RE: Sportsmans Warehouse
When a Cabelas opened 50 miles from me last year, I was hot to go check them out. Heard so may good things about the retail stores I was really curious. I found:
Candy in bags marked "Cabelas". (Well worth driving 50 miles for!)
Cheap Chinese crap in their camping section (looked like WalMart)
Milsurp rifles marked up 300 to 400% over curent wholesale prices.
Reloading equipment and supplies at higher prices than I can get from Graf & Sons, Midway, or anybody else on the net, even when shipping is figured in.
The killer item i saw was a lamp made from cedar...$550! According to that price, I am a multi-millionare when I figure the amount of cedar I have on my property.
I flat cannot see what the attraction is for Cabelas. I won't drive 50 miles for them...not sure I'd drive one mile.
I was pleasantly surprised about Sportsmans Warehouse. they had a soft opening here, and did very little advertising. Most folks I know who go there did so on word of mouth.
I'm looking forward to the opening of a Bass Pro Shop here this fall. I was impressed with the one in Katy, Texas.