jonp
08-24-2017, 07:24 PM
Before the story I need to point out that Camping World, which bought Gander Mountain and is going to reopen some of the stores under a slightly different name, is run by a guy that does not like us. He has stated quite emphatically what he thinks of Trump and said "Those who voted for him, I don't need your business". He also said that Gander made a mistake selling guns or something pretty close to that. Don't do business with either Camping World or the new Gander. The heck with them
My wife and I went into the local Gander that is closing and it was pretty much cleaned out. They had a 50% off sale on guns and there was not one gun or scope left. She picked up some clothes for Christmas at 80% off and I wandered around while she was waiting in line. I ended up in the fishing section and in the back on the bottom shelf found the mother load. Several bins full of loose lead sinkers. 80% off lead???? I found a guy and asked him what was up and he didn't know so he called the store manager who came over. The store manager was kinda perplexed and called someone else. Turns out they were in the back somewhere and someone brought them out for the clearance sale and dropped them on the shelf. I asked him how much he wanted for them and he said he wasn't sure. He tried looking them up in the store book and they weren't there so he told me he would have to go online and find out the price and sell them to me by piece one at a time. I told him that didn't make any sense and offered to buy it all, probably 100lbs or more, just give me a price or I'd offer one and he was adamant. Sold piece by piece only. It might still have worked out ok but I wasn't willing to hang around for a couple of hours and run this down.
Almost a giant score. I might go back down and give it another try as they close in a couple of days.
Side Note: With the guns 50% off and with some of the rebates new T/C Compass rifles went for under $100. New Remington 1911's for under $200 etc. Store manager told me one guy came in and bought 30 Shotguns to resell. Missed the greatest gun sale of my lifetime by a few days.....
My wife and I went into the local Gander that is closing and it was pretty much cleaned out. They had a 50% off sale on guns and there was not one gun or scope left. She picked up some clothes for Christmas at 80% off and I wandered around while she was waiting in line. I ended up in the fishing section and in the back on the bottom shelf found the mother load. Several bins full of loose lead sinkers. 80% off lead???? I found a guy and asked him what was up and he didn't know so he called the store manager who came over. The store manager was kinda perplexed and called someone else. Turns out they were in the back somewhere and someone brought them out for the clearance sale and dropped them on the shelf. I asked him how much he wanted for them and he said he wasn't sure. He tried looking them up in the store book and they weren't there so he told me he would have to go online and find out the price and sell them to me by piece one at a time. I told him that didn't make any sense and offered to buy it all, probably 100lbs or more, just give me a price or I'd offer one and he was adamant. Sold piece by piece only. It might still have worked out ok but I wasn't willing to hang around for a couple of hours and run this down.
Almost a giant score. I might go back down and give it another try as they close in a couple of days.
Side Note: With the guns 50% off and with some of the rebates new T/C Compass rifles went for under $100. New Remington 1911's for under $200 etc. Store manager told me one guy came in and bought 30 Shotguns to resell. Missed the greatest gun sale of my lifetime by a few days.....