Dick's Sporting Goods ain't doing so well

If Dick's were to fail due to a boycott who would it hurt?

Thousands and thousands of employees. Hundreds and hundreds of suppliers. Thousands and thousands of stock holders,

And the one person that made the decision to not sell AR's, who will still walk away with millions and millions.

Really?
 
Plott Hound said:
If Dick's were to fail due to a boycott who would it hurt?
Thousands and thousands of employees. Hundreds and hundreds of suppliers. Thousands and thousands of stock holders,
And the one person that made the decision to not sell AR's, who will still walk away with millions and millions.
Really?
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The market and jobs will shift to, Cabelas, Academy, Bass Pro, LGS's, etc and so will the jobs.
The suppliers will ship to different businesses.
The stock holders should be paying attention and shift their money as well.
Their decision to not sell AR's hasn't made many wish to defecate on their doorstep, Richard Cranium's hypocrisy has.
They're an anti Constitutional liberal NY company, let them stay there.
 
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Plott Hound said:
If Dick's were to fail due to a boycott who would it hurt?

Thousands and thousands of employees. Hundreds and hundreds of suppliers. Thousands and thousands of stock holders,

And the one person that made the decision to not sell AR's, who will still walk away with millions and millions.

Really?
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Companies go in and out of business all the time. People lose their jobs and then get a new job somewhere else. Life goes on.

As for Dick's specifically, why would you wish anything but ill will against a company who is actively going after one of your constitutionally protected rights? Really?

27,000 jobs (the approximate number of Dick's employees) ain't worth not even one of our inalienable rights. Your statement is one of emotion, not logic. Think about it.

http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/20...ires-lobbyists-to-press-for-gun-control-laws/
 
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HMP said:
If they did, would you?

I often wonder if people would forgive if a company admitted their mistakes and reverted back etc
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It depends. But in Dick's case, this isn't a one time thing. Plus they hired anti-gun consultants to lobby Congress for more gun control. So yeah, they'll get no more of my money - ever.
 
Railsplitter said:
It depends. But in Dick's case, this isn't a one time thing. Plus they hired anti-gun consultants to lobby Congress for more gun control. So yeah, they'll get no more of my money - ever.
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Do you have an example where you did go back to a place after their apology etc?
Yeah, Dick's has done this crap a few times now that Im aware of (starting, in my memory) with the Troy debacle after SH.

I dont know if I posted it in this thread of not - laziness kicking in - but i was killing time on a Sunday afternoon in a F&S and the gun counter guy was talking to a customer about how much of a mistake this all was, that they werent selling near as much as they used to in guns, and that translated to accessories too.
 
HMP said:
If they did, would you?

I often wonder if people would forgive if a company admitted their mistakes and reverted back etc
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Yes, very likely I would change if they changed. Perhaps it would have been better if I had stated my comment as "Neither will I so long as they refuse to change."

Why? Because what's the point in being all p*ssed off and boycotting a company and their products/services when they do something you DON'T agree with but then not turning around and rewarding them with your business when they do the things you DO agree with?

If we all operated on a fatalistic, one-time-and-you're-out philosophy, then pretty soon we'd find ourselves not supporting ANYBODY and assigning EVERYBODY permanent enemy of RKBA status.

The goals are:

1. Keep those who are pro-2A on the pro-RKBA side.

2. Sway those who are sitting on the fence about the RKBA to the pro-RKBA side.

3. Change those who are pro-gun control to being pro-RKBA.
 
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Trust is something earned. Once forsaken... They would have to demonstrate a commitment to supporting the 2nd amendment and not just a marketing exercise. Like firing the CEO and dumping Yeti. ;)

So, maybe, eventually...show me...
 
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Not in Dicks case.... never trust a traitor.
 
Its good that Mr AssTack wrote himself a note that he applauded their decision. Hope he is a large shareholder and that his fortune is mainly measured in shares of his soon to be bankrupt company
 
I'm not sure this is a win for freedom. They are still making money. Stores that didn't sell guns made more money that those that did. There's no talk about closing stores. What we want is the Grim Reaper and the smell of death over the whole chain, where they can't afford to buy the padlock on the front door like Sears, but that's not there, at least not right now.
 
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My wife and I get 3 points each on the Dick’s app daily as long as we register at least 10,000 steps on Fitbit. For every 300 points they send us a $10 reward. So, every 4 months or so, I go to Dick’s use $20 reward on golf balls (yes, I lose lot of golf balls) and walk out...not a penny out of my pocket, playing with house money.
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Do you put the fitbit on the family dog(s)? Saw that trick on Chrisley knows best.
 
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Given that they have many co-located, or nearly so, Field & Stream stores it doesn't seem completely wacked.
Still, F&S prices are generally higher in everything gun related compared to local gun stores. Plus they have that stupid "we will only sell low capacity useless magazines" crap.

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fishgutzy said:
Given that they have many co-located, or nearly so, Field & Stream stores it doesn't seem completely wacked.
Still, F&S prices are generally higher in everything gun related compared to local gun stores. Plus they have that stupid "we will only sell low capacity useless magazines" crap.

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Always am surprised with how full F&S parking lot is. I guess some either don’t know or care that they are owned by Dicks and what they have done.
 
Button Pusher said:
Do you put the fitbit on the family dog(s)? Saw that trick on Chrisley knows best.
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My old health insurance company (yes, people still have private healthcare in the UK because the NHS sucks) had a similar thing where if you did a specific number of steps every day and didn't make a claim, they refunded 25% of your premiums. I took a PC case fan, removed one blade to put if off balance, making it vibrate then attached the step counting device with remoldable clay. ran it for a couple hours every day and no one was the wiser.
 
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OutLore said:
My old health insurance company (yes, people still have private healthcare in the UK because the NHS sucks) had a similar thing where if you did a specific number of steps every day and didn't make a claim, they refunded 25% of your premiums. I took a PC case fan, removed one blade to put if off balance, making it vibrate then attached the step counting device with remoldable clay. ran it for a couple hours every day and no one was the wiser.
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Fitbit will register steps mowing the lawn using a riding lawn mower ;) so, i gave my fitbit to our landscape guy but it is still under my name. Summer time I get 30,000 steps/day
 
MostWanted said:
I'm not sure this is a win for freedom. They are still making money. Stores that didn't sell guns made more money that those that did. There's no talk about closing stores. What we want is the Grim Reaper and the smell of death over the whole chain, where they can't afford to buy the padlock on the front door like Sears, but that's not there, at least not right now.
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Are they still making money?
https://www.barrons.com/articles/di...cause-solid-earnings-arent-enough-51552409697

BTW when your publicly traded stock is down over 10% in one day I would say the smell of death is close
 
Ikarus1 said:
Are they still making money?
https://www.barrons.com/articles/di...cause-solid-earnings-arent-enough-51552409697

BTW when your publicly traded stock is down over 10% in one day I would say the smell of death is close
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"Dick’s said it earned $1.07 a share on revenue of $2.49 billion in the fourth quarter. Analysts were looking for per-share earnings of $1.06 and revenue of $2.48 billion. Consolidated same-store sales fell 2.2% in the period, while gross margins narrowed to 27.9%... For the full year, the company sees EPS of $3.15 to $3.35, compared with the $3.35 consensus estimate."

Quick look at the stock price has it exactly where it was one year ago today. Average retail is up 10% in the past year, so they are falling behind, but Dick's investors have basically the same outlook as they did a year ago. They might pivot away from guns, rebrand themselves as mostly clothing, sports, fishing and camping, and find a way to survive. L.L. Bean has remained successful in that space. We've always heard that there's not a lot of margin in guns anyway; it might be a positive that they find something more profitable to put in the man cave/lodge/whatever they call it.
 
RetiredUSNChief said:
IF Dick's ends up losing this case in court, I strongly suspect that they'll just quit selling firearms and ammunition all together as a response.
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One more step towards their GOOB sale!

I STILL won't patronize them
 
OutLore said:
My old health insurance company (yes, people still have private healthcare in the UK because the NHS sucks) had a similar thing where if you did a specific number of steps every day and didn't make a claim, they refunded 25% of your premiums. I took a PC case fan, removed one blade to put if off balance, making it vibrate then attached the step counting device with remoldable clay. ran it for a couple hours every day and no one was the wiser.
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Riding a Harley racks up steps like nobody's business as well.


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OutLore said:
My old health insurance company (yes, people still have private healthcare in the UK because the NHS sucks) had a similar thing where if you did a specific number of steps every day and didn't make a claim, they refunded 25% of your premiums. I took a PC case fan, removed one blade to put if off balance, making it vibrate then attached the step counting device with remoldable clay. ran it for a couple hours every day and no one was the wiser.
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That's hilarious!
And I can confirm the mower one too that was posted above, I usually get about 4k 'steps' when I mow ha
 
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