Does Kmart still sell gun stuff?
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wolf_from_wv
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Yes, they still sell guns here... I, personally, could probably come up with a better selection/higher quantity, myself...
thexrayboy
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When Kame Apart climbed in bed with Big Mouth O'donnell I stopped shopping there. Haven't set foot in one since then. Been 7-8 years now and I really don't miss them.
By all accounts Sears is starting to follow K Mart down the path towards irrelevance also.
By all accounts Sears is starting to follow K Mart down the path towards irrelevance also.
FieroCDSP
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Hi folks. I think what you'll find in the above posts is a representation of Kmart's current sales structure. Stores are merchandised on a Regional and District set of plans. It is the same with almost all retailers. Even before the Chapter 11 filing and rebuilding, it was done this way. It's simply the only way to avoid keeping a ton of non-selling merchandise on the shelf. Think about it. Do you go looking for shorts in the middle of winter in Green Bay? Now, try Hawaii in December. Clearly the only way to organize stores in vastly different areas is to select which merchandise you carry on a regional and/or district level.
If Nevada stores don't carry them, it could be because they didn't sell well, or it could be the regional manager's a moron. It happens. Call the 1-800 number above the service desk and complain. They DO actually listen to those at the district levels. Whether that changes things or not is not really any better than calling your congress-critters in Washington, but money does talk. Profit is in what people want to buy.
On to the guns: My store in Ohio carries long-guns. All of the surrounding stores for the company carry long-guns. It's a select assortment, make what you want of the choices. The prices aren't the greatest, we can't haggle, it sucks, I know it, you know it, deal with it. But hey, the Wally-worlds in the area stopped carrying guns, which incidently makes my particular store the only store for ten miles that sells them, and hunting season comes every fall whether I do or not. Last year I sold one of the guns as fast as I could get them in, which wasn't bad at all.
As for the handgun ammo: I doubt it was Rosie, but it could have been. It sucks, and if anyone on-high stops to ask my opinion, I'll tell them what I think we should do, and how it'll better our sales.
What you're looking at is discount retail moving away from items that sell in lower volume in an effort to maximize profits on the items that do sell. It's the way the business works, unfortunately. Eventually all every store from every company is going to carry is over-priced bottled water and Scott single-ply toilet paper. Imagine your Boeing-plant sized Walmart filled to the brim with only those two items.
Point being, Don't lump every store of every retailer into the same pot.
Hi folks. I think what you'll find in the above posts is a representation of Kmart's current sales structure. Stores are merchandised on a Regional and District set of plans. It is the same with almost all retailers. Even before the Chapter 11 filing and rebuilding, it was done this way. It's simply the only way to avoid keeping a ton of non-selling merchandise on the shelf. Think about it. Do you go looking for shorts in the middle of winter in Green Bay? Now, try Hawaii in December. Clearly the only way to organize stores in vastly different areas is to select which merchandise you carry on a regional and/or district level.
If Nevada stores don't carry them, it could be because they didn't sell well, or it could be the regional manager's a moron. It happens. Call the 1-800 number above the service desk and complain. They DO actually listen to those at the district levels. Whether that changes things or not is not really any better than calling your congress-critters in Washington, but money does talk. Profit is in what people want to buy.
On to the guns: My store in Ohio carries long-guns. All of the surrounding stores for the company carry long-guns. It's a select assortment, make what you want of the choices. The prices aren't the greatest, we can't haggle, it sucks, I know it, you know it, deal with it. But hey, the Wally-worlds in the area stopped carrying guns, which incidently makes my particular store the only store for ten miles that sells them, and hunting season comes every fall whether I do or not. Last year I sold one of the guns as fast as I could get them in, which wasn't bad at all.
As for the handgun ammo: I doubt it was Rosie, but it could have been. It sucks, and if anyone on-high stops to ask my opinion, I'll tell them what I think we should do, and how it'll better our sales.
What you're looking at is discount retail moving away from items that sell in lower volume in an effort to maximize profits on the items that do sell. It's the way the business works, unfortunately. Eventually all every store from every company is going to carry is over-priced bottled water and Scott single-ply toilet paper. Imagine your Boeing-plant sized Walmart filled to the brim with only those two items.
Point being, Don't lump every store of every retailer into the same pot.
FieroCDSP
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My friend recieved a break-barrel shotgun from his wife's grandmother. On the barrel "S.S. Kresge Co", the originator of K-mart. Figure Late 50's early 60's. Can't remember who actually made it, off the top of my head.
I know that in a few places in Michigan that kmart has guns and walmart does not.
In many cases the store dropped firearms because they could not get someone to be the FFL dealer. I know that if I worked at hell-mart that I'm not going to risk going to federal prison for .50 a hour more.
In many cases the store dropped firearms because they could not get someone to be the FFL dealer. I know that if I worked at hell-mart that I'm not going to risk going to federal prison for .50 a hour more.
4D5
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Even machine gun ammo
Was at Wally World this week, picking up a few things and as usual buy bulk 22 ammo. So... I ask the associate for .22 Remington in bulk, duh... It's on the bottom shelf. She's 25ish and pregnant by about 6 mo so it's quite a chore for her to get the ammo, all the way to the back of the bottom shelf.
Time to ring up. "Will that be for pistol or rifle ?" Neither, it's for a machine gun Associate unfazed "oh then that would be a rifle" and carries on as without so much as a flinch. Darn if it didn't take some of the fun out of buying ammo at WW 
Was at Wally World this week, picking up a few things and as usual buy bulk 22 ammo. So... I ask the associate for .22 Remington in bulk, duh... It's on the bottom shelf. She's 25ish and pregnant by about 6 mo so it's quite a chore for her to get the ammo, all the way to the back of the bottom shelf.
Time to ring up. "Will that be for pistol or rifle ?" Neither, it's for a machine gun
Associate unfazed "oh then that would be a rifle" and carries on as without so much as a flinch. Darn if it didn't take some of the fun out of buying ammo at WW yhtomit
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Harrisburg, PA: my local K-mart sells at least some ammo, but it's a tiny stock, and behind glass with difficult-to-find staff. Last time I was in there, I gave up and went to one of the nearby sporting goods-stores when I couldn't find anyone to help me. K-Mart was once a decent store (decent enough to succeed and grow, that is), but the market seems mostly to have passed it by -- it feels a bit like the way I always imagined the Soviet "superstore" GUM to feel; a broad but shallow product range, bad lighting, surly and resentful staff. Hey, they've invented a political time machine!
There was some toy gun stuff, though -- low-grade airsoft and BB guns, some paintball equipment (about which I know nothing, so I dunno if it was any good).
timothy
There was some toy gun stuff, though -- low-grade airsoft and BB guns, some paintball equipment (about which I know nothing, so I dunno if it was any good).
timothy
MarineTech
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Here in Northern Maine, the KMart still carries long guns, ammo, and accessories. The selection's pretty slim, but they're there.
DMK
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The local Kmart here on the west side of the state has a couple shotguns in the case. There may have been a 22LR or two in there. Maybe seven or eight guns total, the case was mostly empty. They had a shelf full of shotgun ammo (looked like all 12GA birdshot) and some 22LR. The also have a small display of cleaning supplies, targets, gunsocks, etc. Next to that they had airguns and airsoft stuff.
In comparison, they have a huge golf section and a huge fishing section.
The local Walmart down the road has maybe 15 guns (shotguns, 30-30s and 22LRs), a lot more ammo, a bigger display of supplies/accessories and even has reloading supplies.
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In Iowa you will find a 10 or so .22 rifle and shotguns. They stock some ammo and scopes, cleaning supplies etc.
The prices are competitive and they carry entirely different models then WalMart. They carry Remington .22 rifles, which WalMart doesnt. So its kinda of nice to go in and see different guns.
The prices are competitive and they carry entirely different models then WalMart. They carry Remington .22 rifles, which WalMart doesnt. So its kinda of nice to go in and see different guns.
Titan6
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I would shop Kmart over walmart if the walmart here quit carrying guns.
Bruce333
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The Kmart local to me (less than 5 miles) sold out all their long guns after 9-11-01. They only had a few shotguns and .22 rifles anyway, they never had handguns. Last time I was in their I can't recall even seeing any ammo on the shelfs. Couldn't find anyone who knew anything about the sporting goods section either.
Walmart, right down the road, has 2 large spinners full of long guns, lots of ammo, and someone is always in the sporting goods section to help (and they actually know something about what they have on the shelfs).
Walmart, right down the road, has 2 large spinners full of long guns, lots of ammo, and someone is always in the sporting goods section to help (and they actually know something about what they have on the shelfs).
FieroCDSP
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That's kinda funny. I can't help but wonder if that's one of their screen prompts to ask, kinda like the extended warranty questions. I know my comps don't ask that, but if they tried to, it'd just screw things up.
Cannonball888
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S-Mart does.
Shop Smart, shop S-Mart
Shop Smart, shop S-Mart
FieroCDSP
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New company, new CEO, new rules. Michael Moore can stick his lies in a very un-HighRoad place.
SteelyNirvana
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I believe that the one up here in Garner at 401 & 70 Highway still sells guns. Pretty sure that the Cary store doesn't anymore. The one on Western Blvd sold them when I was a kid,but I haven't been in that store in about 15 years now.
KINGMAX
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The Wal-Mart at home still does
K - MARTS in Raleigh = NO, although the local Wal-Mart in Wake Forest still sell guns, ammo, most anything you need. The Manager say's it is a large seller of guns, and he will continue to protect his sales for a long as possiable.
K - MARTS in Raleigh = NO, although the local Wal-Mart in Wake Forest still sell guns, ammo, most anything you need. The Manager say's it is a large seller of guns, and he will continue to protect his sales for a long as possiable.
skeeter1
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I happened to go to my local K-Mart yesterday to pick up a few things, and made a point of wandering into the sporting goods section, since I hadn't been there in quite awhile. Zero firearms and zero ammo. The closest things they had to guns were a half-dozen Daisy BB guns. It's no big loss to me since I happen to live near a couple of excellent gunshops. I remember when the local hardware store had a small cabinet with .22, .30-30, etc. ammo, the common stuff. That's long gone, too.
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