Saturday, April 20, 2013

Cabela's!

Cabella's is my favorite sporting goods store! They have nearly everything you might need to participate in the great outdoors, whether your passion or pass time is hunting, fishing, camping, water sports, shooting sports, hiking, running, or just barbecuing in your backyard, Cabella's probably has what you need.
A word of caution: high--high as in high prices. I'm in Cabella's at least once a week and sometimes several times a week. For all the times I've been in, however, I've purchased relatively little. I have bought 3 or 4 guns, a pair of boots, and a few assorted other items of which I found all to be good quality products. My experience, however, has been that unless it's on sale, you're going to pay anywhere from a little too much to sometimes quite a bit too much. On average I've found Cabella's prices to be from 5-10% higher than various other retailers on the same or similar product. Sometimes they're substantially more than 10% depending on the category and item and of course depending on which retailer you're comparing them to. That said, I still love Cabella's and think they're a fine retailer.

Best deals so far: A heavy weight Cabella's T-shirt for $4.50; the "Lead Sled" regularly priced at about $219.00 for $99.00 on Black Friday (an Awesome deal on a high quality item), and a 2 lb bag of little smoked sausages for about $6.00 on close out (I saw a similar new item in the store yesterday from "Suger River" for $9.99...still a good deal!

NOTE: Avoid the bratwurst in the snack bar: it's dramatically over-priced and doesn't taste very good. I'd call that a bad deal on a bratwurst. The elk sandwich however is highly recommended if you're a meat eater--and I bet your are.

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