1990s. I learned how much commercial property costs per month per square foot. It was $1/sq ft/month in 1990 for what I had, but $10 for medical space. Everything should be 4X that now, from looking at https://gismaps.kingcounty.gov/parcelviewer2/The building is appraised at 4X what I paid. I have never been able to understand how Cabellas can cash flow. Not enough customers buying enough stuff for enough profit to pay for the overhead. But they still exist, ....so either I don't know anything, or someone is subsidising the losers I visit.
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Went to Scheels for the first time last week while I was in DFW. It kicks the piss out of BPS/Cabelas. I used to run through Cabelas almost weekly to see if I needed anything. I haven’t been in one in well over a year now. I did need some parts for my boat and stopped at BPS because I was close. I refused to pay the prices they wanted so I drove to Academy Sports and not them from between 30%-60% cheaper at their everyday prices.
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Cabela's had Gen 3 G26 listed on GunsInternational for $399. It did not last long. Quite recently they sold 100 round boxes of 9x19 FMJ for $18.99. It does not appear this company is useless.
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I liked the in store Bargain caves at Cabela’s.
I’ve found a few deals on returned stuff. Even more of a discount on Cabela’s branded stuff.
Last Cabela’s i went in, a curtain covered up the entrance to the BC. I don't think there are any left. Closed them all down. I bought a lot of stuff from bargain caves as well. I'm pretty sure BP shut down the bargain caves as soon as they took over (or shortly thereafter). I used to make a yearly pilgrimage to at least one Cabela's a year (nearest one is around 2 hours away) but I haven't made one in the last few years. Fugg them and BP. Yes, they did. And for the simple reason they no longer accept returns like Cabelas did. They went to the Bass Pro policy. 30 days with receipt, and it can't be used. No Cabela's name warranty. So, if you buy it you had better like it, or decide to return it the next day before you take it out of the bag. If not, they will find a reason not to accept the return.
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I jumped on Cabela's website yesterday and bought a Sig Romeo 5 no problem. They're on sale for $149.99 with "free" two day shipping, on Mondays you get another 10% off if you use your Club Visa (I'll pay it off before next billing cycle), plus I had $28.00 in points. Took me longer to type this than it did to make the purchase. Should be delivered tomorrow. Let us know if it shows up. Showed up this afternoon just like they said it would.
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I have been in several BPS through the years. They never had in stock what I was looking for. Easier to just order things online.
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