Gander mountain filing for bankruptcy

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>>33020734
oh great now instead of getting ripped off at a big chain with great customer service i can get ribbed off at bubbas gun shop ran by the local hillbillies

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>>33020734
>Holy fuck let's mark up everything 20% higher than other retail stores
>That will surely work
>Sniffffs huge fucking line of coke

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>mfw people actually buy guns and ammo from stores

gun casuals.

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>>33020772
I have a PSA near me. It's fucking nice bud

>>33020788

i dunno man, buying online/private sale and not having to pay sales tax is pretty fucking great. the best part is that i don't have to go into the gun equivalent of a gamestop to buy ammo, i can just have that shit shipped to my door.

>>33020757

I hate fudds so damn much

>at gun store ran by fucking fudds
>ask fudd if he has a colt 6920
>what type of gun is that
>it's an AR-15...
>Nah Boi we only sell guns for hunting, that dang ol ar 15 would blow a damn deer straight in half I seen it with my own eyes
>he's telling me this as he's selling a bolt action rifle in .223 Remington

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>>33020827
>Nah Boi we only sell guns for hunting

well they have the only indoor game in the state, so shit sucks

>>33020734
>Oh no where will I buy over priced guns from?
Cabela's.

Assuming they do file, I imagine it will be Chapter 11 rather than Chapter 7. I see them closing some stores but I don't see them ceasing to exist completely.

>>33020827
I live in the literal fudd capital of the world and
I've literally never heard anyone say anything close to this.

I think y'all are just projecting and spouting memes.

>>33020869
>live in the northeast
>gander mountain and cabelas are the cheap places to buy guns

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>>33020827
How do people like this exist? I've never met a gun person who wasn't extremely pro-gun of all types. Do Fudds really exist or is this a meme?

>>33020788
That's an exception

>>33020827
Its been generally understood by everyone I've talked to that an AR-15 using 5.56mm/.223 is a bit light for large game.

>>33020911
I've heard it here in Cali from fudds

>>33020734
You know, I like Gander Mountain a lot more than I like Dick's. Kinda bummed..

>>33020869
Wait for sales.

>>33020956
Yeah you can thank them for the NY and CT SAFE Acts.

Fuckers will gladly give away other people's fun as long as it doesn't affect them. Fudds/boomers/white trash are the worst type of people that inhabit this planet.

>t. WV resident

I use to like buying at gander when their really good coupons applied to ammo

>>33021051

I got a flier saying that everything was going to be 20% off

>Except for firearms and ammunition

Only at your Firearms Supercenter! (tm)

>>33020997
>California
Well there you go

>>33021036
Yorkfag here
Can confirm we're being run by asshats.
Annex us into the land of the free pls

>>33020734
Oh noes where will I get my extremely overpriced guns now?
>cabelas
>dicks
>bass pro
>academy

>>33021079
lol kike cocksuckers. I always buy everything on line. Whoever buys ammo or a gun in GM or Shitella's needs to be put down

>>33021036
Glad I live in SC then, I've never met a gun owner who wasn't a 2nd amendment nut (I mean that in a good way).

>>33020788
Charleston?

>>33021115

Fuck dicks

I ain't paying 400 usd for a standard 10/22

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>>33020814
>you should buy online where every transaction can be traced by a computer forever putting you in a database.

>>33021330
Oh noooooes. Oh noooooo.
Newsflash you drooling mongoloid: nobody gives a fuck what you buy and how much

>>33020757
Pretty much this.
It'll help local ffls by removing competition, but it won't help customers by lowering prices any.

>>33020734
Ive bought used guns from them at fantastic prices.

but yeah their businessodel is fucking retarded

>sell everything above MSRP

>have "sales" and lower the price to MSRP, or not, fuck the customer.

>stock ACOGs but price TA31 at $1500

>stock Sig MCX in 300blk but price it at $2100

>carry Rocky Alpha Force boots but price them at $160.

yeah, nah, you're not Macys offering semi-exclusive high end goods to mostly affluent customers, you're offering Wal-Mart tier sporting goods to low to middle class people in a market saturated by internet sales, mom and pops, wal mart, and a bazillion other retailers.

The only thing good was their hours

tl;dr

Ganders business model was dumb and they're getting what they deserve, I hope Dicks is next.

This is what happens when retailers build just shitloads of massive stores in the shittier parts of bumfuck USA. They tie up all of their money in inventory and have about 6 goddamned customers.

>>33021241
>"Fuck dicks"

>>33020904
guns and sporting goods is really competitive in my area and its one of the places gander is closing stores.

A lot of smaller places have opened up recently. The only thing Gander beats them in is hours of operation.

Gander will carry the same junk as say, Dunhams, but mark it up 20 to 50% more.

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>>33021425
Fucking this right here

>>33020911
Ive not heard it exactly, but Ive heard similar

>>33021003
tru dat

Gander aint better than much, but they're better than dicks

>>33020956
In New England or Mid-Atlantic states, fudds still exist and are quite numerous. Thankfully it they seem to be mostly contained to baby boomers, and they are dying off.

>>33020911
This wasn't far from the truth in the 80's and 90's but ever since "OBUMMER GOWNA BAN MUH ASSAWLT CLIPS" occurred fudds have become insanely invested in AR-15s, tacticool accessories, and literally nothing else.

>>33021384
>nobody gives a fuck what you buy and how much
Except people are trying to sell you shit and only because they want to sell you more shit.

>>33020734
Doesn't say what kind of bankruptcy. Most likely going to be some debt restructuring and forgiveness. The Courts hate dissolving a company this big but you may see some poorer performing stores close or be sold off to another chain.

>>33020734
Never been to Gander Mtn. They don't exist here inna desert.

>>33021112
Hey do you think the gander mountain in middletown gonna close? Also nyfag here too

>>33020734
There was a gander mountain near where I live. Academy Sports bought the building.
It just means that other places like cabelas and academy will become stronger

>>33021794
>It just means that other places like cabelas and academy will become stronger
I know they get hate here but i fucking love Academy
they stock ammo that even my LGS doesn't carry

>>33021425

It's not just that, but their entire model was based on egging people to sign up for credit cards. They gave no damn that they were even a retail store in the first place.

They have 60 M1 Carbines. They go from $1800 to $3500.

Maybe they should reduce the price down to $800

>>33021241
for some reason the dicks in my area always have a somewhat good deal on mossberg shotguns and savage axis

the gander near me has a S&W Model15 for 350, thoughts?

>>33020734
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh8Lo_V-Sls&list=LLK-8zFWl_nzqzMjJVU-p0XA&index=37

>>33022490

>so
>many
>jump
>cuts

Good video though

>>33020734
>Oh no where will I buy over priced guns from?

Cabellas

>>33020997
>California
>fudds
Those are actually wiggers who didn't leave California but don't live in LA.

>>33020996
I thought they did too much tissue damage since they tumble, ruining meat in the process. Isn't that why they're usually only used for varmint hunting?
Please correct me if I'm wrong here.

>>33021241
I work at the gun counter in a Dick's. We usually sell the standard 10/22 for $249, but it goes on sale sometimes for $198.
I don't have a lot of love for DSG, but the gun prices aren't too bad. Clothes are outrageous though.

>>33021330

> fill out backround check get put in database
> they know how many guns I have but at least they don't know how many mags and rounds I have.

>>33021562
you're thinking of bubbas, not fudds

fudds by definition dont care about anything that didnt originally come with a wood stock.

mall ninjas and bubbas are the ones that put crapco on everything

>>33024632
That is incorrect. It is because the round is high velocity, and doesn't have a huge amount of energy transfer

>>33020827
Learned everything you know from movies eh?

>>33020827
Is that you Clyde?
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNR2Uh08FrA

>>33024588
Oh c'mon, compared to Gander, Cabela's is golden.

I mean, yeah, they are expensive too and everyone who works there is just as dumb but they are not gander tier

>>33020911
this
closest I've heard was a guy at Kaukauna Sportsmens Club in WI saying that some people are determined to use an AR-15 for deer and that they are bringing too much firepower
he then immediately qualified that by saying that 30 rounds is too much for deer and you'd be better served with a full bore bolt action in a larger caliber so that you don't need any follow up shot and are less likely to wound the animal

he was also shooting an AR-15

I remember when the surplus Sig P6 hit the market, they were selling at $225 all day long. Several months later I was at Gander Mountain...

>See Sig P6
>$499
>lol nope
>salesman see me and comes over
>asks me if I'm interested in it
>uh, not at that price, maybe $270
>*snort* "son, you're never gonna see that piece for under $450
>Tell him I don't think he'll ever sell it and leave.

Gander was dog shit for anything but browsing.

>>33021139
>huhr duhr ur all stupid!
>I buy all MY guns sight unseen!
ok faggot

>>33020734
So, when are the liquidation sales starting?

>>33020734
>recently buy a Sig fastback full-sized from a local gun store new for 880
>the same gun was 1200 at the Gander Mountain not a five minute drive away

Not even fucking once, they deserved it.

>>33025417

They won't
I have a friend that works for gander. Planning on selling to employees first.
We will all get scraps

>>33025454
>Planning on selling to employees first.

I'm somehow convinced they would still find a way to screw them over.

>>33025365
hes right

>>33025466
They'll just mark it down to prices on par with Academy/Cabelas, etc.

>>33025417

The Gander Mountain near me had one. 20% off of everything EXCEPT gun stuff , which was just 5%.

I worked for Gander Mountain for a summer. One of the worst experiences of my life, everyone from the employees to the customer were shit.

Good riddance.

>>33020956

Fudds exist, just i can't believe they work at gun stores for long

>>33024696
energy deposit/energy transfer was debunked over 30 years ago
>>33020996
No, that's just the Fudd way of dismissing the AR-15. It's 100% unfounded bullshit.

Current gander wage slave here
All we get to hear about is credit cards and selling extended warranties. Never get the warranty.
Gander makes almost no money from gun sales, it's like $80-$120 dollars a gun.
My store just had a sale of 15% off everything including guns and ammo. They did a sale last month of 20% off everything except guns and ammo. Next month there will most likely be another sale excluding guns and ammo and April will have one including guns and ammo.
Most people who work at the gun counter know their shit about guns and a few who don't. Don't dismiss all of us because you get one dipshit.

Worked at a Nast mtn for 4 years, had mostly good coworkers but the company only cared if you sold "warrantys" and credit cards. Thankfully I now work at a local fun store and range.

>>33025417

A Gander near me closed recently. Started about three months ago and is done now.

Expect weekly/bi-weekly increases in % off items up to 90% on the final weekend before closing. Most of the sale time was only up to 40%-50% off.

Firearms only ever ended up with a 20% off, which brought them to just under (by a few dollars) internet prices.

However:

Clothing, firearms accessories, and everything else in the store went super cheap.

One day a "Lights and Lasers 50% off lowest price" sign appeared. I bought two surefire rifle lights for 100 each and some crimson trace green laser grips for $130.

>>33025764
Who appraises used guns at gander

>>33020869
Cabela's is also on the verge of bankruptcy.

>>33020734
good, more buisness for people who need it.

maybe normies will stop buying over priced shit.

>>33020757
>with great customer service
Surely you aren't talking about Gouger Mountain, where they intentionally stick know-nothing teenagers and black women in departments they actively dislike, and where they have like 3 employees in the entire fucking store?

>>33027056
Cabela's no longer actually exists as a unique corporation.

They were bought out by Bass Pro like 3 months ago.

>>33027112
>20 minute wait to answer a question about slings

>>33027139
>mid-30's black lady behind gun counter
>"hey can I see [some gun]?
>I don't have the keys
>....
>"so call someone who does?"
>Nobody's qualified to sell guns here today
>"I don't want to buy it, I just want to look at it"
>she walks off in a huff, hang around another 20 minutes and nobody else shows up

>>33027056

> verge of bankruptcy

> What is an acquisition by Bass Pro Shops

> What is a cash & stock acquisition that purchases all outstanding cabela's stock for a ~15% premium

Nigga you dumb

>>33027441
They even just opened a second one up in Woodbury last year.

It's only 8 miles closer than Rogers, but it's something.

>>33024681
>do private sales
>only X people know you bought a gun from them

>>33020734
>.270
I may be being retarded, but I have no fucking clue what cartridge that is.

>>33020772
How do you get yours? Do you steal them from the back of other people's trucks?

>>33028287
A rifle caliber, its .30-06 necked down to .270.

>>33028305
>How do you get yours?
They sell metal stock for a reason.

>>33020757
>great customer service
How do I know you're trolling?

>>33028287
Who doesn't know what a .270 is?

>The Gander I have near me is pretty cool
>The staff know stuff
>Things still overpriced, but at least I can fingerfuck a wide selection before buying elsewhere
I should save up some before the close to buy some boots and camping equipment. Maybe see how low they'll go on guns and ammo...

>>33026053
We have a list of approved guns we can and can't buy and what we can spend that's provided by the head offices on trail head.
If the guns on the list and in good condition we make an offer.
Every now and then we get a gun that's not on the list and it has to have a manager approval to buy and approve the offer price.