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I hate Dicks Sporting Goods
ScharfSchutze
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For christmas my sister gave me a couple Dick's Sporting goods gift card...
unfortunitly I couldnt find much that i wanted... and everything I did want, i couldnt afford... I took a look at their gun Selection...
for instance... if i went down to the local gun shop, and found a rifle for $250... I saw the same rifle in Dicks for $598.... WHAAAA?????!!!!!
So i circled around the store and could find anything I wanted or could afford... So before i left i asked if i could just trade the cards for the $$$$. Of corse they said no.... which is funny, what do they have to loose? They already got their money from my sister....
Sigh.... this is why i hate gift card... and DICKS sporting goods..... $600 for a $250 rifle... WTH?
Just thought i'd blow off a little steam... thanks for tolerating me [:D][|)][:p]
unfortunitly I couldnt find much that i wanted... and everything I did want, i couldnt afford... I took a look at their gun Selection...
for instance... if i went down to the local gun shop, and found a rifle for $250... I saw the same rifle in Dicks for $598.... WHAAAA?????!!!!!
So i circled around the store and could find anything I wanted or could afford... So before i left i asked if i could just trade the cards for the $$$$. Of corse they said no.... which is funny, what do they have to loose? They already got their money from my sister....
Sigh.... this is why i hate gift card... and DICKS sporting goods..... $600 for a $250 rifle... WTH?
Just thought i'd blow off a little steam... thanks for tolerating me [:D][|)][:p]
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So before i left i asked if i could just trade the cards for the $$$$. Of corse they said no.... which is funny, what do they have to loose? They already got their money from my sister....
Their profit![:D] They don't make anything by giving you your money back, but they do if you spend your gift card money. [;)]
Got one from Bass Pro, didn't find anything I couldn't get cheaper elsewhere. Oh well, we should be grateful someone cared enough about us to give us one in the first place.[;)][8D]
Ben
Don't get me wrong, I'm grateful and all, its just I HATE GIFT CARDS! lol... I never find anything i want.. and they just seem so impersonal...
Would have been better if she just gave me the cash [:p]
Oh well... maybe in a month or something I will think of something there that i want.
Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
What Make and Model Rifle are you talking about?
Don't remember what make they where... there wasn't a rifle there under $500... If i went to say.. Anthony Arms by the airport from here... I could have found it brand new for under $300 i guarantee you...
The cheapest thing they had there was a $118 22LR mossberg 802... Perhaps the only well priced thing there, I saw a Ruger 10/22.. standard stock... $300..... Uh What?! cant you get those things for like $150- $200?
Dicks is way overpriced in my opinion.
So buy something (not a firearm, of course) and return it tomorrow[:D][:D]Like I did at another well known but expensive! outdoor supply store.
They still won't give you back cash, in most cases just credit towards the purchase of more goodies.[:o)]
There are websites specifically set up for people like you. These sites will buy your gift card for a certain number of cents on the dollar (won't be an even exchange) or you can trade your gift card for someone else's. From what I have heard, these types of sites actually have an extremely low risk of fraud.
Save it for their ammo sales. Cheapest 9mm around.
Not in Texas!
After all of Dick's "discounts" Wal Mart WWB $12.88/100 is still a better buy. Not to mention CCI Blazer at Academy $5.68/50.
Here, Dick's is notorious for "50% off". The fine print is "buy one get 50% off SECOND box. And the discount is off a NEW "regular" price- they actually raise the price before the "sale".
I'll never buy ammo from Dick. I want my Galyan's back![:(]
buy 10-20 boxes of 44mag or 45 acp and you will save a ton
I bought a bunch off 44 JSP @ 9.98/ 50 or so
calling bs on them selling the same rilfe for more than twice the other shop
Save it for their ammo sales. Cheapest 9mm around.
Good idea... Although i don't have a 9mm
Good gun, but i already have 2000 rounds of ammo for it in my room.
I was hopeing they had something like a Black Powder pistol kit or something, but no joy.
Guess i'll have to find something I kinda want and pick it up.
Stoeger Condor O/U in 12 or 20 - $299
Mossberg 500 12ga combo - $289
Ours has some pretty decent deals.
Stoeger Condor O/U in 12 or 20 - $299
Mossberg 500 12ga combo - $289
Usuall get a mossy 500 12 around here for 220. Not from no dicks though.quote:Originally posted by cubslovers
Ours has some pretty decent deals.
Stoeger Condor O/U in 12 or 20 - $299
Mossberg 500 12ga combo - $289
The combo? Slug bbl and field bbl?
Where is Dicks Sporting Goods located? Is this a southwestern chain or in the East. I don't see them on the Westcoast.
We have two in Ft. Wayne SIG. There are more in Indy.[:)]
I'll go first...Mine is pretty big.
Who has the biggest Dick's?
Who has the smallest Dick's?
[:D]
I guess we're all going to have to compare Dick's.
I'll go first...Mine is pretty big.
Who has the biggest Dick's?
Who has the smallest Dick's?
[:D]
Thats messed up dude... lol.
quote:Originally posted by ripley16
I guess we're all going to have to compare Dick's.
I'll go first...Mine is pretty big.
Who has the biggest Dick's?
Who has the smallest Dick's?
[:D]
Thats messed up dude... lol.
True, but I bet you laughed. Besides it's funnier than "comparing" 7Elevens.[:)]
I won't buy guns or ammo from them anymore. I do, however, buy the kids footwear there. The prices are good and THEY don't ignore you.
They bought out a 40 year old mom & pop company, Galyan's, a few years ago. Closed many of their stores and have 3 or 4 of theirs now in the Indy area.
Also an E-trex legend with Topo Software for $169.
I don't need the E-trex, just the software, but the software alone is $100.
Keep your Powder dry and your Musket well oiled.
NRA Lifetime Benefactor Member.
I wnt to a Dick's store with $600 cash in my pocket to buy a new rifle. The two clowns at the gun counter ignored me. I told the manager, on the way out, that I was headed to Gander Mountain to buy the rifle instead.
I won't buy guns or ammo from them anymore. I do, however, buy the kids footwear there. The prices are good and THEY don't ignore you.
That to, Took them 15 minutes to notice me, just to tell me they don't have something, and that it cant be found anywhere other than the internet (black powder pistol kit).
The jerks at the gun counter never seem to be on task, and the customers that do shop there take FOREVER... took this one couple over an hour just to pick out a pair of Binoculars...
quote:Originally posted by guntech59
I wnt to a Dick's store with $600 cash in my pocket to buy a new rifle. The two clowns at the gun counter ignored me. I told the manager, on the way out, that I was headed to Gander Mountain to buy the rifle instead.
I won't buy guns or ammo from them anymore. I do, however, buy the kids footwear there. The prices are good and THEY don't ignore you.
That to, Took them 15 minutes to notice me, just to tell me they don't have something, and that it cant be found anywhere other than the internet (black powder pistol kit).
The jerks at the gun counter never seem to be on task, and the customers that do shop there take FOREVER... took this one couple over an hour just to pick out a pair of Binoculars...
Sounds like the computer department at Best Buy. Now that is apainful experience!
BINOCULARS! Buy yourself a great pair for binoculars. Nikon. You;ll have them forever! It's something you probably won't have the money to waste later in life, but you will sure appreciate them for years to come.
From the gun shop, 10x50 power SIMONS binoculars...
Only $25 but they work beutifully.
EDIT- By the way, the gift cards are only good for $40. lol
quote:Originally posted by Fatboy lives
Usuall get a mossy 500 12 around here for 220. Not from no dicks though.quote:Originally posted by cubslovers
Ours has some pretty decent deals.
Stoeger Condor O/U in 12 or 20 - $299
Mossberg 500 12ga combo - $289
The combo? Slug bbl and field bbl?
the basesball bat section of the store then the firearm section and thier selection is either hit or miss but
thier gun prices are ALWAYS at least 10% cheaper then the small shop down the street and thier shotshells are cheaper and more plentyfull aswell, I have never seen them sell a $250.00 gun for $650.00
and if you saw that it was a mistake on the price tag.
A lot of gift cards eat themselves up after a period of time. They start to charge 10% a month after a year without using them. Plus you can lose them etc.
At least, Dicks' don't do this. Plus like someone said above, watch their ammo prices. I have seen Rem-UMC 45 acp for $7.99 about a year ago. I should have bought a bunch. Prices have started to rise because of the cost of brass and copper.
When I want to give a gift card, I throw in the cash in a card and write "The Andrew Jackson Memorial Gift Card-Good Anywhere" on it and throw in the appropriate amount of 20's.
I guess we're all going to have to compare Dick's.
I'll go first...Mine is pretty big.
Who has the biggest Dick's?
Who has the smallest Dick's?
[:D]
Hpw about us that don't have no Dick's? [}:)]
quote:Originally posted by ripley16
I guess we're all going to have to compare Dick's.
I'll go first...Mine is pretty big.
Who has the biggest Dick's?
Who has the smallest Dick's?
[:D]
Hpw about us that don't have no Dick's? [}:)]
I got three here!
Accepted at millions of retailers.
While it is a nice thought, gift cards should NOT be store specific.
Find something in the store that you want, close to the value of the card.
Buy it, even if it is cheaper somewhere else.
Treat it like FREE money, for THAT store, because IT IS.
Tell your sister......THANKS.