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[email protected] April 10th, 2008 05:00 AM

Fly Shop Review: Leland Outfitters
 
On Apr 8, 5:24*pm, notbob wrote:
On 2008-04-08, Larry L wrote:

Larry L ( who was recently told, in strong terms, *by his normally mild
mannered wife, *that shopping at Cabela's or Bass Pro was NOT ALLOWED any
longer ... seems she had been reading about their business practices ... I
quote her, "I don't care if it costs more ... shop elsewhere !! )


What "business practices" would that be? *I'm not a big customer of
Cabela's, but they carry some stuff no one else does and at prices often
condiderably less than the competition.

nb


I do not know this for a fact, but . . . Ive been told that Cabela's
is very stingy when it comes to supporting conservation efforts with
cash. That they are a "hooray for me" outfit with zip community
involvements, in other words leeches as a corporation. So what's new.

I know that when they come into an area they extract all kinds of tax
concessions from suckup politicians eager to claim they brought this
or that many jobs into an area. In other words they don't help pay for
local schools, police, fire etc., and economically they are a net
taker from regional economies except sometimes for the immediate
municipality getting their sales tax. By the way Its not just local
fly shops they put out of business, but the whole range of outdoor rec
businesses. They also pay ****. The ONLY big box retail outfit that
pays its people decently and gives good benifits is COSTCO.

Dave

Dave

Wolfgang April 10th, 2008 01:45 PM

Fly Shop Review: Leland Outfitters
 

wrote in message
...
On Apr 8, 5:24 pm, notbob wrote:
On 2008-04-08, Larry L wrote:

Larry L ( who was recently told, in strong terms, by his normally mild
mannered wife, that shopping at Cabela's or Bass Pro was NOT ALLOWED any
longer ... seems she had been reading about their business practices ...
I
quote her, "I don't care if it costs more ... shop elsewhere !! )


What "business practices" would that be? I'm not a big customer of
Cabela's, but they carry some stuff no one else does and at prices often
condiderably less than the competition.

nb


I do not know this for a fact, but . . . Ive been told that Cabela's
is very stingy when it comes to supporting conservation efforts with
cash. That they are a "hooray for me" outfit with zip community
involvements, in other words leeches as a corporation. So what's new.

I know that when they come into an area they extract all kinds of tax
concessions from suckup politicians eager to claim they brought this
or that many jobs into an area. In other words they don't help pay for
local schools, police, fire etc., and economically they are a net
taker from regional economies except sometimes for the immediate
municipality getting their sales tax. By the way Its not just local
fly shops they put out of business, but the whole range of outdoor rec
businesses. They also pay ****. The ONLY big box retail outfit that
pays its people decently and gives good benifits is COSTCO.

*****

Welcome to America.

Wolfgang
who, personally, consumes nothing.......but hesitates to suggest that
others, mere mortals that they are, follow his exemplary lead.



[email protected] April 10th, 2008 02:31 PM

Fly Shop Review: Leland Outfitters
 
...hauld off to the gillitoine.

Um, OK, Fred...I mean BJ...whatever you say...

I mean, really...the effrontery,
R
....well, wait...noblesse oblige and all...what's a gillitoine...?

Wolfgang April 10th, 2008 02:42 PM

Fly Shop Review: Leland Outfitters
 

wrote in message
...
...hauld off to the gillitoine.


Um, OK, Fred...I mean BJ...whatever you say...

I mean, really...the effrontery,
R
...well, wait...noblesse oblige and all...what's a gillitoine...?


In your case.....superfluous.

Wolfgang




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