Quote Originally Posted by Jeffrey Lebowski View Post
I’m actually shocked most of you care.

I don’t really think it has much to do with guns, but I might be wrong. Who wants an AR and thinks, “Hey, Dick’s!” Not me...
And that is true up and down their entire lineup. It is bland top to bottom.
You can go get running shoes there....but not the best running shoes.
You can go get a treadmill there....but not the best treadmills.
You can go get a fishing pole or tackle there....but not the best fishing gear.
You can go get a bike there....but not the best bikes there.
You can go get a baseball glove there....but not the best gloves.
Ray and Bob can get yoga pants there....but not the best yoga pants.
You could go get an AR or shotgun there....but not the best ones.
You can get a Yeti cooler there....but they are price controlled and available many other places.

Is the enthusiast buying their stuff at Dick’s, or at the specialty store? I’d bet very few folks here got their favorite AR at Dick’s.
The serious runner is going to a running shop, not Dick’s....and on down the line.

This is true for every single thing they sell. They tried to blame their woes on UnderArmor too. It is a fine store for “just good enough” when you need it in a pinch, or if they run a sale on something. I got an 870 there b/c it had a sale and huge rebate, but I wouldn’t have gone there looking for a high end Italian auto loader.
FWIW, I did buy an SBE II there, on sale, before they got to be huge Dicks. I think the only other time I set foot in one after that was while traveling on business, I lost my pocket streamlight and needed a flashlight, and there was one closer to my hotel than anything else.