#^&#^&#^&#^&'s Sporting Goods - what a joke!

[fishbones]

Originally Posted by FishermanTim

I had looked online for some ice fishing gear I wanted to check out, and they had a couple of things there that I was interested in.

Unfortunately they don't stock most of the stuff in the stores that they try and sell online. That in itself wouldn't have been so bad, but what they DO have instock is 1/4 of the store dedicated to BASEBALL, SOCCER AND FOOTBALL gear.....in freaking January!!!!

I shot the Customer Service dept. and email tactfully explaining my distaste for the store and why I will avoid it at all cost in the future.

Their "textbook" reply was the standard "We stock our shelves 2-3 months in advance of the upcoming season."

If that were so, why the hell didn't I see any ice fishing gear there in October/November?
Why, it's because they are full of crap!

I should have learned my lesson last winter when I saw the same thing.

I don't know who their marketing genius is, but they obviously didn't pass marketing class! (I wonder exactly how much baseball and soccer gear they sell in the 3 month period BEFORE anyone can actually go out and play the damm sports???)

Oh, and the same is probably true for Sports Authority.

Have you ever heard of indoor soccer or indoor baseball clinics? My son is playing and I'm coaching soccer right now. There are a bunch of indoor places close to me that have those sports indoors during the winter. And #^&#^&#^&#^&s seems to be doing ok. I bet they sell more soccer stuff in January and February than they sell fishing and hunting combined. People go to more specialized stores for that stuff.
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