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Joined: 16 Nov 2006 Posts: 367

was at the Lacey, Wa. store yesterday.
Walked in and picked up fsale flyer, noticed at top of thirteenth page:
SALE! FEderal lead 16ga, @$6.49 / box 0f 27 7.5 shot fine for trap and skeet

Now, I live 80 miles North (by I-5) have never seeen any of thier ads in local paper or on website, they really want to stick with local customers.

Rant over.

Cabelas is so big, they play by their own rules. For every customer that has stopped doing business with them because of the way they got screwed, there are probably 10 others drawn in by easy online ordering, their pretty stores, and gigantic inventory.

I have not done business with them since autumn of '04. Lies and ho-hum customer service just don't cut it with me. Same thing goes for Griffin & Howe, Dick's Sporting Goods, and General Motors. I wouldn't care if they all went out of business!!!

I would have to agree, but I haven't given up on them. What I have learned is that you can't change them. For years I've filled out the suggestion cards at Bass Pro suggesting they stock more 16 ga shells. I did the same with Cabelas. I've not noticed any change. I have done the same with Walmart. Our local stores stock a few 16 ga shells but only in #6 shot. The behind the counter people tell me they don't sell many so they don't much. I tried to explain if they would stock some #8's they might sell more but it's like talking to a brick. One little girl even told me that the 16 ga was obsolete. I've even written to the corporate office and they just refer me back to the behind the counter people. I buy what they have but I've given up on changing them.

Member Joined: 08 Nov 2005 Posts: 3438 Location: Illinois

The bottom line is the execs are not shooters and the counter people are completely clueless when it comes to the shooting sports Evil or Very Mad

Ask any of the sporting goods people a simple question and you will get that blank stare Shocked

I asked for a box of .22 shorts the other day at Wally andthe kid behind the counter turned red and pointed over to the men's underwear Rolling Eyes

We would not tolerate this ignorance at the local auto parts store yet we accept it as normal at the big retailers Embarassed

Makes a guy miss the time when we could hang out at a REAL gunshop for hours on end Wink

Joined: 01 Jun 2006 Posts: 268 Location: Meridian, ID

Having shopped both, I like Bass Pro better than Cabelas.

Cabelas does have a better catalog though.

Jim

Joined: 07 Apr 2008 Posts: 20 Location: Chesapeake Bay, MD

Cabelas has never treated me anything but well. Broken gear, prematurely worn out field boots, whatever -- they stand by their sales.

However, that said, I do not walk into their stores expecting to learn anything about firearms or fishing gear. I do my homework in advance, then visit the "big" stores to get a decent price.

And, let's be honest, have all the counter people at your local gun stores been omniscient about sporting firearms? Rolling Eyes

I've had more misinformation leveled at me by sales-intent gentlemen behind mom & pop gun store counters than I care to recollect.

As always, caveat emptor.

R

I live 140 miles from a Cabelas. They have been putting their fliers in the our local newspaper since they opened.

Dennis

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I ordered a pair of jeans from Cabelas. They arrived with the correct size marked, but were 4 inches too big....mismarked. I called Cabelas, they immediately sent me a replacement pair and told me to give the other pair to charity!

I received an email offer for $50. off any $200. in-store purchase. There is no Cabela's in my state (California). My wife was travelling on business in Texas and was near a Cabela's, but the coupon was expired. I called customer service at the store and was advised that of course they would honor it. So I got a $200. Leupold scope for $150.

The divedends on my Cabela's Visa entirely paid for my TC .50 cal muzzle loader that took my big deer last year in Michigan.......

I could go on.

How does it get any better than that? I don't go to gun stores to get educated on guns by the clerk.....I already know about guns. I like Cabelas and sincerely hope they don't open in California, then I would have to pay sales tax!

Member Joined: 27 Nov 2005 Posts: 258 Location: Nordern MN

I'm curious if the original poster is a Cabela's Visa holder. For instance, the closest store is over 200 miles from me, but I have a Cabela's Visa and I visit the store a few times a year (it's near the family gatherings). Since they know I use the store, they send me the flyers.

Do you think they send flyers to every resident in my town? How large of a geographical radius do you think they saturate with mailings?

"Take it or leave it" regards,

NR

Member Joined: 09 Mar 2007 Posts: 972 Location: Keller,TX

I live 7 miles from the Cabelas store in FT Worth,TX, I can honestly say that after purchasing 2 guns and numerous merchandise during the last three years, they'er still OK in my book. Admittedly they have some screwball ordering policies and their stocking of 16 bore ammo sucks. I will still continue to shop there, but I always check twice and look four times before buying. Wink

Joined: 16 Nov 2006 Posts: 367

I would have like to bought some 16 ga shells had I known earlier.

As it was I was in the store put on lay-a-away a 1966 M70 in 7mm Mag for this upcoming Elk season. Should haveit paid -off ny August. ( Got to sight-in, sometime and not the Saturday before season)

I do not have their credit card as it would be MAXed each month!

And I used to live 17 miles West of the Dundee store in Michigan and they would put flyers in the local paper there!

I don't go to Walmart for product knowledge, I go for price, selection, convenience, and hassle-free returns or exchanges of defective products. Same with all the big box stores, Cabela's included.

However, there is no excuse for what happened to onefunzr2. If you're going to be in a specialized market like that you'd better know what you are doing, and you'd better perform. I'd be mad too!

Joined: 15 Oct 2004 Posts: 787 Location: Indiana

I too have my deep seated issues with the a**holes at Cabela's, and I'm not going to repeat the rant here, as always some all-knowing wise-a** who spends about $50 every 3 years at Cabela's will tell me what a fine store it is. All I can say is, if you shop there for firearms long enough, one of these days it will happen to you---then you won't feel so "mellow" about them. Their gun prices ON ANYTHING COLLECTIBLE are LUDICROUSLY high ! THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW.....