Dick's sporting Goods

Dick’s Sporting Goods reports $150 million in lost sales after halting assault-weapons sales..

Ya ya ya, so what? If they go under would anybody even notice?

Dicks Sporting Goods Clothes would not be missed by me.

A mere 1.7% of their revenue lost. Don’t get your hopes up quite yet. I’ll just continue to not shop there

I’ve never been to dicks before but I’m not anti either. I could really care less about selling assault weapons or not. Why would you want to buy guns from big box stores any ways? I buy all mine from a smaller gun shop and get more personal treatment

It’s not that they won’t sell guns. All the NRA zealots perceive anybody who makes a gun decision they don’t like as being “anti”.

Dutchboy wrote:

It’s not that they won’t sell guns. All the NRA zealots perceive anybody who makes a gun decision they don’t like as being “anti”.

Goes for both sides, curb anything and you’re anti “it”, whatever that “it” is.

I don’t mind Dicks. Don’t buy a lot of hunting fishing items except one their flash sales but do enjoy the clothing and golf supplies, good for sunglasses and shoes too. Would hate to see them go under.

Can we please stop calling semiautomatic guns assault weapons? So stupid.

I’ve only been into one a couple times. Terribly disappointed in their selection.

(A joke below)

Cabela’s sells AR’s because they’re not DICKS….

I don’t hate DICKS.
Fishing selection is mediocre but no store has what I would consider a comprehensive selection.

I applaud them for standing up for something they believe in- even in the face of financial loss

ajw wrote:

Can we please stop calling semiautomatic guns assault weapons? So stupid.

Who cares really anyways. Besides anti gun people. Pretty sure you dont find them here

My buddy just told me out of all the stores dicks gave him his best deal on his helix 7. So I guess I might stop by and look.

I’ll still shop at Dick’s. I agree with their decision.

ajw wrote:

Can we please stop calling semiautomatic guns assault weapons? So stupid.

Pretty sensitive there. Not PC enough for you?

Well… Assault IS a verb or a noun, not an adjective, so yea…

You mean this??

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Sorry to see the whole thing you need to click the picture.

Isn’t this what we’re taking about?

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I want to get one of them Tom! Before they are banned!!

Here’s a funny sign, think you might like it.

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Tom Anastasi wrote:

I don’t hate DICKS.
Fishing selection is mediocre but no store has what I would consider a comprehensive selection.

I applaud them for standing up for something they believe in- even in the face of financial loss

This is actually the third time they’ve announced they are stopping selling these guns. The first time they pulled this PR move after a mass shooting they shifted the sales to the Field and Stream stores. Apparently the first time must have seen a spike in sales because they then made a second announcement a year or so later after another mass shooting I believe, but it turned out they were just doing it in a few stores. Then they made a third announcement a few months after that. I think they’re finally experiencing financial loss because it became painfully obvious that Dick’s doesn’t actually have any sort of moral stance against guns, they just wanted to exploit some tragedies for financial gain by virtue signalling.

I wonder if KMART AND SEARS lost sales and going down because they didn’t sell guns.
Pretty petty to keep pounding a dead horse because of a decision made beyond the control of one’s dislike. What? this is the 4th thread about dicks.

” I think they’re finally experiencing financial loss because it became painfully obvious that Dick’s doesn’t actually have any sort of moral stance against guns, they just wanted to exploit some tragedies for financial gain by virtue signalling.”

Read that again.
Do u really believe DICKS missed out on 150 million dollars worth of yoga pants and Jordans because people believe what you have stated here, and are taking a stand?

OK. I don’t like Dick’s.

I shop at dicks just because it happens to be the most convenient sporting goods store near me. They have a pretty good or relatively good selection of tackle. They certainly carry everything I need.

More recently I discovered a smaller gear and tackle shop. They are closer. But that’s a smaller selection. And some times Dicks is still more convenient because it’s located near stores like Home Depot when I am doing my running for weekend work.

I’m not making my life more difficult just because they don’t sell AR-15s.

I still think it was a dumb move. I think it motivates more people that used to patronize you than it does people who never shopped there, although you do get free advertising for a while.

I think it’s all a corporate raider ploy. Get the company to go bankrupt with dumb policy. Buy up the real estate and assets for pennies on the dollar thru the bankruptcy trustee and then reopen it as a new sporting /camping store With zero debt. Screw all your employees and customers in the process but then claim “this isn’t the original store, we can’t honor your lost wages, useless gift cards, etc…”

This is how the rich get super rich.

I won’t patronize any anti constitution businesses.

I hated the store before they made the big decision, but they always had great clearance on shotgun ammo in January. They suck even more now and I won’t go there.

Does everyone feel better now?

Tom Anastasi wrote:

” I think they’re finally experiencing financial loss because it became painfully obvious that Dick’s doesn’t actually have any sort of moral stance against guns, they just wanted to exploit some tragedies for financial gain by virtue signalling.”

Read that again.
Do u really believe DICKS missed out on 150 million dollars worth of yoga pants and Jordans because people believe what you have stated here, and are taking a stand?

The first 2 times they used this shameless PR stunt they probably saw an increase in sales from the “woke” crowd. The third time they tried releasing a big announcement for the exact same thing I believe the people who fell for it the first 2 times finally realized Dicks was exploiting their emotions following a tragedy. This is the first time I’ve seen anyone claim they lost money due to these PR stunts so it stands to reason that it worked the first 2 times.