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01-25-2008, 08:06 AM
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Location: Rhode Island
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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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01-25-2008, 08:09 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Coventry, RI
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Yup
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Catch'em up,
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01-25-2008, 08:13 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
Somebody told me Boondocks Outfitters near Foxwoods is closing.....that true?
That was a pretty big shop....
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Nice shop, crappy location... |
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01-25-2008, 08:17 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JFigliuolo
Nice shop, crappy location...
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Yep....
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01-25-2008, 08:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2001
Location: Rhode Island
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Their website was not so good.....
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01-25-2008, 09:14 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
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heard the same thing. Also heard they are unloading some serious stock for dirt cheap.
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01-25-2008, 09:53 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Narragansett, RI
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Cabelas, Cabelas, Cabelas.  |
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01-25-2008, 10:02 AM
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Location: Rhode Island
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More like a poor choice of business - why open a tackle shop on the way to Foxwoods?
I would have opened "Crazy Joe's World O' Vice," sell smokes, booze, books on card counting, have a pawn counter, do payday loans, sell condoms, porno....The stuff people really want.
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01-25-2008, 10:08 AM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bassballer
heard the same thing. Also heard they are unloading some serious stock for dirt cheap.
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Online or in person? |
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01-25-2008, 10:38 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
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Quote:
Originally Posted by striperman36
Online or in person?
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my fishing partner went down there and bought a new rod and saved $150. Not sure what the online deals are |
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01-25-2008, 01:15 PM
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Calling Jon The Fisherman
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: The Sack Of Mass
Posts: 2,357
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Quote:
Originally Posted by bassballer
heard the same thing. Also heard they are unloading some serious stock for dirt cheap.
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It's pretty much cleaned out... still a lot of soft plastics and some plugs... you can really tell what plugs people like/don;t like by what's left. 
There are quite a few rods left too... it was worth a 170$ trip for me the other day  |
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01-25-2008, 05:34 PM
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Canceled
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: vt
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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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01-25-2008, 05:45 PM
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Retired Surfer
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: Sunset Grill
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Joe
More like a poor choice of business - why open a tackle shop on the way to Foxwoods?
I would have opened "Crazy Joe's World O' Vice," sell smokes, booze, books on card counting, have a pawn counter, do payday loans, sell condoms, porno....The stuff people really want.
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Serial Mailbox Killer/Seal Fisherman
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01-25-2008, 06:01 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: In the water
Posts: 461
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I got some great deals from them a few weeks ago on Loomis Fly Rod. Cross Current GLX 10 weight for $450.
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01-26-2008, 01:29 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: RI
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Went today. Still some good deals. Spent some to save some.
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01-26-2008, 05:55 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: New Haven Ct
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the location was bad,however there cheap price on eels will be the one thing I will miss.Used them to restock my eel tank once a month.
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01-27-2008, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Posts: 7,649
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Wasn't he looking for a business partner to expand? I thought I read in the fishermen or some other mag of this guy looking to expand up the east coast and was looking for an investor.... I think the ad is still in there.
The fishing business is a tough business to make a buck in. I know of few shop owners driving around 60' bertam's on the weekends. Most guys get into because the love the field and hope they can make a living at doing something they love (IMO) and hang out with guys that feel the same way.
Scale has been the key to making big money but that scale puts a lot of pressure on the local B&T guy who deals with "joe sixpack" on a daily basis who wants a dozen worms a few hooks and a handful of sinkers or maybe one plug . Most fisherman will not pay 20+ bucks for a plug, ever. Hardcore guys like yourself will but most guys just won't.
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10-21-2008, 07:51 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Burlington
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Scotty - could be called screw your supplier................  |
low & slow 37
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10-21-2008, 07:53 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Worcester MA
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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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10-21-2008, 08:36 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Norwich Ct
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Quote:
Originally Posted by #^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&#^&
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?
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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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10-21-2008, 08:38 PM
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Pete K.
Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 2,953
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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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10-21-2008, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,038
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Now that's funny
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Originally Posted by ivanputski
... until the building sold...
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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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10-22-2008, 06:39 AM
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Certifiable Intertidal Anguiologist
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Somewhere between OOB & west of Watch Hill
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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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~Fix the Bait~ ~Pogies Forever~
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10-22-2008, 07:03 AM
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10-22-2008, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Attleboro, MA
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I guess the $50 gift cert. I have for there is junk now.......
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10-22-2008, 11:21 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Newtown, CT
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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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