Gander Mountain closing

Minuteman · May 16, 2017

protegeV said:
Good luck. A lot of these "going out of business" sales are a joke.

Idk if this applies u iversally but years ago when radio shack was shutting down I asked a store manager when things would get to 50% or more. He said never, not even for employees. The tax benefits of writing off leftover merchandise greatly outweighed selling at anything greater than 15% off for most items. Could have been total bs, but I was floored.

I believe it.

Remember when CircuitCity was going out of business? A read that big companies hire a company that specializes in shutting things down in the most profitable way possible. CircuitCity jacked up prices, then started putting 'clearance' stickers and discounting things incrementally.

Probably the worst are furniture businesses that (I've seen some) have perpetual 'going out of business' signs. Second only to maybe used car salesmen, furniture businesses employ some of the sleaziest tactics. There's always an exception, and I've met more than a few very honest, and knowledgable/helpful salespeople that sell big ticket items.

hodgepodge · May 16, 2017

No bargains at the Gander Mtn in Coldwater, Michigan. 30% off full price clothing. No discounts on expensive guns or average price ammo.

In case you're in the neighborhood.

protegeV · May 16, 2017

Got 2 GM's within 20mins of me. Not really interested in wasting my time with a non-sale sale, but I might check it out anyway.

AssMan · May 16, 2017

hodgepodge said:
No bargains at the Gander Mtn in Coldwater, Michigan. 30% off full price clothing. No discounts on expensive guns or average price ammo.

In case you're in the neighborhood.

That was also my experience. Firearms were only 5% off. They need to drop another 15% to even be competitive with the big online stores.

240 towles · May 16, 2017

cb1980 said:
me and the gf went, picked up a few things, got a few nice deals and a few semi decent deals, was able to talk to the store manager and get a little extra discount on our entire order which helped out, I do have to say that GM played a part in me getting into AR's, buddy got his black rain ordnance gun there years ago, maybe around 2010, first time shooting it, I was hooked and started into collecting guns

Nice try, Gander Mtn.

Grampa G · May 16, 2017

My son was at the Chambersburg store over the weekend and said everything 30% off

Inigoes · May 20, 2017

The Fredericksburg VA store is selling black powder guns and supplies at @ 20% off.

hodgepodge · May 22, 2017

protegeV · May 22, 2017

Inigoes · May 22, 2017

There were plenty of sub MSRP deals to be found, especially in the black powder area :beer:

jmcisc · May 22, 2017

Stopped at the St. Augustine store a few days ago. Complete ripoff. The XDs .45 I bought a few months ago for $429 was being sold at GM for $549 after the 5% discount.
I also saw an article in the business section of the newspaper that said the store stock was sold to a liquidator, and that the new owner of "Gander Outdoor", Marcus Lemonis, planned on selling discounted firearms.

240 towles · Aug 26, 2017

Let me tell you this, marcus lemonis is no fool. They executed a hell of a liquidation. People paid prices I would never dream of paying for stuff. Herd mentality or what, but stuff consistently moved. Store fixtures moved as well, but at a premium (150 dollar 4' counter display cases, 50 dollar mannequins). The way I figure it, if I'm not happy and you are still selling items, then you are doing a good job, because i am cheap or trying to make a buck on my purchase, and that is a piece of the pie the store loses.

Grampa G · Aug 26, 2017

Chambersburg store is closed up tight and out of business

lazarus · Aug 27, 2017

I saw over on TFB that The new combined business is looking to reopen something like 15-20 stores before the end of the year, 15-20 next year (early next year) and 10-15 in the further future.

Less shoes and apparel. More focus on shooting stuff. They will of course be hosting camping world stuff. So basically pew pew and tents.

EL1227 · Aug 27, 2017

lazarus said:
I saw over on TFB that The new combined business is looking to reopen something like 15-20 stores before the end of the year, 15-20 next year (early next year) and 10-15 in the further future.

Less shoes and apparel. More focus on shooting stuff. They will of course be hosting camping world stuff. So basically pew pew and tents.

I hope that they honor GM points and rewards coupons. I accumulated some, but didn't want to make the trek to Salisbury to pick over the 'bones' left in their firearms.

lazarus · Aug 29, 2017

EL1227 said:
I hope that they honor GM points and rewards coupons. I accumulated some, but didn't want to make the trek to Salisbury to pick over the 'bones' left in their firearms.

You are probably just better off being pleasantly surprised. I lucked out some. I had bought a discounted GM gift certificate about bought a bunch of ammo that was on sale and rebated like a week before they shut down their online ordering. If I had waited 2-3 more days I would have been SOL and had to drive to Salisbury to use the damn thing.

I got shipping confirmation the day before the website went down!

pbharvey · Jan 5, 2018

Frederickburg location repening as Gander Outdoors

https://wtop.com/business-finance/2...ander-mountain/amp/?__twitter_impression=true

molonlabe · Jan 5, 2018

Best deal I ever got was a Ruger Mark ll VT .308 for 400 bucks on the used rifle area of Gander Mt. Wisconsin. It looked new and the wife said get it for a Christmas present. This was in November of 2002. Checking the serial number it shipped from Ruger Sept. 2002. No idea why it was on the rack unless it was gifted as a hunting rifle. I wouldn't want to carry it afield. It is my most accurate bolt action. I'll miss Gander Mt. but there is no store locations in WV.

davsco · Jan 5, 2018

molonlabe said:
I'll miss Gander Mt. but there is no store locations in WV.

yeah but you have the new sportsman's warehouse. i used to visit their one out in reno when out there on biz, and visited the morgantown one a few months ago on a day trip from canaan.

wonder what the "new" gander will do better than the "old" gander?

BigSteve57 · Jan 5, 2018

I have fond memories of their catalog in pre-internet days. My wife bought her first hunting suit from Gander through their catalog. Gander was among the first to carry women's hunting clothing. At least the first one that we knew of.

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