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Local Pro Shop vs. Bass Pro Shop/ Cabela's
07-06-2006, 04:00 PM
#21
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Spring Grove, Pa. USA
Posts: 2,120
RE: Local Pro Shop vs. Bass Pro Shop/ Cabela's
ORIGINAL: kevin1
Big box store , the local pro shops are only set up for compound shooters , I shoot a recurve . I don't need their technical help , just an occasional part at an affordable price .
Big box store , the local pro shops are only set up for compound shooters , I shoot a recurve . I don't need their technical help , just an occasional part at an affordable price .
07-06-2006, 04:08 PM
#22
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: syracuse,NY
Posts: 458
RE: Local Pro Shop vs. Bass Pro Shop/ Cabela's
I work Dam hard for my money and if I save money by shooping at Bass pro then that`s where I go. I`m sorry if I don`t support the local guy but the $2 more at his shop feeds him and take food out of my kids mouths.
07-06-2006, 04:37 PM
#23
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Local Pro Shop vs. Bass Pro Shop/ Cabela's
Stretch.... everyone works hard for their money. Buy where you want. You don't have to get melodramitic about it and put your kids lives at risk over a $2 binglewhammer.
HCH
07-06-2006, 04:54 PM
#25
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Great Falls, Mt.
Posts: 229
RE: Local Pro Shop vs. Bass Pro Shop/ Cabela's
I try to use the local shop as much as possible. He treats me real well. He doesn't carry camo or stands or blinds, optics, ertc. But, anything for the bow comes from him. Otherwise I try cabelas or even E-bay.
07-07-2006, 01:26 AM
#28
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Baileysville, WV
Posts: 2,925
RE: Local Pro Shop vs. Bass Pro Shop/ Cabela's
ORIGINAL: davidmil
The big boys are no longer the bargain they were when they first started out with mail order only from a warehouse. Even with all their bulk buying they can't or won't make any major concessions in price anymore. Quite often shopping at your local pro is LESS. A couple years ago my pro shop bought a bunch of Omegas. He was selling them, and then Bass Pro just a ways away got in a ton of them and put on a big sale. They ran out and ordered more. My pro shop had them $30 less and it took a while to sell the 20 he had. People just didn't check on that large ticket item. They saw "SALE" from the big guy and thought, that's the place. GO figure. He always keeps a copy of the Bass Pro shop latest sale catalog from the paper on the desk. He's the same or less on a lot of things. And of course, the service and expertise is no contest. They can't touch my pro shop.
The big boys are no longer the bargain they were when they first started out with mail order only from a warehouse. Even with all their bulk buying they can't or won't make any major concessions in price anymore. Quite often shopping at your local pro is LESS. A couple years ago my pro shop bought a bunch of Omegas. He was selling them, and then Bass Pro just a ways away got in a ton of them and put on a big sale. They ran out and ordered more. My pro shop had them $30 less and it took a while to sell the 20 he had. People just didn't check on that large ticket item. They saw "SALE" from the big guy and thought, that's the place. GO figure. He always keeps a copy of the Bass Pro shop latest sale catalog from the paper on the desk. He's the same or less on a lot of things. And of course, the service and expertise is no contest. They can't touch my pro shop.
This is the case with my pro shop as well. Hard to beat the service and he will at the least pricematch and usually beat anybody's price.
07-07-2006, 02:11 AM
#29
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Modena Wi
Posts: 1,444
RE: Local Pro Shop vs. Bass Pro Shop/ Cabela's
Gander mountain in Germantown Wi...worst service I have seen. Been boycoting them for over two years now. Can't wait till the new Cabelas up the road from them opens. I hope they run gander out of bussiness
07-07-2006, 05:11 AM
#30
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location:
Posts: 1,251
RE: Local Pro Shop vs. Bass Pro Shop/ Cabela's
I dont go to my "local" proshop. It is run bya guy who is really knowledgable but is living in the archery world that existed 10 years ago...not many equipment upgrades there.
That said, I will normally support Ebay, or my local archery shop, which is now located in E. Greenbush, NY. It is run by an awesome dude who knows alot about shooting and bow set-up. Even though it is ah hour and 15 minutes from my house, it is now my local shop.
Try to support local, even if the prices are a little steeper.
That said, I will normally support Ebay, or my local archery shop, which is now located in E. Greenbush, NY. It is run by an awesome dude who knows alot about shooting and bow set-up. Even though it is ah hour and 15 minutes from my house, it is now my local shop.
Try to support local, even if the prices are a little steeper.