>>I read an article the other
>>day (I would post a
>>link but don't remember where
>>I saw it) that claimed
>>Michael Bloomberg and his "Every
>>town for gun safety" anti-gun
>>group was instrumental in persuading
>>Wal-Mart to make this decision.
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>>For the record I am not
>>a proponent of Wal-Mart. To
>>clarify my previous statement about
>>Walmart keeping the little guys
>>honest, when I ran a
>>hunting department it was common
>>procedure to go to Wal-mart
>>and price check items in
>>their sporting goods department such
>>as guns, ammo, fishing etc.,
>>because we would price match.
>>Doing that meant very thin
>>margins but customers would prefer
>>to shop the small stores
>>knowing they could get good
>>pricing AND customer service.
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>>Really small shops have a harder
>>time doing this but if
>>you have the purchasing power
>>to belong to a buying
>>group like NBS, Sports Inc,
>>and Worldwide, even Bigrock, you
>>can buy at pricing points
>>which allow a retailer to
>>compete with Walmart and other
>>box-stores.
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>>There is a larger threat to
>>small brick and mortar stores
>>than Walmart and that is
>>online shopping. They have little
>>to no overhead. For example
>>I had to replace my
>>chronograph this week (my last
>>one died after 19 years).
>>It was 20% less than
>>Sportsmans warehouse, Cabelas or any
>>other store. It saved me
>>100-140 mile round trip to
>>those stores and it was
>>here in two days.
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>>So yes I am done with
>>Walmart. I didn't renew my
>>Sam's membership earlier this year
>>but that was coincidental. It
>>will be interesting to see
>>how big and long of
>>an impact this will be
>>to Walmart. I think it
>>will just be temporary like
>>it was for the auto
>>maker bail-outs.
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>>Out of curiosity, how many of
>>you remember when the local
>>Walmart sold handguns 35 years
>>ago?
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>Not Trying To be a PLICK
>Bob!
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>But I Don't Remember there being
>any Local WALMART'S in TARDville
>Until about 1990 or So?
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>I know so many people in
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>They make allot of money but
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>It Ain't Easy being Me!
Well 1990 was 29 years ago so maybe I'm off a few years ;-) I vividly remember looking at revolvers in a Walmart back in the mid-80s. It may not have been in Utah though. I grew up with my grandparents and we would travel the western states and Canada by RV for a month or two every summer, camping and fishing.
Back in 1986 we spent over a month going to the Calgary stampede and the World fair in Vancouver (expo '86). I remember thinking these Canadian cigarettes are weird. I even got to see Margaret Thatcher there. She flew in on a Concorde. The good ole days ;-)