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...Actually Sycamore, you are sort of right....
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Ain’t been to a Scheels in 30 years.
Only shop at Terry Don Young’s Guns, Guitars and Vacuum cleaners.
He treat ya right.
Uses the same faded out blue book as used by boomers at gun shows.
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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When your closest choices within an hour are Big Dons Gun Shop with $600 Remington 783s, Academy, Walmarks, or Dolla Gentral, you would welcome a Scheels to your area.
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I like Scheels and will be there tomorrow to purchase some reloading supplies. Trading a gun to an organization that has special buying levels of new guns is not usually going to be a winner. It does allow you to get rid of the gun and decrease the price of the new gun but to think you're going to get more than you could sell it for outright is not a winning strategy in most cases.
Last edited by OSU_Sig; 08/25/21. Reason: I hate spell check
There are 2 rules to success:
1. Never tell everything that you know.
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This is outrageous. Scheels is trying to make money?
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Campfire Ranger
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Campfire Ranger
Joined: Sep 2007
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I took a used Ruger 10/22 to s cheels to sell . I had a very good Tasco scope on it my uncle gave me. I wanted at least $800 and they said no So I emailed Larry Potter , Kuiu and Sitka and meat eater and they all said no deal!!
Phug em all. I’m shopping g at Walmart from now on Lol
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Campfire Ranger
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A buddy of mine worked at Scheels while in college. He said even employees don't get discounts on guns because the margin is so tight from what they paid to what they actually sell them for. He was told the guns are to lure people in the store to also buy other stuff.
The deer hunter does not notice the mountains
"I fear all we have done is to awaken a sleeping giant and fill him with a terrible resolve" - Isoroku Yamamoto
There sure are a lot of America haters that want to live here...
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Campfire 'Bwana
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This is outrageous. People are trying to get a good deal?
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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I agree the rest of the store is still OK, just the gun counter seems headed in a making money but not your normal store path.
The problem is - It leads the rest of the store in the same direction… Look at cabelas reloading now - woof.
Scheels is still largely or entirely owned by the Scheels family. When they sell it or go public is when it will truly go to heck - just like when the Cabelas brothers sold out. Have never been to a Scheels. BUT, would be hard to be worse than Cabelas since the buy out. If you think they're bad now, given the Cabelas scenario, things could get even worse after a buy out. With a lot of family owned business, sometimes the second generation will take it forward, not always the case with succeeding generations. DF
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Now that Menard’s was mentioned I can’t get their singing jingle out of my head........”Save Big Money At Menard’s”. Its actually "you'll shave big monkeys, and punch a donkey, when you shop Menards". As far as Scheels, it's still quite good here in Appleton.
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Campfire 'Bwana
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Now that Menard’s was mentioned I can’t get their singing jingle out of my head........”Save Big Money At Menard’s”. Its actually "you'll shave big monkeys, and punch a donkey, when you shop Menards". As far as Scheels, it's still quite good here in Appleton. Remember the old commercials that ended with "Big Menardy" leering at the camera?
Not a real member - just an ordinary guy who appreciates being able to hang around and say something once in awhile.
Happily Trapped In the Past (Thanks, Joe)
Not only a less than minimally educated person, but stupid and out of touch as well.
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