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Notice how the MSM claims that this is due to the fact that "Consumers have tightened spending amid higher payroll taxes and gasoline prices".....yet Cabela's had a record quarter only a few weeks back.

People have stopped shopping there due to the fact that they stopped selling AR's. A few thousand spend on guns, ammo and accessories per shooter is difficult to make up selling sports bras.

The unvarnished truth.....what you will certainly not hear in the MSM when it comes to guns.

And BTW Dick's.....Schadenfreude!

You will never see another dime from me again.

1 posted on 08/20/2013 8:43:18 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yeah, been a while since my shadow has darkened their door.

Used to go there all the time - now my in town shopping for outdoor gear is done at Gander Mountain.


2 posted on 08/20/2013 8:45:49 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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I think this is why Dick’s started the ‘Field & Stream’ business, but I don’t really know if Field & Stream has AR’s.


3 posted on 08/20/2013 8:48:01 AM PDT by chopperman
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I had a handful of gift cards for their store that I gave to my brother to buy shoes. I won’t shop there again.


5 posted on 08/20/2013 8:48:40 AM PDT by rarestia (It's time to water the Tree of Liberty.)
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The Dick store closest to me is really bad. I went there one time, and was treated very rudely, and have never gone back.


6 posted on 08/20/2013 8:49:25 AM PDT by basil (2ASisters.org)
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Darn, I forgot about the boycott and bought a $10 bat grip from them a couple weeks ago.


7 posted on 08/20/2013 8:51:16 AM PDT by Brooklyn Attitude (Obama being re-elected is the political equivalent of OJ being found not guilty.)
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I went there for certain sports gear, but generally found their HFC dept lacking compared to stores not necessarily specializing in that merchandise.


8 posted on 08/20/2013 8:52:49 AM PDT by edpc (Wilby 2016)
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. . . due to cooler and wetter weather and weakness in consumer spending.

How about due to p*ss*ng on their customer base who are mostly strong second amendment supporters?

I note that a new FIELD AND STREAM store (Cranberry Township) which just opened in Dick's backyard is doing very well. As is the Gander Mountain in my hometown and the Cabela's just a few miles west over the state line.

Same weather. Same neighborhood. Same economic conditions. But only Dick's has nosedived. Now, why could that possibly be?

10 posted on 08/20/2013 8:53:34 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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A few thousand spend on guns, ammo and accessories per shooter is difficult to make up selling sports bras.

Not to mention a silent segment of their customer base who quit shopping there out of disgust for their meaningless PC pandering.

12 posted on 08/20/2013 8:57:45 AM PDT by ElkGroveDan (My tagline is in the shop.)
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The Dicks in my area seem to be much more expensive than Academy or Bass Pro shops, why spend more money?


13 posted on 08/20/2013 8:58:11 AM PDT by Brett66 (Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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There are Dicks all over Philadelphia. I’ll leave it at that.


15 posted on 08/20/2013 8:59:38 AM PDT by Doc Savage ("I've shot people I like a lot more,...for a lot less!" Raylan Givins)
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Too bad. Maybe they should have thought before doing the bait and switch on shotgun shells. That was the last straw for us. Then taking the AR’s off the shelf. Buh bye.


16 posted on 08/20/2013 9:00:47 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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Dick Sporting Goods is an overpriced “Fudd” store. It was a big departure from their business model to offer an AR for sale. They stabbed a lot of customers in the back when the refused to honor sales orders for the Troy carbine. I will never shop there again.


19 posted on 08/20/2013 9:01:40 AM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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When the Newtown SHTF they threw every gun rights loving American under the bus. Their actions were tantamount to an endorsement of every BS idea the Progressive media had about AR’s and firearms in general. They might as well have announced ‘We will not soil our stores with these evil weapons of mass murder.’

F___ them.
May they reap the financial whirlwind of their betrayal.


20 posted on 08/20/2013 9:01:44 AM PDT by servo1969
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Dicks bought out Galyans and then got rid of guns and other huting and fishing gear. They do have plenty of sports shoes and those stupid shirts with sports teams logos on them.


25 posted on 08/20/2013 9:09:38 AM PDT by caver (Obama: Home of the Whopper)
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Correction!!!

It isn’t just because they stopped “selling ARs”!

It is because they wouldn’t deliver ARs already bought and paid for!

I believe some folks even had problems getting their money back!!


27 posted on 08/20/2013 9:15:29 AM PDT by G Larry (Let his days be few; and let another take his office. Psalms 109:8)
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shot themselves in the foot, eh?


28 posted on 08/20/2013 9:24:54 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously, you won't live through it anyway)
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33 posted on 08/20/2013 9:32:56 AM PDT by tomkat
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http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2013/08/20/dicks-sporting-goods-selling-ar-15-rifles-at-outdoor-chain-despite-newtown-ban/


37 posted on 08/20/2013 9:37:42 AM PDT by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)
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Dick’s made a political decision on gun sales and it turned out to be a rotten business decision. Oh well........


38 posted on 08/20/2013 9:38:40 AM PDT by SECURE AMERICA (Where can I go to sign for the American Revolution 2013 and the Crusades 2013?)
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Good.

I won’t be back. They ruined a perfectly good chain that I liked, by acquisition (Galyan’s), and then this. Two strikes is enough for me.


41 posted on 08/20/2013 9:43:25 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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