Does anyone shop at Cabela's anymore? I don't anymore........selection

[repins05]

Does anyone shop at Cabela's (Bass Pro) anymore? I have two of their credit cards. It feels like everything is overpriced and the selection for hunting goods is very generic. Sad to see.

I get tempted when they have the 0 percent for 12 months going on.......but every time I start shopping I can't find anything that I need or want.

 

[Yoder]

Only when people give me gift cards. Otherwise, there are way cheaper places.

 

[RyanT26]

No, don’t even look there.

 

[repins05]

I have a hard time using my gift cards there....I wonder around looking for something to buy and can't find anything.

 

[ColPenguin]

I've bought a couple Columbia Ascender jackets, pants, Red Head shorts and shirts on sale. I got a Plano Vault there last year. Occasionally, I might buy some game shot in small quantities. Any sort of center-fire ammunition I could probably find a better deal online.

Cabela's is not local so we only stop a few times a year when traveling. My boy loves looking at the catfish and the taxidermied animals.

I do hate the scummy timeshare people that hang out, and try to to catch people by the fish tank and taxidermy gallery. Otherwise, I have no problem shopping at Cabela's. I would rather support Cabela's than buy sporting goods at an anti-gun merchant such as Dicks or Wal-Mart.

Of course, one can find better deals on budget gear through Camofire or sales through GoHunt than making a trip to Cabela's.

 

[elkhunteralta]

Sad what it has become, canada same, the walmart of sporting stores.

 

[wowzers]

Pre BassPro Cabelas was a different animal. Now both sell a bunch of cheap Chinese crap for the most part.

 

[ScreamingPotato]

I go in and browse a lot but I'm fairly aware of the market prices for most outdoor goods so typically won't buy anything. Sometimes they'll have a sale that makes sense or it's really nice to have if I need something right now but that's not often. I'm surprised they can stay in business, doesn't seem like they have a lot of buyers at the stores just a lotta browsers.

 

[repins05]

I would be ok with spending a little more to support them....but the selection at our local cabela's is horrible. Agree ... it has become the walmart of sporting goods. Unfortunate.

There was a day when my group of buddies would meet there to hang out and shop. No one has mentioned doing that for years now.

 

[actionshooter]

I have a store 5 minute from home and go in for fishing gear, maybe some basic ammo (22lr, 12ga), and consumables like iso-butane... other than that I'll buy something out of the gun library if it's a good deal. For the most part everything else is junk or over priced.

 

[Timberline001]

Cabelas is like they took all the worst gear and put it under one roof. Scheels however is amazing.

 

[repins05]

+1 on Scheels. It is the Cabela's of yesteryear.

 

[OMF]

Occasionally... I recently bought a generator on sale that was $50 less than any other sale price I could find for that brand/model. Also some ammo on sale. They're like most all the big "sporting goods" store chains these days. Mostly the same generic, overpriced stuff with a decent sale thrown in once in a while. And most all of them are just a few short steps away from becoming Eddie Bauer or worse, Abercrombie and Fitch.

 

[Dos XX]

They do 10% discount for credit card holders on random Mondays. Active Junky often has 10% to 12% cash back. I just put a new Minn Kota Terrova trolling motor and Humminbird fish finder on my boat and got a total of 21% off, plus the points I earned.

I have also bought some St Croix rods and got the same discount. Christmas before last I got 27% off a Garmin Alpha 300i and 2 collars for my dogs, coming club member discount and Active Junky cash back.

You can get deals if you watch for them.

 

[IAm_Not_Lost]

Brick and mortar stores like Cabelas, REI, Best Buy, etc are about as useful as car dealerships at this point.

They’re basically just an unnecessary middle man that increases the price of the goods without providing any real additional value or support.

 

[repins05]

I might be old school....but I do like to put my hands on something prior to purchasing. Cabela's just usually has nothing that I am even interested in trying out.

I can't say the same thing about strip clubs but I don't think works that way?

 

[fngTony]

I can’t find much at Scheels either. They do carry more of what the RS crowd is into but I still struggle to find anything I need or want. I did buy an outdoor edge knife because it was on sale and tried on Crispi boots and the new stone glacier stuff but didn’t buy any of it.

To cabelas credit they do now have bino harnesses and quartering game bags. Used to be it was a whole carcass cotton bag and some sloppy straps.

 

[roadrunner]

Haven't had much to do with them since they reduced the limit on my premium credit card because I kept the balance paid off to zero all the time.

15 years ago now maybe?

 

[Maverick1]

20-30 years ago I would go into a store. It was kind of an event, an experience. Not anymore.

 

[IdahoBeav]

They do 10% discount for credit card holders on random Mondays.

Yep, and they will honor this on Swaro, which few if any other retailers will do. I just bought NL 14x for $3,150. The sales jump to 15% off for Christmas.

Scheels’s selection and return policy is tough to beat, but their prices are high, and their sales are not great. They will, however, price match their competitors, but I don’t believe this includes 10% off on any purchase.