SuperDave1959 wrote:

That was a lot of valuable retail floor space devoted to crap. I was told that only a very few stores would keep a Bargain Cave and the rest is online only.

I think the BC bought in a lots of customers. I’ve talked with a lots of people the roam the country in campers. They said that also made it a point to check out many BCs in their travels. The BCs where a good draw.I travel the country in a truck. I’ve yet to find one still open. Course I haven’t been in all of them. You have a link to the online sells by any chance?

I’ll let you put two and two together.

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If your saying it’s going over to Bass Pro’s outlet. Nah.
They don’t have that much stuff in there for that to be happening.
The BC was always better than BPs Outlet. I know there are some places that buy stuff like that and then people bid on it by the pallet. I’d say that’s where it going.

I hadn’t been back here for a while. All Bargain Caves are gone now. Shame. I sometimes park still at a Cabela’s. But usually there is just no reason now the bother to walk in.
But to answer Michael question: “even if they close the BC’s in the stores, they’ll still have lots of excess stock and returned items to clear out. i wonder how they plan to do that?”
The guy told me they would just sell it all to a Wholesaler. I don’t know where it goes from there. Is it showing up now on Ebay? I’m sure it’s being sold off some where. But who know where?
Funny, It’s been said Bass Pro shut down the BCs. I live not to far from Bass Pros headquarters in Springfield. They still have their outlet store to sale off their returns and other junk.

I drive a truck. I loved to stop by different Cabela’s to shop the BCs. I was out at Sidney, NE last week and over hear the guy running the BC tell another guy they are closing this department down in October. Once he got finished talking to the other guy I went over and asked him about that. He said they are closing all the BCs down. The reason he told me is they figure people come in the store planning to only spend a certain amount of money. Lets say for discussion that amount is $100. So the customer goes in the BC and find $40 worth of stuff. So now he is only going to spend $60 in the regular store. I know it is stupid, but that’s it. Sure not the way I shop. I’m in Hazelwood (St Louis) right now. Their BC is gone. I’m going to have to quite shopping Cabela’s.