Deanimator
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I don't. Worst service EVER.
Corporate Gun Control Fail: Dick's May Close 35 Stores Across 18 States
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Pat Riot
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I do have to agree. I have been in three different D-stores and the service in all three was sketchy.
FROGO207
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It actually happened much faster than I expected though. I figured that they would stagger on for another year before getting into serious trouble. It may not have been just the gun owners that had the biggest impact but rather the other sympathetic customers that understood what the fuss was all about and abandoned them as well. Love that free market correction.
As far as service, minimum wage/minimum training = minimum service.
As far as service, minimum wage/minimum training = minimum service.
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The leadership of Dick’s (can’t say that without chuckling), who is also in control of Field and Stream stores, has specifically said the change in gun policy was directly attributable to a significant drop in sales, and that issue resulted in hunters not buying other more retail-friendly item-clothing, accessories, etc that have a MUCH higher margin than guns and ammo. Honestly, they weren’t counting on making money on guns, but they WERE counting on the retail science that says hunters would buy much more in the store along with the gun. The truth is they are now over-extended, with too many liabilities, and their specific retail model isnt working anymore.
Also honestly, there is nothing in that store that can’t be gotten somewhere else. They sell the same crap as everyone else. Exclusivity doesnt exist in this case, so shoppers are gonna buy on price and convenience.
I looked at weightlifting equipment at that store once. They had versions of what I was looking for but it was all high-priced garbage. They counted on casual users spending $$ without doing a lot of research (“They’ll buy what we tell them to buy”.). Even the older used equipment I later found is better quality than the scrap they were pushing. Low quality at high-test prices.
They will be folded into the dustbin of failure due to their own hubris. That’s all.
billybob44
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^^^ "I feel for the employees" too---To a point..
Any employee that has been drawing a pay check for awhile from "The Dick's" KNOW how their bosses/owners of the Co. want to screw the General Public. Second Amendment and otherwise.
When I was in the work force (Retired Now-Thank God), it was my DUTY to speak up to my Management when I would see the Customer being screwed--I was a Service Tech in a New car Dealership all of my working career (45 years), so needless to say I saw it a few times.
When I saw management supporting the rip-off to the Customer I would know that it was time for me to move on to better, and more honest employment.
"Feel for the Employee", yes, but most every Employee from top to bottom knows when the Customer is being screwed...Bill.
Fine Figure of a Man
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If any of those employees can't find a different job tomorrow it is because they didn't look.
Deanimator
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The service I got was positively Soviet.
The guy at the fishing counter literally stared at me standing at the gun counter for ten minutes without getting someone to help. I went and asked someone else for help which never came.
I literally drove to Walmart, came back and stopped another employee before I got any help at all. It took me over an hour to just find out they didn't have what I wanted.
billybob44
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HA..After going to Dicks AND WalMart I figured you would be ready to go to "The Bar"....HA. HA. HA....Bill.
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That's exactly right. If you worked at Dicks your a shoe in for Wal-Mart, Cub Foods, Home Depot, Target, S-Mart etc.
If1HitU
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What states are the closing their stores in?
I do not think that Dick’s firearms policy change did all of the damage - they operate boring stores, their prices do not excite the wallet and the service is average at best - a combination of many poor business decisions and inability to adapt is their present struggle - their store footprint is very 1990’s (ish) - boring as hell.
Old Dog
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Agree with poster Steve, above. Doubtful it's anything to do with its corporate views on firearms. We can't be patting ourselves on the back for killing off another big-box retailer.
Every Dick's I've been to in this state has been dead, dead, dead for a long time -- I walked into one of my local stores a couple days ago -- a Christmas shopping weekend -- and I was the only customer!
For most of what Dick's stores sell, I'd bet most consumers now order on-line, for far better prices, shipping charges notwithstanding.
Every Dick's I've been to in this state has been dead, dead, dead for a long time -- I walked into one of my local stores a couple days ago -- a Christmas shopping weekend -- and I was the only customer!
For most of what Dick's stores sell, I'd bet most consumers now order on-line, for far better prices, shipping charges notwithstanding.
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