Basic question--When has a corporate merger with the following consolidation for efficiently and maximizing profits ever benefitted the consumer?
IMO: The day Cabela's started its decline was the day it went public; that's the day that the private equity vultures started circling overhead. Once the dust settled Bass Pro, Cabela's, Sportsman's warehouse, Gander Mountain & if I heard right Macks Prairie wings are all under the same corporate umbrella and are basically one in same selling cheapened goods made to a price point in some far-off distant land. It's up to us as individual consumers to decide if we want to shop at them or not.
We have two Cabela's, two Bass-pro's & four sportsman's warehouses within 60 miles of my house and I haven't set foot in any of them in close to four years now. That's my story on this, take it for what it's worth to you.
