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Didn't the family sell the store a few years ago? I went there a few times.
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this is copied from the "our store" section of their website: "In January of 2014 Richard Canfield retired and handed the business over to a former employee, Scott Marble. Scott worked for Canfield's for 10 years before going out into the sporting goods industry; gaining extensive experience on both the retail and manufacturer level."
You would think if he had that much industry experience he would have known better than to take on such a disadvantaged business. Meaning vs Sheels, Cabelas, Bass Pro and the internet.
When the new dude took it over he put up a wall to downsize the space. He discontinued the military surplus (that was a lot higher priced than the Bellevue surplus store). He also discontinued the "Shotgun Shell Sale" that had been a big deal prior to that. It was pallets and pallets with a great variety and good prices. I don't know what else he changed. The knife counter at first improved, then was moving towards junk. So overall the store drifted away from my interests. But I assumed They were gaining other customers.
This whole year I was there only once or twice. But radio commercials kinda told a story. They were getting rid of some product lines that you think of them for (I don't remember what) and putting in a professional bike shop. Seemed weird, especially since it was late summer, when I would think people are not buying bikes. Then more recently their commercials were about internet price matching. I didn't think either of those were good ideas, but it didn't cross my mind that they were desperate plays from the death bed.
I don't buy on Amazon. If I can't get it locally I would rather buy from a stores website or on ebay where the seller is a small store somewhere else. Things like drain cleaning, HVAC and etc I use the small companies that can't afford a lot of advertising and where the owner might be the dude doing the work. So I really don't like seeing these people throw in the towel, even if they have been making some questionable decisions.