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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: JIM SR.]
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05/21/15 12:35 AM
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Txduckgunner
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Angler
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Im not the only one!!! l.o.l
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: JIM SR.]
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05/21/15 01:13 AM
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98Champion
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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It's an addiction like crack to a crackhead.
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: JIM SR.]
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05/21/15 01:22 AM
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Ole Yeller
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There are baits that catch fish, and theirs baits that catch fisherman lol.
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: Ole Yeller]
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05/21/15 01:24 AM
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stuntmandave
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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There are baits that catch fish, and theirs baits that catch fisherman lol. This
Challenge Accepted. 1st ID 1/26 Infantry OEF XI
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: stuntmandave]
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05/21/15 01:26 AM
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Posts: 75
98Champion
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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There are baits that catch fish, and theirs baits that catch fisherman lol. This Exact truth right there!!!
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: JIM SR.]
#10859644
05/21/15 01:37 AM
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Joined: Feb 2011
Posts: 5,545
timwins31
TFF Celebrity
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TFF Celebrity
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Dude that's a GOOD deal on those rods.
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: JIM SR.]
#10859707
05/21/15 01:54 AM
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Joined: Apr 2015
Posts: 33
David Kindred
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Outdoorsman
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LOL, we call BPS and Academy "THE DEVIL STORE" . My wife says you can hear them calling my name as we drive by
FX21 250sho
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: RedRaider3933]
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05/21/15 02:02 AM
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Posts: 1,863
formula462
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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[quote=RedRaider3933]Happens every time. I cant remember the last time I got out of there under $100. I probably haven't even used half of the stuff I bought. [/quote I'm glad I'm not the only one..I mean I have peg board with new unused stuff hanging all over it like I bought it just to display it again in the garage
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: Big Swimbait]
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05/21/15 02:36 AM
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Joined: Sep 2006
Posts: 12,450
JIM SR.
OP
TFF Guru
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OP
TFF Guru
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Went in just to walk down lunch, you know just looking. PowerPro Slick 8 on sale, 150yd $7 off, bought 3 of those, and AllStar ASNANO 6'6" Worm, regular $90, on sale $44, got 2 of those. North Richland Hills store...I'm not a strong man. You were 10 minutes away from APT. Be glad you stayed at Academy..... I live 4 blocks from APT,..don't remind me...
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: Nutman]
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05/21/15 10:07 AM
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txfsh
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Angler
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I have BP 5 mins from work and Academy 5 minutes from home. I'm cursed. I wish they were that close to Athens---- Academy Tyler-- 45 minutes BPS -- Garland 1hr 15 minutes so when I go there I think I am never going to make it back & I buy 3-4 of everything, even though I still have over 300 bags of plastics in my fish shed. it is an addiction...HEY....maybe I should start a "Bass Fishing Clinic" group, kinda like the Betty Ford Clinic. Think I could get some customers ? I would join but sadly I know I would back slide the first day. I'm sure there is a study somewhere that says that there is a cure for heroin but bass anglers are hopeless.
You never want a drink of water till the well runs dry
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: JIM SR.]
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05/21/15 11:44 AM
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Joined: Jan 2004
Posts: 16,880
ezbassin
TFF Guru
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TFF Guru
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I spend $45 dollars a week in Academy.
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: JIM SR.]
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05/21/15 12:08 PM
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Joined: Dec 2004
Posts: 150
CJ.Skeeter
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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I love an honest quick trip to BPS as the next guy, and can't seem to just walk away empty handed. But try making you're own plastics and painting crank baits. That's a slippery slope. I've got so much tackle I don't know what to do with it.
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: JIM SR.]
#10860386
05/21/15 12:57 PM
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Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 215
CNewton1372
Outdoorsman
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Outdoorsman
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You did good to only spend $100
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: CNewton1372]
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05/21/15 01:27 PM
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Joined: Sep 2008
Posts: 1,050
NitroUSAF
Extreme Angler
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Extreme Angler
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You did very good... try going for a few things to one of these stores and coming out with a new graph. add a zero to your number
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Osprey Bass Club 2014 Nitro Z8 w/250 Merc" USAF Retired Sponsors: My WIFE/FAMILY & My Wallet
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Re: Academy just cost me a $100 +
[Re: ezbassin]
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05/21/15 01:42 PM
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Posts: 23,412
J.P. Greeson
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the janitor
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I spend $45 dollars a week in Academy. Here's an email I send Academy back in 2013 while we were trying to get them to renew their contract. Texas Fishing Forum (TFF) and Texas Hunting Forum (THF) members and viewers are spending big money every month at Academy Sports + Outdoors stores across the state and throughout the southeastern United States.
Lets look at the TFF alone.
We had 229,546 visitors in the last 30 days. 74.81% of them were from Texas. We do have a fair number of people coming from every state where an Academy store is located, but lets focus on Texas for the moment. Of the 171,723 uniques from Texas, 16.85% visited one page (bounced), so lets discard them as people we dont have much influence over. Lets look at the 142,788 people we can possibly influence in a month people who visit multiple pages and visit the TFF multiple times a month. According to a recent poll, around 30% of our audience visits an Academy store 2 times a month. Another poll showed that our average audience member spends around $50 per visit to Academy. If 30% of our audience visits an Academy store twice a month and spends $50 per visit, then 42,836 people who are on the TFF are spending $100 a month or $4,283,600 a month at the 80+ Academy stores across Texas.
Even if these number are off, I think it presents a strong case that the Texas Fishing Forum and Texas Hunting Forum members/viewers combined are at least spending somewhere in the 1 to 2 million a month range at Academy.
The solution to any problem - work, love, money, whatever - is to go fishing, and the worse the problem, the longer the trip should be. --John Gierach
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