On Wed, 02 Apr 2008 01:04:24 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 16:56:02 -0700 (PDT), Tim
wrote:

Not sure but for all I know, it looks like they may tank...

http://www.reuters.com/article/marke...0080326?rpc=44


They are just another "brick and mortar" that is getting killed by
competiton from big boxes for common stuff and the internet for
specialties.
The last few times I walked around West Marine they were deserted. I
was the only person in the store. They just opened a Bass Pro Shop
here that going to kill the fishing tackle places too (along with boat
stores).

That's not necessarily true. There are things at local shops you
can't get at Bass Pro and the personal service makes up for a lot. I
buy a lot of my fluke rigs at Hillyer's in Niantic, Ocean State Tackle
in Warwick, RI or Schaffer's in Mystic. You can't get live or dead
bait at Bass Pro and why drive to Gillette Stadium just to go fishing?

As to price, on major brands, Bass Pro is priced within .10¢ of the
local shops - at least for things like plastic lures, plugs, line,
etc. You can buy the same Ugly Stick (the only fishing rod worth the
name) for the same price at a local shop as you can at Bass Pro.

On their own stuff, they beat the heck out of the major brands - I'll
give you that one.

If they were like Wal-Mart with one on every corner, that would be
different.