Cabela's chaps my hide.

[Snydly]

Phone call to Cabela's - "do you have any Ballistol?" Response - "what is that?" I explained including the color of the can. "I will go look." 3-4 minute wait. "Yes we have it." I drove the 35 minutes to Cabela's. Spent 5-6 minutes looking for the Ballistol. I asked one of the floor employees - "can you tell me where the Ballistol is located?" Response - "what is that?" I explained what it was and also told him I had called to confirm that they had Ballistol in stock and was assured they had it in stock. After walking around with the floor employee for another few minutes he went and asked someone else, who is suppose to know lots more, where the Ballistol was. Response - "what is that?" I again explained what it was and that I had called to confirm that they have Ballistol in stock on the shelf. Again after walking around with him for another few minutes he goes and asked someone else, who is suppose to know more than he does, where the Ballistol was. Response - "well if you have looked over here or over there we don't have any. We usually don't stock Ballistol so it is likely we don't have any, in fact I can't remember the last time we had any."

that is why I always ask for the name of the employee I am talking to on the phone.

 

[maillemaker]

When a ******** store says 2 items per customer per visit, I'm visiting the store multiple times in just a few minutes.

Beat the idiots at their own game.

It's like when the grocery store will only give me $50 cashback on a purchase and I need $100, I turn right around in line and buy a pack of gum and get another $50!

 

[Century to late]

Cabelas is a craptastic boutique store that caters to the Chads and Karens of the world. They're like "Dicks" (Sporting Goods) with an outdoorsy veneer.

Both suck and went woke. Hope they go broke.

Yep I stopped giving them my money years ago. Only go to small shops no matter the cost.

 

[maillemaker]

In my life time we went from land of plenty to land of nothing.

Isn't it crazy? I'm still amazed every time I think about it. I'm 50+ years old, and never in my lifetime (I wasn't old enough to remember the gas crisis) have I seen a time in America where you had people with cash in hand and things could not be bought.

Ammunition has been in generally tight supply since Obama took office. What is going on here? You would think they would have built 5 new ammunition factories by now!

 

[64Springer]

It's like when the grocery store will only give me $50 cashback on a purchase and I need $100, I turn right around in line and buy a pack of gum and get another $50!

See how simple that is.

So easy, a caveman could do it.

 

[Louisk]

Yep I stopped giving them my money years ago. Only go to small shops no matter the cost.

Agreed. When I was shopping for my first muzzleloader a few years ago I was excited about going down to Anchorage and checking out the recently opened Cabela's there. I thought there would be some sort of representation of what was in the catalog at the store. Got there and there was not a single, solitary traditional muzzleloader on the shelves. I was looking at their online catalog later while considering my first flintlock longarm. The only shipping to stores policy was a deal breaker. Walked into the local gun store last fall and found an excellent deal on a Pedersoli Brown Bess carbine in near new condition.

 

[user 53891]

Takes one to know one. Right?

Nope it sure doesn't, it take very little to recognize one.

That practice has been mine throughout my adult life. And it has served me well.

THAT WAS WELL SAID TDM!!! AND VERY TRUE!!

 

[user 53891]

There's an old saying..."YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE"!! No sense crying about it now, eh?

 

[TDM]

Definitely helps to be proactive in this hobby.

 

[64Springer]

Agreed. When I was shopping for my first muzzleloader a few years ago I was excited about going down to Anchorage and checking out the recently opened Cabela's there. I thought there would be some sort of representation of what was in the catalog at the store. Got there and there was not a single, solitary traditional muzzleloader on the shelves. I was looking at their online catalog later while considering my first flintlock longarm. The only shipping to stores policy was a deal breaker. Walked into the local gun store last fall and found an excellent deal on a Pedersoli Brown Bess carbine in near new condition.

What retailers don't understand, what they repeatedly fail to grasp, is that gun owners are very serious people deep down in their souls.

A gun owner will put up with mild inconveniences, ammo logs, walking customers to the door with gun purchases, etc.

But cross that line and hard core gunowners simply won't accept it. And once that line is crossed there's no going backwards. No forgiveness. No second chances. Refusing to ship a black powder gun to a private home is a line not to be crossed. 4473s for a black powder gun is a line not to be crossed.

Americans are stone cold freaks about their guns and their gun rights. It would behoove the Antis to remember this.

 

[BillRob]

I laugh at guys like this. If things get that bad, he'll just get taken out by a drone strike or police robotic device, or some farmer with a .30-30 will shoot him for trespassing.

I had a neighbor who was convinced that all was going to collapse during the Y2K scare. He is probably still eating MRE's and Vienna Sausages....

I've still got a couple 50 gallon barrels of "Y2K water" in my back yard.... and besides - what's so bad about Vienna Sausages?

 

[vintovka]

I really have to force myself to visit the one in Springfield OR. I did find out the mask nazi who literally drove me out of the store is gone. Apparently he passed after being fully boosted.

 

[Shiloh]

Nope it sure doesn't, it take very little to recognize one.

THAT WAS WELL SAID TDM!!! AND VERY TRUE!!

Well, if you think I'm woke then you got your head stuck up under your arm.

 

[Carl.allen934]

Phone call to Cabela's - "do you have any Ballistol?" Response - "what is that?" I explained including the color of the can. "I will go look." 3-4 minute wait. "Yes we have it." I drove the 35 minutes to Cabela's. Spent 5-6 minutes looking for the Ballistol. I asked one of the floor employees - "can you tell me where the Ballistol is located?" Response - "what is that?" I explained what it was and also told him I had called to confirm that they had Ballistol in stock and was assured they had it in stock. After walking around with the floor employee for another few minutes he went and asked someone else, who is suppose to know lots more, where the Ballistol was. Response - "what is that?" I again explained what it was and that I had called to confirm that they have Ballistol in stock on the shelf. Again after walking around with him for another few minutes he goes and asked someone else, who is suppose to know more than he does, where the Ballistol was. Response - "well if you have looked over here or over there we don't have any. We usually don't stock Ballistol so it is likely we don't have any, in fact I can't remember the last time we had any."

Look on line I think walmart has it last I hered or just order it on line I like the liquid not the spray.

 

[Jayhawkdan]

So a Doc's appointment today, my last for the current hip replacement and to schedule my next. Cabela's is on the way home, so I stop in to buy some T7 3F as they have some and with the military discount and member rebate on the card, it isn't too bad of a price.

I ask the clerk if they have much of it. He affirms that they have several cases. Have you had much demand for it? No, not since hunting season is over. As I am going to be working up loads, relatively heavy, for 54 cal and 58 cal, I ask for three bottles.

Answer, we can't. I can only sell you two. ???????? Why is that????? Well so everybody can get some and we don't run out....What????? Are you guys capitalists or are we in a socialist country. You have it and in no small amount, there is no demand, I have the money and need it. Well, that wouldn't be fair. WHAT?????? Well, sir, you can come back tomorrow and buy 2 more bottles. How is that fair????? Well, you would only be buying two. Get the manager. Sir, I am the manager for reloading and powder. Screw you guys. Keep it all and choke on it.

I went down the street and found three bottles for just a little more...Oh, and he is a capitalist, he sold them to me.

My thoughts on this circumstance is that this would not have occurred BEFORE Cabela’s was purchased by Bass Pro. I have experienced personally, and have read or been told about, many similar instances of corporate stupidity in Cabela’s stores since the acquisition by Bass Pro. Furthermore I found that this corporate attitude existed at Bass Pro stores long before they purchased Cabela’s, and it is the primary reason I only shopped Bass Pro as a last resort.

 

[Carl.allen934]

It's been many years since my tolerance with Cabelas ran out. I bought a cap and ball revolver there and although it was new in a sealed box the clerk had to walk it out past the front door before he would hand it to me. I said "you really don't know how these work, do you?"
He replied that it was their policy to walk every firearm sale to the door. You should have seen the look on his face when I told him that the feds don't consider them to be firearms. Years earlier at Bass Pro shop, which still carried Goes at the time, I stood in line to buy a few pounds, $19.00 per, shows you how long ago that was. But, an assistant manager approached me and asked what I needed, to which I replied Black Powder. Oh, it's right here, pointing at the aisle directly to my right. Well that's odd, it's not allowed to be openly displayed. Oh, we've had it on the shelf for years! She moved aside to show me all the smokeless powder! I told her that I'd rather not blow myself up and that smokeless in a ML is a pipe bomb. I still don't think she knows the difference.

I was in cabelas one time and over in the black powder gun section sitting on the shelf was several cans of a smokeless powder that they had confused with 777 I told one of the clerks in the store he just looked at me and said ok I'll let them know. A few days later I went there it was still there that time I told a manager higher up on the TP he understood perfectly well when I told him if he don't want his company to be sued because some kid that didn't know better would blow him self and possibly some of his buddy's hanging around up he had better make his stock people know the difference between smokeless and synthetic black powder. It got moved right then after he went and checked.

 

[user 53891]

I guess to each his own. I've shopped both and still do and have never had any problems. Staff always seemed polite, and helpful. I'm pretty sure that is the majority of everyone's experience.

 

[BackDraft]

thank the anal orifice neck beards for this
those feces birds would sit in their mobility scooters while on SSI disability and buy up all the .22LR ammo then resell for X10 the price
if one of them falls out in front me, I may not remember in a covid mind fog moment how to do CPR
yeah, massive hoarders / online resellers are to blame, the store do that to maximum the number of the customers that get at least some of product X to enjoy their 2A rights
after the .22LR crunch was over, saw one was offering a literal pallet of .22LR for sale and whining about having to sell for less than he bought it for; just cry me a river you son of a dog
and I really cannot blame them

While I agree with to totality of your post, don’t be too harsh on everyone on SSDI. Some of us earned it. Thirty-five years of “Kickin’ in doors and fallin’ thru floors” (FF/EMT). Made 3 ‘express trips’ from 1st floor to basements/crawl spaces that have completely destroyed my left hip and knee.

 

[Stantheman86]

Dunham's doesn't care what you buy or how much

I swept their shelves of Pyrodex P and Select this summer and took 4 or 5 cans of P and 2 of Select. Also just bought 3 cans of 777 2F a few days ago. I burn all of it so I'm not "hoarding " but still , my $$ is green and if I want every can of BP sub the cashier will ring me out while he's flirting with the cashier next to him, not a care in the world.......let me grab 8 tins of CCI #11 too. No one at that store has ever cared. They did have a limit on caps very briefly but I highly , highly doubt the kids at the registers are worried about enforcing a cap policy

 

[OldMaineWoodsman]

I've still got a couple 50 gallon barrels of "Y2K water" in my back yard.... and besides - what's so bad about Vienna Sausages?

Nothing bad about Vienna Sausages. I actually like the Goya and the low-sodium ones. When I go on my trips and live in camp or a motel they are always in my food stash.

This guy though, had them stacked to the ceiling in his house. Bottled water, MRE's, batteries, Coleman fuel, etc. Don't get me wrong, it's smart to be prepared but he really took it to the extreme. Like I said, he's probably still using that stuff up or ended up throwing it away.