Haven't they always been more expensive than LGS for guns and ammo when in stock??
Lately though I've noticed that the Albany one is focusing much more on the fishing, boating and tailgate camping party segment than hunting and shooting segment.
Bummer.I guess we really will be buying everything online and in independently owned shops... To me, this is the death of the last good retail chain for sporting goods.
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The people buying use their money to decide how they want things done. A HUGE lot of them go to the larger places now by choice.Yes, though I remember the Cabela's near me not having terrible prices before BP bought them. Now I don't even look at their ads much because I know their prices are so unreasonable for the most part, their sale price brings things back to a normal-everywhere-else level. And I SWEAR they intentionally hire the densest people they can find, just because they know they can pay them less. All in all, BP makes for a regrettable shopping experienceHaven't they always been more expensive than LGS for guns and ammo when in stock??
Haven't they always been more expensive than LGS for guns and ammo when in stock??
I was working in one of my dad's gun shops in high school when Walmart opened in our town. People would stop by our shop and have a clerk go over all the pros and cons of each action and caliber, and then the person would go to Walmart and save $20 on the price of a gun. Same with what lures worked and what the steelhead were biting on.Pretty hard for small shops to stay that way in this century. Too many people buy on line now. It seems that a lot of the shooting public though is just "never happy". I remember when Wally came along and started selling guns. A lot of people were all mad that they were selling cheaper than the "Mom & Pop" gun shops. So later Wally stops selling guns and a lot of people are mad they stopped?
Sadly this is just the way it works. When Amazon was getting going real good and Smart phones started to get good some electronic chain stores were lamenting this. People would come it to look at an item, then order it on their phone in front of the clerk helping them. Some of these stores folded and went away. Business adapts and changes or vanish. Some times it is sad to see but "tech" can't be stopped. People have to adapt and change with it. The small business that has gone away from Tech is going to be a drop in the bucket to what will be gone from this hoax that was pulled on people. VAST numbers of these places will close and be gone. That pains me a lot more to watch happening to the US. This has been nothing if not an interesting year. Will be something to see what the next one brings us
I'm ready for them to delete the "mans" in sportsmans like Joes did with GIJoes.
The only store left in town that sells guns, is also an ACE hardware store, camping store, fishing store, and has a huge clothing and footwear section. Pretty much a miniature Cabela's, but with hardware thrown in.
I'll admit to having done that at Cabela's/BP. In fact, they're my standard looky-loo store for optics. They often have what I want but at an awful price. And I don't feel bad about it at allSadly this is just the way it works. When Amazon was getting going real good and Smart phones started to get good some electronic chain stores were lamenting this. People would come it to look at an item, then order it on their phone in front of the clerk helping them. Some of these stores folded and went away. Business adapts and changes or vanish. Some times it is sad to see but "tech" can't be stopped. People have to adapt and change with it. The small business that has gone away from Tech is going to be a drop in the bucket to what will be gone from this hoax that was pulled on people. VAST numbers of these places will close and be gone. That pains me a lot more to watch happening to the US. This has been nothing if not an interesting year. Will be something to see what the next one brings us
I think a LOT more of us (I know I have) do this more than we want to admit it. Again the people who are smart will find a way to adapt and survive. Some will set up things to get people who come it to look and buy elsewhere, to still buy something from them or they will go away. People can of course be sad it happens but you can't fight the change. Hell I have had to change jobs a few times as things I learned to make a living were no longer in the same demand. You adapt and go where the "need" is. This minimum wage thing is a great example. It's almost $14 an hour here now. So automation is king. A lot of the "entry" jobs that paid min are going and even more will soon be gone. Some will kick about it, some who are smart will learn to maintain the machines that replace the mouth breather flipping burgers. Anyone my age has to have seen this with car repair as one small example. When I was a kid I was never really into working on my own but I could do a lot. Now days? Hell I will change the oil if I have time but that is about it. The shops who shine are manned by people who have to keep learning as the machines evolve and someone has to know how to fix them
Some will kick about it, some who are smart will learn to maintain the machines that replace the mouth breather flipping burgers. Anyone my age has to have seen this with car repair as one small example. When I was a kid I was never really into working on my own but I could do a lot. Now days? Hell I will change the oil if I have time but that is about it. The shops who shine are manned by people who have to keep learning as the machines evolve and someone has to know how to fix them
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