Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Gander mountain just lost any of my potential business

+1 Its the PC climate we live in today.

It was standard wardroom etiquette when I was a serving Navy officer not to discuss women, politics and religion.

If you are looking for a "free be" I would expect to have to observe the givers rules. Giving you free stuff, and following your rules seems a bit much.

jim

The issue with "free" stuff to things that aren't part of some larger, nationally recognized group (DU, TU, Whitetails Unlimited, RMEF etc) is that when it comes time to account - boss man figures you let product go out the door to a buddy.

Giving to a group as I mentioned - provides some cover for the store and corporation.

Way to easy to set up some "raffles" for a guy and his buddy "through Church" versus faking a DU dinner...

I have no problem with the policy as long as they do it uniformly. If you give to one you have to give to all unless you want some rather serious public relations problems. I don't understand people who get angry when someone refuses to give them free stuff.

edit: That African trip they outfitted sounds like an advertisement to me. I assume they do advertise.

Gander Mountain has many more issues than the topic at hand...

In exchange for the "free" stuff, they are getting "free" exposure/advertising. Seems like a win, win to me.

Some "free exposure" can get real sticky if it is not in the right place.

Gander tends to be way overpriced on both ammo and guns. I tend to shy away from them.

I have to agree Gander Mountains prices are CRAP!!!! I can almost guarantee that Cabelas is lower on dang near everything then Gander. I was looking for some muck boots. Gander 169.00, Cabelas 149.00 exact same pair. Most everyone else in the area/country was selling them for 149.00.

Found an ad in the Wisconsin Outdoor News and a guy that owned an archery shop was selling them for 119.00.SAME BOOT.

Gander gets VERY VERY little of my business and I could really care less if they do go out of business. Because I like to be kissed before I get.... well you know:)

Bill/WI

Btw Cabelas has been pretty good to me. I bought a Savage Predator rifle in 223 for 599.00. about a week later it was on sale for 549.00. Contacted the Cabelas in Richfield,WI where I bought it and the gun manager said bring in the receipt and they gave me the difference back. Now that IMO is good customer service.

Fleet Farm is over looked too. GB's FF and Gander are about 2 miles apart. 40 bucks cheaper on guns. Easy.

I think some of yall are missing the point. I could care less if they give anything or not. It's the fact that they don't have to "balls" to stand for something so they blanket every religion. Even if they stood for Muslim atleast have the balls to stand for it.
Jeremiah 16:16, Gen.9:3 good enough for me on turkey calling....lol.
Like I said above it's not denying me the "free gift". It's the whole America scared to stand for something, anything anymore. .

They are standing for something - no free gifts to religious groups. Just so happens it's not what you stand for.

So then what exactly is your corporate brand image. Like I said I'm not mad at all about not getting anything. We've been blessed with this event every year with plenty of stuff to give away. I'm gonna call the corporate office tomorrow and find out what is there corporate image is. If they don't support Christianity then my business will go to other places that do. This is not about not getting anything its about what I believe and what I stand for. You don't have to donate something to support it. These are just my opinions and don't want to get into some big religious deal over this.

I had a paragraph written but I just couldn't hit the submit button.

Who the hell even shops at Gander Mountain anyway? Everytime I have ever been in there it was just for a look and to kill time. Everything in their store is way overpriced and I accuse them of affiliating with the Yuppies

I doubt they are anti-Christian. Probably very anti the baggage that comes along then with all the "others" then asking about "why not me"?

I also suspect the political group was the larger target there....

You could always convert to a Moonie and call Kahr...

OP way off base here imo.

I have no ax to grind one way or the other about this matter. I do however have friends and family members involved in sales all the way from cars to coffee and I have an observation that I will pass on. The people involved in sales jobs find that it gets very old for someone to come in several times a week wanting either freebies or to purchase something at a figure below cost on the basis of representing themselves as a member of one religious group or another. The common thread seems to be that you are not a good person or business if you do not do what is requested. Some folks get very nasty about it if they are told no. This seems, to me, to be very much like a child who wants something, doesn�t get it and then creates a disturbance. Lots of people want something for nothing and they all have a reason why they think that they ought to get it.

RickOShay I totally understand what your saying. A business can't succeed giving everybody that walks through the door something for nothing. I've had numerous company tell me they couldn't help. Each for there one reason which all I respected. The thing is they cared enough to atleast to give me a chance to explain who I was and want I was doing.

Try working in a service/retail industry and see how many of these requests for "donations" you get. It is a royal pain in the azz! The more you do, the more you requests you get. And trust me, the amount of "exposure" you get doesn't even come close to the actual costs of such donations Throw religion into the mix and things get even more tricky.