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Morris also is heavy into Tracker Marine which acquired Mako, SeaCraft, Pro Craft, Kenner, Fisher and a few others. Anecdotal reports from owners contrast the quality of mfg. before and after Mako and SeaCraft were acquired and the preference was to the before. The Potter family started SeaCraft and those old boats are highly sought after and the hulls command a premium if you can find one.
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The Anchorage Cabela's will not bring in for the $25.00 fee.
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It has been my experience that the advantage of Cabelas and Bass Pro is availability not price.
Example, two cases of 16 ga. shells shipped free. Try to find those locally.
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One big question is what BP will doo with the Cabela's CC operation? Which is one of the most profitable parts of the business.
I heard of a guy who has enough Cabela's Club points to buy a new boat, a big one. If I was that guy, I would be boat shopping today.
Robert Ruark: Use Enough Gun
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One big question is what BP will doo with the Cabela's CC operation? Which is one of the most profitable parts of the business.
I heard of a guy who has enough Cabela's Club points to buy a new boat, a big one. If I was that guy, I would be boat shopping today. My understanding is they sold the CC operation to Capital One. And that Capital One is doing a new deal with Bass Pro.
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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And that Capital One is doing a new deal with Bass Pro. NPR's report said that Bass Pro would retain a piece of the action on every credit card that they issue, but they won't own the banking operation.
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As an observer, it all seems sorta incestuous with money higgly-piggly going here and there in strangest places. What's in the big deal for you and me? Wasn't that what Shotgun and Jim were questioning?
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As an observer....
....What's in the big deal for you and me? Wasn't that what Shotgun and Jim were questioning? Probably the best part of the big deal is that the customer can just shop elsewhere. If someone likes to patronize the big box outdoor stores, do they have to sign up for the credit card? Relationships are a choice, not an inevitable medical condition. There's some indication that there were already business competitors well before this higgly-piggly started.
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In Forbes today...
Cost of Living Extremely Well Index (CLEWI)
Broken down into various groups.
Entertainment & Toys
Motor Yacht: Hatteras 70 (North Carolina) $5,465,000 no change
Sailing Yacht: Oyster 625 (U.K.) $2,700,000 -21%
Sporting Shotguns: Pair 12 ga SxS James Purdey & Sons New Jersey) $265,452 -7%
Cigars: 25 Dominican Aniversario Double "R" (New York) $850.00 no change
(Man, and I feel fancy when I crack a $6.00 tin of Erinmore!)
Point? I guess when I head down to the Bass Pro in Toledo I'll go with the leaky fishing boat with the wheezy Evinrude and a clapped out 870 over the sailboat and dusty old Parker. Loose your arse on those.
P.S. Nobody cares what's in it for you, King.
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Any Billy Bob that had some Cabella shares on Monday is eating at the Sizzler today. Nice change of pace from Arby's.
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Not a question KB, a statement.
These merger/acquisition/buyout press releases are full of lies.
Copy such as 'dedicated to serving the outdoor sportsman' or 'growing the Cabela's brand' or 'retaining the wonderful people of Sidney, Nebraska' are just smoke in your face.
It's a corporate shakeup, brought on by 'under performance' of Cabela's of late. Note they are not losing money, just not making quite what their creditors and investors feel entitled to make. This makes them low hanging fruit for a streamlining merger.
Sidney is doomed. Prices at this new mega-chain will jump. People will lose jobs.
Economies of scale will still make it impossible for small operations to effectively compete. The big operations set the prices. If the Walmart experience has taught us anything, it's taught us that.
The future remains mail order, or to be more precise internet driven sales. Remember Cabela's bought Gander Mountain's mail order operation years ago. They do a lot of business that way and Bass Pro has never been price competitive with them. I suspect the prices will shortly be identical, and you can bet they will not be the lower of the two!
lonesome indirectly brings up an interesting question... with the recent financial suicide in the UK, has it now become feasible for Eley Hawk to find a US importer for shotshells?
"The price of good shotgunnery is constant practice" - Fred Kimble
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