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#7009473 - 01/03/12 11:32 PM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Sandwich Maker]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 07/07/01
Posts: 4782
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Tempest in a teapot! If wally feels he has a case i am sure his attorneys are on it. If the silence is deafening from that corner of the world, then other mutually satisfying arrangements have undoubtedly been made.
I use Quantums anyway, so , la de dum,. . .
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#7009849 - 01/04/12 07:58 AM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Lovfldx]
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Pro Angler
Registered: 01/11/05
Posts: 857
Loc: Cedar Creek Lake
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I was at BPS yesterday over in Grapevine. I'm getting a little tired of them for several reasons and have pretty much decided to shop there only when they have something I can't get anywhere else. One example, I bought a pair of shoes last January for $40. Wanted to get another pair since I like them so much. New price $70...exact same shoe. Decided I just didn't need them and passed. Then went over to pick up a pair of pants again wanted identical to ones I bought last year. Same pants I paid $25 are now $35....neither of the things were on sale before, thought they were regular prices so how can they go up so much? I figure they are popular and people would pay the higher prices. Well maybe some will, I won't. Good old capitolism!!!
As a side note, they did have the Lowrance Gen 2 on display, didn't ask if they actually have them in stock.
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#7010022 - 01/04/12 08:55 AM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Sandwich Maker]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 01/18/08
Posts: 5068
Loc: McKinney, TX
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Bass Pro is overrated in my book. I'm an Academy guy myself. Of course I like saving money and not getting the stink eye from employees but maybe that's not for everyone.
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#7010120 - 01/04/12 09:27 AM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Sandwich Maker]
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TFF Guru
Registered: 05/06/10
Posts: 12995
Loc: Arlington, TX
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I'm not a bass fisherman so I don't go to their pro shop. If sombody opens up a Crappie Pro Shop or a Catfish Pro Shop I would maybe shop there.
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#7010160 - 01/04/12 09:34 AM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: OkieBob]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 09/24/02
Posts: 8600
Loc: Crossroads,TX, USA
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I was at BPS yesterday over in Grapevine. I'm getting a little tired of them for several reasons and have pretty much decided to shop there only when they have something I can't get anywhere else. One example, I bought a pair of shoes last January for $40. Wanted to get another pair since I like them so much. New price $70...exact same shoe. Decided I just didn't need them and passed. Then went over to pick up a pair of pants again wanted identical to ones I bought last year. Same pants I paid $25 are now $35....neither of the things were on sale before, thought they were regular prices so how can they go up so much? I figure they are popular and people would pay the higher prices. Well maybe some will, I won't. Good old capitolism!!!
As a side note, they did have the Lowrance Gen 2 on display, didn't ask if they actually have them in stock. OH my gosh..you mean they're in the business of making money? There are more reasons, as I'm sure you are well aware, that cause prices to go up other than just the company is wanting to make money. I would hazard a guess that most companies increase prices for reasons 99% not related to "wanna make more" on this particular product. Example: cost of shipping has gone up with fuel prices. I think there also are higher costs of packaging (I thought I read somewhere that plastic was getting more expensive).
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#7010204 - 01/04/12 09:43 AM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Sandwich Maker]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 04/17/06
Posts: 1112
Loc: Garland, Tx
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Everything is getting more expensive. I spend at least $16000 a month just on shipping costs within the United States. Shipping charges have gone up, the price of raw materials has gone up, and sorry to say, but if it was a product made in the USA, the price to produce that product has risen! Ameicans won't work for cheap, they demand the highest wages to do their job. I don't mind paying higher prices, becuase it is part of the economy that we are in.
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#7010216 - 01/04/12 09:45 AM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: crappie fan]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 06/04/07
Posts: 8127
Loc: Bedford, TX
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Everything is getting more expensive. I spend at least $16000 a month just on shipping costs within the United States. Shipping charges have gone up, the price of raw materials has gone up, and sorry to say, but if it was a product made in the USA, the price to produce that product has risen! Ameicans won't work for cheap, they demand the highest wages to do their job. I don't mind paying higher prices, becuase it is part of the economy that we are in. This
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#7010295 - 01/04/12 10:08 AM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Jeff Schiller]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 07/26/08
Posts: 1077
Loc: N.E. Lake Conroe
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So you guys will be boycotting Bass Pro now, right?  No, Bass Pro IMHO, is WAY over -rated....Academy has everything I need and more, for a much better price! They put the 2 Houston locations on the SW and West part of town- Thats A long drive for me and I don't order too much stuff online.
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#7010308 - 01/04/12 10:11 AM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: N.Tex_paddler]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 02/15/09
Posts: 4980
Loc: Tx
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I am not an intellectual property (copyright) atrorney but I work in advertisement and have seen this before. From my experience if BPS ever had the right to use his photo in any of their catalogs then they can use it in anyway they choose. Basically they do this bc when the contract is signed the marketing folks do not want to limit themselves to where they could use a logo/photo in the future. It's really not in a contract to rip anyone off. It's bc the catalog has not been designed at the time the contract is signed. I'm sure as someone said earlier bass pro as well as walley have attorneys that have looked it over. Im not at all saying this is right, but it's probably not illegal. Agree. Nothing the OP or Wally can do. If the pictures were taken while Wally was on the BPS payroll, it is the property of BPS.
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#7010688 - 01/04/12 11:58 AM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Bayou Burner]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 09/24/02
Posts: 8600
Loc: Crossroads,TX, USA
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So you guys will be boycotting Bass Pro now, right? No, Bass Pro IMHO, is WAY over -rated....Academy has everything I need and more, for a much better price! They put the 2 Houston locations on the SW and West part of town- Thats A long drive for me and I don't order too much stuff online. I'd be willing to bet that you are way in the minority. Not that there's anything wrong with Academy.
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#7010768 - 01/04/12 12:16 PM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Sandwich Maker]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 10/31/05
Posts: 1062
Loc: Texarkana, TX
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Give me a 'MOM_POP' tackle shop anytime, if there are any left. We (all) are gulity of running them out of business for the glitter of the big box stores.
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#7010772 - 01/04/12 12:17 PM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Sandwich Maker]
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Extreme Angler
Registered: 10/31/05
Posts: 1062
Loc: Texarkana, TX
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Maybe this topic should be moved to OFF TOPIC
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Fish in Texas=Wright Patman, Lake of Pines, Caddo Arkansas=Millwood, Greeson, Dierks, White Oak and Oklahoma=Pine Creek, Hugo.
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#7010793 - 01/04/12 12:22 PM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: No-3lb-er]
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Angler
Registered: 01/13/10
Posts: 278
Loc: Lake Lavon
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Maybe this topic should be moved to OFF TOPIC ... and wait until we hear from Wally himself. Otherwise, just a bunch of conjecture.
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#7011836 - 01/04/12 06:01 PM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Stucky76]
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TFF Celebrity
Registered: 01/15/07
Posts: 9943
Loc: Sanger,Texas
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Everything is getting more expensive. I spend at least $16000 a month just on shipping costs within the United States. Shipping charges have gone up, the price of raw materials has gone up, and sorry to say, but if it was a product made in the USA, the price to produce that product has risen! Ameicans won't work for cheap, they demand the highest wages to do their job. I don't mind paying higher prices, becuase it is part of the economy that we are in. This 
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#7014455 - 01/05/12 12:33 PM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Jeff Schiller]
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TFF Team Angler
Registered: 04/19/04
Posts: 3120
Loc: Rockwall
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So you guys will be boycotting Bass Pro now, right? I already do for the most part. I cherry pick them when they have sales. For everday stuff it is Academy.
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#7014861 - 01/05/12 02:09 PM
Re: BPS Cheap Shot
[Re: Stump jumper]
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Angler
Registered: 01/09/10
Posts: 392
Loc: Crowley, Tx
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So you guys will be boycotting Bass Pro now, right? I already do for the most part. I cherry pick them when they have sales. For everday stuff it is Academy. This from a guy who uses a Bass Pro registered trademark as his forum ID? There's some irony there somewhere...
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