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

[NevadaMike]

I do all the time but usually only online. With club member Mondays and their price match plus 5% I can get some really good deals. You can also stack discounts with active Junkie. I picked up a rifle scope yesterday and they matched Europtics clearance price plus 5%. Over Christmas last year they had Tikka Roughtecs on sale plus the rebate, plus the club member Monday 10%, plus Active Junkie 7%. I picked up two of them in stainless and all in I was under $1000 for both of them.

 

[well_known_rokslider]

Avoid that place like the plague now. Terrible shipping record and unreliable in-stock statuses. They've been absolutely terrible since bass pro bought them.

 

[Cherokeeguide]

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

I'm glad I'm not the only one who has the problem.

Bass Pro is, to me, the perfect example of "symbolism over substance."

 

[JDMBEND]

I have become such a gear snob that I never shop there. They don’t stock anything I’m interested in.

 

[Hunterscamera]

Its pretty close to me so I normally go to pick up ammo when I'm going to the range but I'm probably gonna start bulk buying that

 

[go_deep]

Both of the corporate buildings in Sydney are vacant and for sale. Bass Pro destroyed that town.

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1-Cabela-Dr-Sidney-NE/37473140/

 

[well_known_rokslider]

Both of the corporate buildings in Sydney are vacant and for sale. Bass Pro destroyed that town.

https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/1-Cabela-Dr-Sidney-NE/37473140/

This is legitimately sad as hell. I remember pouring through their catalogs as a kids, circling the gear i would buy 'when I grow up'. Now I don't even look to them unless i'm in a time crunch and need to grab something in person.

 

[mudlickman2]

I very rarely go into a cabelas and never search them online. That said I just bought something from Mack’s Prairie wings and was surprised to find they are owned by bass pro also.

Yea they got bought out about a year ago once the owner died and the family liquidated. That sucked, for waterfowl hunting that store was top notch.


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[nm.otter]

Their Gun Library is occasionally fabulous.

 

[Lowell]

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.

NO

 

[CMP70306]

I have their credit card and if you play the sales right you can get some pretty good deals and rack up some good cash back.

For example around Black Friday they had 10% off firearms and 3x bonus points, I got a new Citori feather for around $2,150 while everywhere else was $3,000+.

Using a combination of cash back deals in conjunction with sales I have been able to buy two 2.5-20 NX8’s for free, a pair of Vortex 8x32 UHD Razor binos for roughly $13 plus I knocked $1,500 off my crossbow as well. If I include some of the other stuff cashed in and the current money I have that’s roughly $8,000 in free stuff just by playing the rewards game not to mention a few hundred more through Active Junky.

I haven’t been able to find anywhere else that lets me accumulate that many rewards so I will continue to shop there though primarily through online as the store is over an hour and a half away.

 

[well_known_rokslider]

I have their credit card and if you play the sales right you can get some pretty good deals and rack up some good cash back.

For example around Black Friday they had 10% off firearms and 3x bonus points, I got a new Citori feather for around $2,150 while everywhere else was $3,000+.

Using a combination of cash back deals in conjunction with sales I have been able to buy two 2.5-20 NX8’s for free, a pair of Vortex 8x32 UHD Razor binos for roughly $13 plus I knocked $1,500 off my crossbow as well. If I include some of the other stuff cashed in and the current money I have that’s roughly $8,000 in free stuff just by playing the rewards game not to mention a few hundred more through Active Junky.

I haven’t been able to find anywhere else that lets me accumulate that many rewards so I will continue to shop there though primarily through online as the store is over an hour and a half away.

Yeah but all those "dollars off" are just from rewards points, right? Which AT MOST (other than occasional 3x days) is 5% on Cabela's purchases only but only 1% on everything else? There are much better credit card rewards out there that you can use for actual cash back and then save that cash to put towards the same gear?

 

[NRA4LIFE]

I only use Cabelas/BP as an ultimate last resort, when I need something that I can find nowhere else. If we had a Scheels here, I would forget the word Cabelas. Of course, here in Western WA, Scheels will never come here in this cesspool.

 

[777dogman]

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.

 

[CMP70306]

Yeah but all those "dollars off" are just from rewards points, right? Which AT MOST (other than occasional 3x days) is 5% on Cabela's purchases only but only 1% on everything else? There are much better credit card rewards out there that you can use for actual cash back and then use that save that cash to put towards the same gear?

The dollars off is a combination of things, 10% off for Club Member sales which you only get with the credit card, 5% Cabela’s cash back from a Cabela’s purchase and then somewhere between 4% and 10% actual cash back for Active Junky unless you buy a firearm where it’s 1%.

Most credit cards are 1.5% everywhere vs 1% for the Cabela’s cards. If you spend $25,000 on your card that’s only a difference of $125. Meanwhile just having the card gets me 10% off on sales which can make up a significant difference.

So I’ll give you a quick run down of last Black Friday, my Citori, on top of being the lowest price I found at $2800 vs $3,000+ everywhere else, was eligible for 10% off so that knocked $280 off the price. Then add in the 3x points for Black Friday which got me $378 back in Cabela’s points.

I then turned around and still on Black Friday sales got a $400 benchmade, knocked 15% for the sale, paid $340 in club points and still got $51 back in club points plus $15.30 from active Junky.

In other words I bought $3,200 worth of stuff, only paid $2,520 for it and walked away with $89 in Club points and $27.98 in actual cash. So I got roughly a 25% discount by using the Cabela’s credit card, to get that same $796.98 in cash back I would have had to spend between $39,850 and $159,396 more on pretty much any other card that gives 1.5% to 3% cash back.

Trust me I’ve looked and while Cabela’s isn’t the best choice all the time their benefits are about the best I could get in a credit card the last time I looked for a better one. I can’t buy all the gear I want with it but guns, optics and other items that have a fixed minimum prices are the best choices as they are generally the same price everywhere outside of small niche shops that skirt the MAP through forum posts.

 

[Hnthrdr]

Yea they got bought out about a year ago once the owner died and the family liquidated. That sucked, for waterfowl hunting that store was top notch.


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Dang! Been out of the waterfowl game for a few years with all my little ones, but MPW was my go to. Great place for deals!

 

[Brian Fahs]

Sad what cabelas has become. I have a cabelas club cc and use points to purchase guns and ammo on occasion. I do have a bunch of their pre merger hunting clothing I wear. That stuff is fantastic but no longer available in store or on line.

 

[Shootinsurveyor]

I work 100yds from one and don't like dealing with it. Its all just generic stuff for the most part. Ammo is cheaper elsewhere. Will put up with their 2hr process for firearms sometimes due to Club points and 10 percent off Mondays. Most of the local gunshops have closed around me so they are really the only game in town sadly.

 

[Britt-dog]

I only use Cabelas/BP as an ultimate last resort, when I need something that I can find nowhere else. If we had a Scheels here, I would forget the word Cabelas. Of course, here in Western WA, Scheels will never come here in this cesspool.

I'm lucky enough to travel Montana regularly for work. I virtually never buy anything in WA anymore. Its a win win. they always have what I want, at better price, tax free. Its a bonus that I get to deny this state the tax revenue.

 

[TheCougar]

I found a deal on something at BPS. I haven’t purchased anything from them in a long time. I got the wrong item (1 of 2). They sent me a gift card refund. I can’t get a refund for the second wrong item, because it hasn’t shipped yet. So I’ll end up with 2 of the wrong thing, store credit I don’t want, and a bunch of my time wasted. I doubt I’ll try them again in the next decade.