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There are reports that Gander Mountain may soon file for bankruptcy.
Gander, known as one of America’s firearms superstores, operates 160 stores in 27 states, including several that opened in 2016 in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Texas. More than 50 stores opened in the last five years.
Their store in St. Louis never seems crowded, and has to also compete with a local Cabela's and Bass Pro. An O.K. store, with nice people, but few bargains.
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Ditto the Blaine, MN store. The last time I was there, I had a choice of two 28 gauge Fiocchi loads, a 7 1/2 fast hunting load, and a 8 load for clays, I guess, not as hot. I was looking for a flat.
There were between 3 and 6 boxes of each, no flats. I bought a couple boxes.
The store was empty.
Best,
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My local Gander Mountain store has a wall and a half devoted to guns; about four feet of that space is "used" sxs guns. The salesmen it seems are not permitted to negotiate price. They seem to be at the high end of everything they sell in comparison to Academy Sports just down the street. Guess which one gets my business...Geo
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Not surprising in the least. The local GM gun staff is a bunch of aloof jerks with zero time to answer questions, totally uninformed about product, and recoil at the offer to a better deal than marked. Own worst enemy with obvious poor upper mgt.
JR
Last edited by John Roberts; 02/12/17 12:16 PM.
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The nearest one to me is about 50 miles away, I was in there several years ago. I was amazed at how shoddy the place was compared to a Cabela's. No one around to help, looked like garage sale, I thought it was closing then.
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I recently needed a set of plain standard 1" scope rings for a friend's rifle. Gander had them at $19.95, Cabela's at $10.95, and Walmart for $ 8.95. Not a major purchase, but the price gaps were a surprise.
Locally, Cabela's and Walmart usually have lowest prices on shotshells.
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More than 50 stores opened in the last five years.
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That would be the problem right there. Spread too thin too fast. O.M
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It is beyond me how the corporate model ever works. It ends up eating itself up given enough time.
To my knowledge, guns sold by Gander in their stores are based on a cost plus a percentage adder. Period. It has nothing to do with the actual market on used guns. If a gun is overpriced, it simply means they paid too much for it. And visa versa.
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When an old man dies a library burns to the ground. (Old African proverb)
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The days of big brick and mortar stores are fast ending. Everyone just go back to their local gun shop.
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