Not my experience. I'm sure it depends on the item. I saved a bundle on two
Marine items I bought there last year. When I visited their store in Wisconsin,
I
did see a lot of expensive clothes, but who shops for clothes in a sport's
store, unless
it is high tech gear, and I have several other choices locally to find that.

Scotty wrote:

Most people complain that Cabelas is overpriced.

SV

"sherwindu" wrote in message
...
I think you have a real find there. Marina stores
traditionally charge much
more than
anyone else, maybe because of the convenience factor. I
just got the good news
that
a Cabelas Sport Store is moving into my area. I bought a
Garelick outboard
bracket from them this year at almost half of what West
Marine was asking. I
don't
think West would have bargained down that much, so I
didn't even ask. I hope
more will follow, especially those with a good selection
of sailboat hardware.

Sherwin D.

Jere Lull wrote:

In article
. com,
"boomerswims" wrote:

I'm really sorry that so many of you have had bad
experiences with west
marine. I'm probably going to get my lashes by
mentioning this, but I'm
going to. I work for west marine.

What I complain about is of no fault of yours.

My complaints mostly center around dramatically
increased prices for
things that they stock, and far fewer stocked items than
in past years.

I used to be able to get my Maxprop zincs at the
Delaware BOAT/U.S. No
longer.

Last year, the West Marine stores had Spade anchors.
This year (when I
went to get one) NOT. I probably would have ordered from
Glenn anyway,
but I checked in case there was a price differential.

So many times, things that had been in the stores are
missing now.

Independent marine stores will match West's prices and
usually beat
them. Repeat customers get an even better deal. When
they don't have an
item, they'll dig around in the manufacturers' catalogs
and order
directly. West can't or won't do that.

West seems to think they've created a monopoly and
increased prices
accordingly, but that ain't true in my area. My marina's
store gives me
better prices and service.

--
Jere Lull
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