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KY, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:22:45 PM EDT
[Last Edit: green_bullet]
Went to my local Academy today. Almost no rifle mags. Sales guy said Academy is no longer selling any magazine with higher than 20rds. No ARs either.
Oh well. KYGun Co is up the road and has better pricing and selection. Wont shop at Academy on principle now |
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USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:27:42 PM EDT
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I'm starting to wonder how long Academy will last at all. It sure sucks now compared to before it was sold. It is just a glorified clothing retail store now that only makes a half-assed attempt at stocking any actual sporting goods. Inventory is way down on all of the hunting and fishing stuff last time I was in there.Fucking bean counters are driving it into the ground.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:33:00 PM EDT
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I thought they just sold Jordons to hoodrats.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:35:32 PM EDT
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A new one opened up last year here in VA, I had high hopes for it based on things I'd heard online. It sucks.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:37:28 PM EDT
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Leadership is becoming anti-hunting and anti-fishing. GD has anti hunting and anti fishing treads couple times a month. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:38:43 PM EDT
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I think they quit selling black guns after they were sued by the church families for selling one to the POS who did the massacre in Sutherland Springs.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:38:56 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By green_bullet: Went to my local Academy today. Almost no rifle mags. Sales guy said Academy is no longer selling any magazine with higher than 30rds. No ARs either. Oh well. KYGun Co is up the road and has better pricing and selection. Wont shop at Academy on principle now I would think that shopping at KY Gun Co. would be a given. The two Academy stores here in Columbia don't have jack schidt anymore. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:39:20 PM EDT
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Sales guy lied.
Academy doesn’t sell mags that have a capacity higher than 20 rounds, and they haven’t for at least two years. No AR’s for the same reasons. They got smacked hard after one of the mass shootings. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:40:24 PM EDT
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Sports Authority did it first. Look at them now.
In other news Dick's is having financial troubles. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:42:04 PM EDT
[#9]
Academy sells things you buy with disposable income. There is not much of that floating around these days.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:45:44 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SuperX925: Sales guy lied. Academy doesn’t sell mags that have a capacity higher than 20 rounds, and they haven’t for at least two years. No AR’s for the same reasons. They got smacked hard after one of the mass shootings. All the local Academy Sports here still sell 30 round PMags for 223 and 7.62x39, Hexmags and MFT 30s too. Might just be your local management. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:46:09 PM EDT
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I'm sure glad we are getting a Scheels in Tulsa.
We also have Bass Pro but I bet Scheels puts a hurt on them. Dicks right down the road from the new Scheels is expanding into the Buy Buy Baby and BB&B stores that neighbored them to create a Super Dick's. Not going to be enough. Then there's Academy. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:46:27 PM EDT
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The last one I went to in Tallahassee was a freaking train wreck. I'm pretty sure that the demographics of the overwhelming number of employees visible had something to do with the complete chaos and disorganization that was present. Crap was just dropped all across the store, wherever there was an empty shelf. I finally left in disgust after being unable to find anything on my list.
It's a shame, as I used to spend a LOT of money there over the years. Went it started going downhill, they apparently just slammed their foot down on the accelerator pedal. What a shame. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:47:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By raider00: I thought they just sold Jordons to hoodrats. “Sold…” lol. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:50:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _DR: All the local Academy Sports here still sell 30 round PMags for 223 and 7.62x39, Hexmags and MFT 30s too. Might just be your local management. Same. Prices are a little high for something you can get online easily, but they have them. Bass Pro, too. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:53:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Rogue7: A new one opened up last year here in VA, I had high hopes for it based on things I'd heard online. It sucks. I was about to post the same thing about the Short Pump location. I was completely underwhelmed after reading so the hype over the years here. It's terrible, poor selection, prices are like any other big box store. Not to mention it's desserted all hours of the day. I bet they close it with the next two years tops. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:54:53 PM EDT
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The Tipping Point: When sporting goods stores begin stocking and selling more clothing than gear, the downward spiral has begun.
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MI, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:56:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: FJ803FE]
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Once a company goes public, they have to answer to their investors. If someone like Blackrock or Vanguard take a 10% ownership, they basically get cucked into pushing down ESG requirements and that's where you the shift in the company's operations. Even without that, the media can write hit pieces on your company and manipulate stock prices by changing perception of the public. So to do derisk the possibility, ownership capitulates and starts proactively rebranding their image.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:58:32 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MedmanKS: Same. Prices are a little high for something you can get online easily, but they have them. Bass Pro, too. Take a close look at those 30 round mags next time you go. The ones in the TX stores are 30 round bodies limited to 20 rounds. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:58:55 PM EDT
[#19]
They already fucked the dog.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:59:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By opnblstr: I'm sure glad we are getting a Scheels in Tulsa. We also have Bass Pro but I bet Scheels puts a hurt on them. Dicks right down the road from the new Scheels is expanding into the Buy Buy Baby and BB&B stores that neighbored them to create a Super Dick's. Not going to be enough. Then there's Academy. Typical, they think making their Dick's bigger is gonna solve their problems. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 2:59:46 PM EDT
[Last Edit: PTR32Sooner]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SuperX925: Sales guy lied. Academy doesn’t sell mags that have a capacity higher than 20 rounds, and they haven’t for at least two years. No AR’s for the same reasons. They got smacked hard after one of the mass shootings. WHere are yall seeing this? I was in my local academy Saturday and they had tons of 30 round AR and AK PMAGS as well as other brands |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:00:24 PM EDT
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How about we take the newly freed up $12.5b charity money and buy a real sports store that sells gun, magazines and reloading supplies that GD wants.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:01:30 PM EDT
[Last Edit: _DR]
[#23]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By naes: Take a close look at those 30 round mags next time you go. The ones in the TX stores are 30 round bodies limited to 20 rounds. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By naes: Originally Posted By MedmanKS: Same. Prices are a little high for something you can get online easily, but they have them. Bass Pro, too. Take a close look at those 30 round mags next time you go. The ones in the TX stores are 30 round bodies limited to 20 rounds. Don't think so (here anyway) they say 30 rounds on the packaging. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:01:52 PM EDT
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Academy's been pretty shitty since around 2020, and when covid jacked up ammo prices, they've never come back down to where they were, use to be if you were in a hurry could grab a box of ammo for maybe $1 more then online and some bulk deals were pretty good, last trip there I think cheapest box of brass 9mm was like $15. Pretty sure I saw some 30 rounders though, mag prices were never great there so I don't pay much attention to mag and crappy holster aisle.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:03:36 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _DR: All the local Academy Sports here still sell 30 round PMags for 223 and 7.62x39, Hexmags and MFT 30s too. Might just be your local management. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _DR: Originally Posted By SuperX925: Sales guy lied. Academy doesn’t sell mags that have a capacity higher than 20 rounds, and they haven’t for at least two years. No AR’s for the same reasons. They got smacked hard after one of the mass shootings. All the local Academy Sports here still sell 30 round PMags for 223 and 7.62x39, Hexmags and MFT 30s too. Might just be your local management. Still 30rd Pmags at my local academy, haven't looked at rifles in a while though |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:04:08 PM EDT
[#26]
I brought this mag issue up a couple of months ago and was told here I was wrong.
Uh, Oh! |
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KY, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:04:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SuperX925: Sales guy lied. Academy doesn’t sell mags that have a capacity higher than 20 rounds, and they haven’t for at least two years. No AR’s for the same reasons. They got smacked hard after one of the mass shootings. Yes, my error meant 20rds. Updated OP |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:06:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By peanutman: Leadership is becoming anti-hunting and anti-fishing. GD has anti hunting and anti fishing treads couple times a month. I hate fishing! I only hate hunting a little less than fishing. 
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:10:01 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _DR: All the local Academy Sports here still sell 30 round PMags for 223 and 7.62x39, Hexmags and MFT 30s too. Might just be your local management. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _DR: Originally Posted By SuperX925: Sales guy lied. Academy doesn’t sell mags that have a capacity higher than 20 rounds, and they haven’t for at least two years. No AR’s for the same reasons. They got smacked hard after one of the mass shootings. All the local Academy Sports here still sell 30 round PMags for 223 and 7.62x39, Hexmags and MFT 30s too. Might just be your local management. Nope. Go take another look at those mags. The P-Mags are 10 rounders pinned in a mag the size of a 30. The MFT mags are 20 rounders in a 30 round body. |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:10:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MedmanKS: Same. Prices are a little high for something you can get online easily, but they have them. Bass Pro, too. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By MedmanKS: Originally Posted By _DR: All the local Academy Sports here still sell 30 round PMags for 223 and 7.62x39, Hexmags and MFT 30s too. Might just be your local management. Same. Prices are a little high for something you can get online easily, but they have them. Bass Pro, too. Go take another look. |
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NC, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:13:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By peanutman: Leadership is becoming anti-hunting and anti-fishing. GD has anti hunting and anti fishing treads couple times a month. Hunting needs to be a constitutional right. Some states have written the right to hunt into their constitution in recent years. I believe without hunting, the 2nd will be abolished. |
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KY, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:14:07 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By naes: Take a close look at those 30 round mags next time you go. The ones in the TX stores are 30 round bodies limited to 20 rounds. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By naes: Originally Posted By MedmanKS: Same. Prices are a little high for something you can get online easily, but they have them. Bass Pro, too. Take a close look at those 30 round mags next time you go. The ones in the TX stores are 30 round bodies limited to 20 rounds. Same for local store |
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VA, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:14:15 PM EDT
[#33]
That Short Pump Academy does suck.
I think sporting goods retail is dying in many areas just like general retail big box stores did in the 90s and 00's when they fought and lost vs Amazon and Walmart. It's the same pattern of consolidation, then slow decay of the "winners". |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:14:17 PM EDT
[#34]
Didn't Academy already do this once?
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:14:58 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FIRE1: I'm starting to wonder how long Academy will last at all. It sure sucks now compared to before it was sold. It is just a glorified clothing retail store now that only makes a half-assed attempt at stocking any actual sporting goods. Inventory is way down on all of the hunting and fishing stuff last time I was in there.Fucking bean counters are driving it into the ground. Bean counters aren't the problem. Activist investors are the problem. They are working at eliminating all big box store gun sales. When there are no more national chains carrying firearms, the leftists will say, are they aren't commonly used because you can't buy them easily. Add in the AFT having zero tolerance policy forcing hundreds independents to give up and they will get rid of gun ownership without having to pass laws. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:16:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SuperX925: They got smacked hard after one of the mass shootings. Demmos figured out you don’t have to sue the manufacturers, just the transferors. Pretty soon the exorbitant cost of 8 or 9 figure liability will be passed on to us, and let’s face it, there’s only so much you’ll pay for a 30rd mag or an AR. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:17:37 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PTR32Sooner: WHere are yall seeing this? I was in my local academy Saturday and they had tons of 30 round AR and AK PMAGS as well as other brands  Bro, you're chillin' the buzz! |
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USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:18:04 PM EDT
[#38]
I've never seen anything at Academy that I couldn't get elsewhere for less.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:22:51 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _DR: Don't think so (here anyway) they say 30 rounds on the packaging. The two i bought saturday were all loaded with 30 rounds |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:24:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By peanutman: Leadership is becoming anti-hunting and anti-fishing. GD has anti hunting and anti fishing treads couple times a month. I dunt shoot nuthin lest I'm a gonna eats it hurrr. |
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GA, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:36:38 PM EDT
[Last Edit: giantpune]
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FIRE1: I'm starting to wonder how long Academy will last at all. It sure sucks now compared to before it was sold. It is just a glorified clothing retail store now that only makes a half-assed attempt at stocking any actual sporting goods. Inventory is way down on all of the hunting and fishing stuff last time I was in there.Fucking bean counters are driving it into the ground. Our local academy is still packed full of shit. Off the top of my head, weight lifting, boxing, MMA sparing gear, tennis, soccer, golf, baseball, softball, bicycling, fishing, archery, kayaking, camping, and outdoor smokers all around the perimeter walls. The clothes and shoes take up less than 1/3 of their retail floor space. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:41:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By _DR: All the local Academy Sports here still sell 30 round PMags for 223 and 7.62x39, Hexmags and MFT 30s too. Might just be your local management. This. |
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USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:43:10 PM EDT
[#43]
Has academy sports lost a customer?
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FL, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:49:21 PM EDT
[#44]
Boy Scouts, Nascar, Bud and now Academy.
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:50:17 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Crusader44: The last one I went to in Tallahassee was a freaking train wreck. I'm pretty sure that the demographics of the overwhelming number of employees visible had something to do with the complete chaos and disorganization that was present. Crap was just dropped all across the store, wherever there was an empty shelf. I finally left in disgust after being unable to find anything on my list. It's a shame, as I used to spend a LOT of money there over the years. Went it started going downhill, they apparently just slammed their foot down on the accelerator pedal. What a shame. Academy's are the last of the depressing department store era. I don't understand how they're still around. My only guess is that little league sports keep enough foot traffic heading their way. |
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:52:49 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By giantpune: Our local academy is still packed full of shit. Off the top of my head, weight lifting, boxing, MMA sparing gear, tennis, soccer, golf, baseball, softball, bicycling, fishing, archery, kayaking, camping, and outdoor smokers all around the perimeter walls. The clothes and shoes take up less than 1/3 of their retail floor space. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By giantpune: Originally Posted By FIRE1: I'm starting to wonder how long Academy will last at all. It sure sucks now compared to before it was sold. It is just a glorified clothing retail store now that only makes a half-assed attempt at stocking any actual sporting goods. Inventory is way down on all of the hunting and fishing stuff last time I was in there.Fucking bean counters are driving it into the ground. Our local academy is still packed full of shit. Off the top of my head, weight lifting, boxing, MMA sparing gear, tennis, soccer, golf, baseball, softball, bicycling, fishing, archery, kayaking, camping, and outdoor smokers all around the perimeter walls. The clothes and shoes take up less than 1/3 of their retail floor space. Same with ours, full team sports departments, golf, camping, etc. Clothing is in the center of the store, but a lot of it is related to outdoors, workout, or work |
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:54:10 PM EDT
[Last Edit: tsg68]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By thesquidliest: I think they quit selling black guns after they were sued by the church families for selling one to the POS who did the massacre in Sutherland Springs. Part of the suit was that the shooter had out of state ID and the transfer included a 30 round mag that was illegal in his state of residence (Colorado I believe) probably a stipulation of ending the suit was that they would no longer carry standard capacity mags. Lawyers made a deal. |
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IA, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 3:54:54 PM EDT
[#48]
The AR market is so over saturated I can't imagine anyone is making money in it. When you can get a perfectly serviceable AR from PSA, etal for $400 there's just no point in staying in that market.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 5/13/2024 4:02:01 PM EDT
[#49]
Academy was the best when it was a hunting/outdoors/army surplus store
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Posted: 5/13/2024 4:05:43 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By mcantu: Academy was the best when it was a hunting/outdoors/army surplus store |
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