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5 years after the greatest sporting goods mishap in history...

Posted on 11/28/17 at 6:48 pm
Posted by Muthsera
Member since Jun 2017
7319 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 6:48 pm
Dicks Sporting Goods is cratering. Casual consumer has abandoned them for Amazon, hardcore consumer is either still boycotting them or left to cheaper shores (Academy and last year's product). Take a look at the 5 year performance of their stock to see pure schadenfreude.

As one of the dept heads who got the pleasure of calling to tell people their Troy carbine orders were cancelled right before Christmas, then spent 2 years telling customers we had no .22 ammo despite the company having millions upon millions of rounds collecting dust and mildew in storage in preparation of the F&S store openings. As someone who had to fight computer programs and beg corporate paper-pushers for inventory of product that I knew would sell, that I had customers asking for daily; had to watch DMs fire good managers for morons that they could pay .30 on the dollar for; had to deal day-in and day-out with the most tone deaf and ignorant leaders of a company I've experienced in 12 years in retail - I say, couldn't happen to a more deserving company.
Posted by wickowick
Head of Island
Member since Dec 2006
45820 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 6:52 pm to
frick them.
Posted by A_bear
baton rouge
Member since Sep 2013
1972 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 6:54 pm to
Dicks blows. Field and stream is also trash. Went looking for a speckle-belly goose call last week and they had 1 Canada goose call. 1! And about 10-12 duck calls all locked in a display case. Also looked for an extended choke tube for my benelli. They didn't have any. I've been to field and stream twice and should've learned the first time that it sucks. I've been knowing dicks was awful. Everybody knows that.
Posted by RATeamWannabe
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2009
25949 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 7:02 pm to
quote:

frick them.
Posted by rattlebucket
SELA
Member since Feb 2009
11480 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 7:08 pm to
Didnt the bama tea bagger work for them?
Posted by The Torch
DFW The Dub
Member since Aug 2014
19411 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 7:26 pm to
Their name says it all DICKS


My kid loved going their, and we did spend money in their stores in Texas. Seemed comparable to Academy but had a better selection of quality youth Baseball, Football gear.

Shoe department was the best in town for Athletic shoes
Posted by RBWilliams8
Member since Oct 2009
53418 posts
Posted on 11/28/17 at 10:19 pm to
In Houston there’s just too many options to ever have to go to Dicks or F&S.

I get most of my stuff local or at academy but I will drive clean across Houston to go to bass pro before I go a mile to Dick’s.
#neverforget
Posted by Cajunate
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2012
3352 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 5:58 am to


How long before you think they shut down or sell out?

I never did like them! Never felt right for a guy to be walking into a place called Dicks!
Posted by TigerFan4040
Member since Sep 2013
4386 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 8:29 am to
Agree, Dicks blows. They have the smallest selection of inventory at the highest prices.

I have seen a better spread of hunting gear at a KMart (not joking).

Posted by Cypressknee
Member since Jul 2017
1198 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 8:56 am to
The newer dicks/f&s in Lafayette isn’t bad. I’d rather go to f&s over academy because they are always out of stock of damn near everything at academy. Prices ain’t really much more and less rift raft in f&s too, at least to me.
Posted by Spankum
Miss-sippi
Member since Jan 2007
56103 posts
Posted on 11/29/17 at 10:07 pm to
We had a Dick's store open here in central MS a couple of years back. I was excited about it and went in to look around. came out completely disappointed, as most of their stuff seemed to be oriented towards shite like golf and tennis and that kind of thing. I generally like sports like hunting, fishing, etc. never went back.
Posted by ElectricWizard0
Member since Jul 2017
2702 posts
Posted on 11/30/17 at 9:36 am to
I actually work at academy in hunting and fishing dept. Would love to hear yalls major complaints or concerns about product or service or anything along those lines. Maybe I can help
Posted by NikeShox
Toula Baw
Member since Sep 2016
1251 posts
Posted on 11/30/17 at 1:19 pm to
OMG.. muh ammo
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