Dick’s will destroy assault-style guns it yanked off shelves

[Aim1]

Dumb. Dicks can do what it wants but this pandering is ridiculous.


https://nypost.com/2018/04/16/dicks-will-destroy-assault-style-guns-it-yanked-off-shelves/

Dick’s will destroy assault-style guns it yanked off shelves

By Yaron Steinbuch

April 16, 2018 | 2:52pm

Retail giant Dick’s Sporting Goods is destroying the assault-style rifles it yanked off its shelves in the wake of the Florida school massacre, according to a report.

“We are in the process of destroying all firearms and accessories that are no longer for sale as a result of our February 28th policy change,” a company spokeswoman told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

 

[JShirley]

SURE they will.

 

[Sistema1927]

They would do more to prevent violent crime by destroying all of their baseball bats.

 

[George P]

Dick's hasn't had any of those since Sandy Hook. They recently bought the Field and Stream chain who still sold them. Wanna bet some liquidator gets them cheap?

I was looking forward to them when they first opened where I lived over a decade ago; and back then, they had my Gun Club ammo on sale every three weeks for great prices. After Sandy Hook, that stopped happening and I stopped entering.

 

[jmr40]

Yea, 35 total Field and Stream stores across the country. Not exactly a big seller.

 

[db_tanker]

I still can't fathom how a person...or in this case a group of people (I am guessing that Dicks is ran by a corporate style board of directors?) can think that this will get them extra sales in some manner? Seeing as the people they are pandering to are generally not too outdoorsy or sports-orientated? Am I not seeing it?

D

 

[Hokie_PhD]

They have a Field and Steam in Charlottesville that’s part of a massive Dicks. I went in it once after they opened last year.
Like Dicks they were overpriced

That aside
This is just grandstanding

 

[WestKentucky]

35 stores...700 rifles tops inclusive. They will use it as a publicity stunt. Cheap advertisement for the $300,000 or so invested capital...that they will write off as a loss on taxes...and we will end up paying for it.

 

[Danoobie]

Maybe they are trying for a loss record, or a financial difficulty hat-trick. I'd love to see them explain it to new investors,
or when asking for capitol to replace the rifles and "associated equipment" with new stock. That should be an entertaining spin.

How would THAT go, exactly? Maybe "Well, yes, we spent a couple mil on ARs, to compete with rival companies, now they still
HAVE AND SELL their ARs, but we decided, after all the loss in business after removing them from the sales floor, to DESTROY
our ARs, instead of exchanging them for alternate merchandise. You, as capitol investors, MUST understand that was the RIGHT
thing to do..."

Yeeahhh.

 

[Swifty Morgan]

Great. They paid for them and supported the companies that made them. Now they can do whatever they want with the merchandise. I hope they destroy every gun in their inventory. I hope they destroy 100 million baseball gloves, too. I'll buy stock in Rawlings. They should destroy all of their merchandise and then demolish their stores. Then all their executives should strip naked, put their clothes and expensive watches in a pile, and burn them. They should have a festival called Burning Dick's.

The gun makers will just replace what was destroyed, and consumers will buy the guns somewhere else, moving profit from Dick's to companies that treat us better.

It's not like there's a shortage of AR's. If they start destroying Colt Pythons or legal pre-1986 submachine guns or something else that can't be replaced, maybe I'll care.

Maybe this will drive so many customers away, Dick's will vanish. If so, whoever fills their niche will probably have a better attitude.

 

[gulogulo1970]

...and we will end up paying for it.

No, I disagree they will pay for it many times over.

A huge number of potential customers will be/are forever lost.

 

[WestKentucky]

No, I disagree they will pay for it many times over.

A huge number of potential customers will be/are forever lost.

And a metric-manure-spreader pile of snowflakes will go screaming to their doors for being the flavor of the week that panders to their griping, and for many who don't know real prices, they will sell hiking, biking, and tree hugging gear at 300% markup. People today have no loyalty to a store, and no memory of a morality check. This is a publicity stunt and advertising by taking advantage of a tragedy. They will make a profit.

 

[Vonderek]

Dick's is following in the footsteps of Sports Authority and will end up with the same eventual outcome.

 

[George P]

I still can't fathom how a person...or in this case a group of people (I am guessing that Dicks is ran by a corporate style board of directors?) can think that this will get them extra sales in some manner? Seeing as the people they are pandering to are generally not too outdoorsy or sports-orientated? Am I not seeing it?

D

Where I live, 95+% of Dicks is exercise equipment, yoga mats, golf gear and kids' sports - their biggest customers are the suburban soccer moms who hate guns - that is their strategy, to get those soccer moms to support them for one thing over an emotional knee-jerk response to something else

 

[Danoobie]

They will make a profit.

They better hope you're right. Personally, (maybe vagina hats aside) I don't see snowflakes as a powerful financial force.

 

[gulogulo1970]

There may not be loyalty anymore but gun people can hold a grudge just about forever.
There are people, today who still won't buy a Ruger for the actions of long dead founder, Bill.

This will hurt them for far longer than any temporary publicity bump they may get.

Many of us look at this as an attack by Dick's on the Second Amendment and will remember and shun them forever. Just like my grandfather wouldn't have driven Japanese car if you gave it to him.

 

[badkarmamib]

As I said before; their store, their rules. I smile every time I go to a store that doesn't try to influence the loss of my freedom to enjoy said store's wares. I was just today considering some new sports gear (shoes, etc.) Wanna guess the first store I ruled out checking?

 

[Scooter22]

Dick's. Names says it all. They started out here in NY as a fishing, bait and gun store. Now they primarily cater to other sports while keeping "The Lodge" or Field and Stream departments for guns and fishing. Haven't shopped there in years.

 

[George P]

As I said before; their store, their rules. I smile every time I go to a store that doesn't try to influence the loss of my freedom to enjoy said store's wares. I was just today considering some new sports gear (shoes, etc.) Wanna guess the first store I ruled out checking?

But if more folks do not PUBLICIZE (not just send those idiots an email), the stockholders will not see the impact to their investment portfolios...and THAT is who rules corporate America - the investment groups, whether banks or union pension funds or similar. They can make or break a company based on perception. Right NOW, we are losing but slowly coming back. We need to take the lead and get ahead of the curve.

 

[NIGHTLORD40K]

Amazon will bury them soon anyway, self-righteous stunt notwithstanding.

 

[FL-NC]

I refused to do business with them after they voluntarily quit selling AR's years ago. Looks like I will be doing the same w/ field & stream. Fortunately, I have Bass Pro, Academy and super wal-mart all within 30 minutes of me, and amazon as a back-up to choose from for all my outdoor needs.

 

[G'dale Mike]

Can’t understand how people in business would do something so insulting to the majority of your customers? Corporate suicide, reap what you sow

 

[Jackal]

Dicks pricing has always turned me off. They are always right up near MSRP.

 

[stilllearning]

In the regional area that I live one would be hard pressed to find a poorer option than Dicks, better prices and selection abound. Perhaps for some the convenience of being in a mall is to keep the location open, but after wandering in a couple times to check prices against my purchases at other stores I have yet to be even tempted to spend a dime at a Dicks... The name just keeps getting more appropriate.

 

[JTHunter]

I'm lucky. The nearest Dick's is in St. Charles, MO, about 50 miles (by road) away. There is a Bass Pro store out there too and I found it over-priced as well.
The Gander Mt. store that opened up here about 4 years ago, closed last summer, about the time Academy opened their first. They had a good sale on laser sights last fall and I got an iProtect green laser for $50 (half price sale).