RE: Gander Mt in Trouble?
Well I went to both Dick's Sporting goods and Gander Mountain today to look at 2 specific items. They were both in stock at Gander Mountain.
I then headed to Dick's to look at the same 2 items. They too had the items, but one was 1.00 cheaper and the other was 3.60 cheaper. Where do you think I spent my money? I have noticed Gander Mountain doesn't have nearly the traffic (cars in their lot) as they once did. They lost alot of my business when last year I wanted a Scent Blocker Coat. I went in and grabbed one they had in a large ( the only one) I noticed the coat was without factory tags so I grabbed another one in x large for the cashier to ring out. I then noticed that the buttons and zippers on the large were rubbed off a bit. I asked them to call the manager
to see if I could get a discount due to the coat clearly being usedand restocked. He wouldn't budge on the price. Finally I said forget it I'm not paying full price for a used coat and he then offered 5% off. I laughed at him and said that that coat shouldn't have even been put back on the shelf. So I'm sure it was again restocked and some poor guy who wasn't as observant bought it probably at full price. That kind of businees practice for me is enough to send me shopping elsewhere.