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Old 01-25-2008, 08:06 AM   #1
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Boondocks N.Stonington - Closing?

Somebody told me Boondocks Outfitters near Foxwoods is closing.....that true?
That was a pretty big shop....

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Old 01-25-2008, 08:09 AM   #2
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Old 01-25-2008, 08:13 AM   #3
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Somebody told me Boondocks Outfitters near Foxwoods is closing.....that true?
That was a pretty big shop....

Nice shop, crappy location...

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Old 01-25-2008, 08:17 AM   #4
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Nice shop, crappy location...
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Old 01-25-2008, 08:50 AM   #5
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Their website was not so good.....

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Old 01-25-2008, 09:14 AM   #6
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heard the same thing. Also heard they are unloading some serious stock for dirt cheap.
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Old 01-25-2008, 09:53 AM   #7
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Old 01-25-2008, 10:08 AM   #8
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heard the same thing. Also heard they are unloading some serious stock for dirt cheap.
Online or in person?
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Old 01-25-2008, 01:15 PM   #9
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heard the same thing. Also heard they are unloading some serious stock for dirt cheap.
It's pretty much cleaned out... still a lot of soft plastics and some plugs... you can really tell what plugs people like/don;t like by what's left.

There are quite a few rods left too... it was worth a 170$ trip for me the other day

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Old 01-25-2008, 05:34 PM   #10
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That was too nice a building to carry as a startup fishing tackle store. And what did they do in the winter?

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I stopped there twice in the last couple weeks and spent some money. The first time there was a going out of business sale sign and it looked it. The second time they had cut the going out business out of the sign and it read only store sale. I asked and they said they were trying to restructure the business.
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:38 PM   #12
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I stopped there in early august and it was already picked through... few wooden plugs left, I picked up a big jointed metal lip fpr 12$... but VERY few plugs left... thought i could get a cheap VS but the reels were wiped out... the guy told me he would be slowly going out of bussiness until the building sold...
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Old 10-21-2008, 08:48 PM   #13
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Now that's funny

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... until the building sold...
Like that will happen sometime soon.

I have some first hand stories I could tell. But, like Salty, it's a small community and there's no sense . Some folks are their own worst enemies.
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Old 10-22-2008, 06:39 AM   #14
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Saw on the RISAA list last week owner said they were not closing but would be "bigger and better"

I'm thinking not at that location

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Old 10-22-2008, 07:03 AM   #15
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I guess the $50 gift cert. I have for there is junk now.......
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He's had a "going out of business sale" sign out on the road for almost a year now.

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Old 10-21-2008, 07:51 PM   #18
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Scotty - could be called screw your supplier................

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Old 10-21-2008, 08:36 PM   #19
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I thought this guy was closing? They got an ad in the latest Fisherman. Make up ya friggin mind. What is this the latest form of stimulating business or something?

F-in A Man!I was on my way home tonight and I was thinking exactly the same thing.I think he has been running the going out of buisness sale since August.
I feel for anyone trying to make a go of thier buisness [I was self employed 15 years] but this going out of buisness sale is begining to look silly.
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