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I don't know...I like Cabela's (but do it all online, never been to a store). They carry gear that the local shop does not and will not carry. I drop plenty with the local guys, that is not the issue.
The nice thing about why I shop at the local shops are THE PEOPLE and the local knowledge you can get from them.
IMO while I hate wallmart...really dislike the whole wallmart idea, the aim of business is to TAKE market share away from the other guy if you can. They are successful at this.
Do you like HomeDepot? They put millions of local hardware stores out of business. (That said, I prefer homedepot because there is nothing worse then going to a local hardware store to find they do not have what you need and you then have to go across town to find it elsewhere....Bigger is better in some cases, this is why the internet is so successfull, you can find what you need and buy it without leaving your home ) One could argue the same thing with fishing shops too....BUT just try and get where the bite is happening from a guy working in a wallmart or from an internet site....yeah you saved 50 cents and got free shipping but you spent all day looking for fish you didn't catch while the guy who dropped a few bucks at the local shop got the dump on where the bite is. I can't tell you how many times local infor I got that morning turned a good day into a GREAT day on the water.
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