Disgusted with Dick's Sporting Goods
 

I recently received a sales circular from Dick's and saw they had a Summit Viper Classic on sale. I got there first thing this morning hoping to beat the crowds and get one. I looked, but did not see any on the floor. I walked up to the counter to ask if they had any. There was a couple in front of me asking about a GPS unit. The salesman told them they were out! I asked about the stand and guess what? They did not have any!

It really burns me when they advertise these sales as a gimmick to get people into the store. There response was that it was " a national advertisement." What the hell is that supposed to mean? The younger salesman stated that the treestands had been on sale for two months, WRONG! I just looked at the very same stand three days earlier and they were not on sale. Has anyone else experienced this?

I have made up my mind not to shop with them. They are constructing a Sportsman's Warehouse ans it will be open in a few weeks.

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I hate that chain and never buy sporting goods from them. Some of their athletic clothes are Ok but most of the time their hunting and fishing equipment is all second rate stuff.

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If you are referring to Dick's......they do this all the time.....I quit going there because of this!
Dan

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Is that name short for Richard?????

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Hey they are alright but you cant shop by thier add.

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I have a cabelas a mile from my house. I'll boycott xxxxx's with you! :D

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i have been in the same situation with Bass Pro. the most recent incident i drove to Bass Pro to buy a CVA Optime Pro that they had on sale. when i arrived i learned that they did not have ANY CVA's period, much less the Optima. i ended up buying another muzzleloader which was more expensive than the one i wanted. i believe this is their tactic. however Bass Pro is only 45 minutes from my house and realisticaly they are the only place that truly has a wide selection of hunting gear. so in short, no matter how much they screw me, i'll still go and buy from them.

i know i could order off line or from a catalog from other places but it's not the same as being hands on with the merchandise and getting the merchandise right then and there vs. waiting a week or 2.

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I stopped by ****'s 2 weeks ago looking for .22 Short rounds. Didn't have any!!!! What kind of sporting goods store with a gun dept. doesn't have at least a couple boxes of most ammo. Pretty much the only ammo they had was .22 Long and 12 ga. I won't be returning.

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Yeah, those Richards at Richard's Sporting Goods do it all the time. I haven't stepped in their BS store since 3 years ago (maybe 2) when they advertised a Mossberg 500 with rifled barrel and scope like $279.

Yeah I was right in there. NONE IN STOCK. Call all the stores in N. IL. Guess what. YEAH THAT'S RIGHT - NO ONE HAS ONE.

"No problem. We'll issue you a raincheck."

OK great - when can I expect it in? "Don't know."

Will it be in in time for deer season? It is a frickin deer gun, kinda what the whole idea of the sale thing revolves around right? "Don't know."

"Now for the raincheck, do you want 12 or 20 gauge?" Well I'll take whatever you get in first, what do you get more of?

"Don't know what we're getting until they get here."

You have to be friggin kidding me! You have no idea what is being shipped to you until they get here?!?! "Yep."

Well put me down for the 20 gauge. "OK, you're down for a 20 gauge. So for 20 gauges that puts you about 5thin line for a 20."

Well then change that to 12 gauge. "OK but you'll then be about 7th or 8th."

WHAT?!?!?!?!? I was in here drinking coffee waiting for your doors to open! "Well that line for guns is at all the stores here in our region." So your computers are hooked up to compile a list of rainchecks but not to know what mechandise is expected to arrive?!?!??!?!?!?!

OH I GET IT! This sale thing IS all about deer season. It's about suckin' customers in with false hopes and raincheck BS for deer equipment that is advertised but not here. Knowing darn good and well that the majority of people who come in will buy other stuff and ca-ching! Get those registersringing! Yes it was quite a scene - just like I wanted it to be. Squeeky wheel always gets the oil (or the cops called as I have found out also at times - not in this case).

I don't know if it was my attitude, and I gave them plenty, both to the guys at the gun counter and the store manager who I had call all the other stores for me. But I never did get a call back saying my raincheck was filled. Turns out you have to go back and have it re-validated every so often. That's a real cute BS little loop hole Dork's has, isn't it?

DON'T SHOP AT DORK'S SPORTING GOODS!

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WOW, clearly you people need some experience in retail sales. I used to work at Bass Pro as a second job....fantastic discount and lots of fun! I dealt with this on a daily basis. Sales flyer would come out, people would drive hours to come get so and so gun that was on sale...sure enough we wouldnt have any and theyd be pissed. Id ask them if they wanted a rain check and some would be content with that and others would fly off the handle. Did it bother me? Not at all, theres a wonderful invention called the phone...use it. How hard is it to call and ask if something is in stock? You can even put one on hold!!! What a concept.

These places are there to make money, of course the sales are gimmicks, thats the point. Dont blame the store because you didnt have the foresight to check first. As for not knowing what exactly comes in on shipments...very true, we didnt have a clue until the truck came in. The powers that be do the ordering. It doesnt filter down to the grunts and we have no way of knowing what the suppliers themselves have in their own stocks.

Heres another bit of advice. The service you receive is directly proportional to what comes out your mouth. You get an attitude with the floor guy and his willingness to help you plummets. I once had a customer who was very nice, I showed him guns for at least 1.5 hours. He was constantly apologizing for making me go back and forth handing him rifles....he went through every one we had. He and I had a nice long conversation the whole time, it didnt bother me at all to do that for him.

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it's simple to me, if you don't have the product than don't publish ads that say you do. if you don't know exactly what is coming in each shipment, hold off on the advertising until the gear comes in. to me, lie'n to people to get them to come in and buy other merchandise is not a way to achieve repeat customers.

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The ads dont come from the store in your area, they come from much higher. The sales flyers arent a lie, the stuff is still on sale.

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Has anyone seen a hunting forum around here? I could swear there used to be one, but all I can find are tall tales and shopping tips.

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Unfortunatly, Diicks is the only place I have locally unless I drive about 90 miles. I only buy at Diicks if it's a emergency.


Gallred, Sorry HNI isn't what you expected, hunters talking about hunting, buying equipment, and such. Maybe you should try another site?

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Ditto... "Richard's" Sporting Goods is a total joke and a waste of time for hunting/shooting supplies. [:'(]

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We have a new onein the West Side (about 10miles) and a new onein the South Side (about 30 miles)..........I still drive 70 miles to Bass Proin the East!:)

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In response to what Lubricioussaid about his experience working at Bass Pro, I currently work at the sporting goods store mentioned in this post. I can honestly say that I agree with all of the complaints listed in this thread. The supply chain for these stores is horrible. The ads are almost always misprinted. It is a pain in the a** to get any gun that is not on our shelf to the store because they all come from PA. But as Lubricious said earlier it does not give anyone the right to bad mouth the sales person. I have dealt with so many customers who tell me they drove 45 minutes to the store and how dare we not have the one item they are looking for and on and on. We hear this all the time and there is not one thing that a sales associate who works there part time is going to do to change the problems of a big chain store. Lubricious touched on another thing that rings trueto me. The friendlier you are to me the more helpful I can be. There are a few ways you can cheat the system but I am not going to go out of my way to help someone who wants to b**ch me outfor something I have no control over. It all boils down to the golden rule.

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NO matter how terrible the store is I would have to agree with D rock its not the workers fault , I tell the manager ( who is a friend of mine) at wally world , why do they get nice rain jackets but never have rain pants , it takes both to stay dry in the outdoors . This year they dont have hardly any six pocket pants in MO SSY OAK ,or REAL TREE or other items of clothing he tells me they quit letting the managers do the ordering for the most part , its all done from higher up doesnt make since to me but hey thats the way it goes

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I like that store. I don't think they have that much of a selection but I always get great deals on $59 15ft ladder stands and recently a couple of small but sturdy hang on style stands for $29 (50% off). I also have been able to find decent camo on clearance. Like I said they don't have much but I don't go in with high expectations. I look at them like a Sports Authority or other stores like that, they sell Sporting Goods, and a little bit of hunting stuff. I do hate advertising things that you don't have in stock, I usually call first to avoid that.

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When it sounds to good to be trueeeeeeeeeeeeeeee:eek:

dd

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The only thing I buy from the Richard chain is on clearance. They do have good clearance sales. There is one about two miles from my house.

I have never had a problem with them, but I use to have a problem with Oshman's, when it was still in business. They would always "run out" before the sale. I showed up one Sunday morning right as they opened, for the first day of a sale. The clerk looked and there was none of the advertised product. He got the manager over and he proceeded to lie and told me that they sold out. I ripped him a new one, and told him I wouldn't set foot in that store again. And I didn't.