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 Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
[Re: The Natural]
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04/13/08 11:28 AM
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Wolf outdoors is a good place and the guy that Manages it has forgotten more about fishing than most will ever learn. His name is Mike Mayo and he is doing an excellent job, that said, the fishing section at Wolf is Secondary to the Hunting and it shows. They do have some good choice baits just not enough. They will really have to step up the fishing section to compete with any of the other Stores, especially Academy.
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
[Re: Bassalicious]
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04/13/08 09:10 PM
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Go online and get everything your heart desires! Who cares if it takes a couple days to get the stuff. MadAngler how do you plan on making a difference? Just curious That is true, but you better be ordering several packages an/or baits or else that one package of worms will cost you $20.00 with shipping.
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
[Re: Fast Lane]
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04/13/08 10:42 PM
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Go online and get everything your heart desires! Who cares if it takes a couple days to get the stuff. MadAngler how do you plan on making a difference? Just curious That is true, but you better be ordering several packages an/or baits or else that one package of worms will cost you $20.00 with shipping. Free Shippin on orders over 50 bucks
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
[Re: Bass Bug]
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04/13/08 10:58 PM
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Bassalicious
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Thats where I do most of my shopping. Anything you could ever want.
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
[Re: Bassalicious]
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04/13/08 11:04 PM
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Me too, they got the BEST SELECTION, better than Bass PRo, Cabalas & Gander combined, if Tacklewarehouse dont have it, nobody else does either, and they dont sell other stuff...JUST bass tackle. 
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
[Re: Bass Bug]
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04/13/08 11:18 PM
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Fast Lane
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Go online and get everything your heart desires! Who cares if it takes a couple days to get the stuff. MadAngler how do you plan on making a difference? Just curious That is true, but you better be ordering several packages an/or baits or else that one package of worms will cost you $20.00 with shipping. Free Shippin on orders over 50 bucks Thanks for the link!
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
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04/14/08 02:54 PM
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Dennis N
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FYI. - About Gander Mtn. April.14, 2008
I was in Gander Mtn. In Texarkana TX on March 14-15 for KISTLER Rod and also in Gander Mtn. in Tyler TX April 5,6th.
If you want to see what a Fishing Tackle Dept. Should look like, go to the Gander Mtn. In Texarkana TX and see what Lucy Mize did to the Fishing Tackle Dept. When she became the Fishing Dept. Mgr. Lucy Fishes the Bass Womens Tour.
The Fishing Tackle Dept. Look just like the one in Tyler TX.
I talk to the Jensen Lockhart the Store Manager of Tyler TX., last week and inform him he needed to go on the Texas Fishing Forum and see for him self what he needed to do to get his Fishing Tackle Dept up to speed for the East Texas and the Tyler TX area.
I hope this will get the ball rolling so this store will look like the Gander Mtn. In Texarkana TX.
Last edited by Dennis N; 04/16/08 03:43 PM.
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
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04/16/08 03:23 PM
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I can't speak too much for the bass selection as I primarily fish for crappie.... but the point is, if they dont have something you want, all you have to do is ask.
There have been a few instances where I cant find a particular style/color, I ask the dept mgr if they would order it. Now they are regular stocked items.
Before you bash someone, at least talk to the dept mgr and see if they can order it.
BTW, the ice fishing combos make a great alternative to the stupid snoopy rods!
GILLY
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
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04/16/08 03:50 PM
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I was given a $100.00 gift card to GM. I had not been in the
store in a long time due to things already discussed. I picked
up a few item, and almost fell over when the total came to
$162.00. Several items rang up at higher prices than I
remember on the shelf. I should have called them on it, but
was late for an appointment.
They do have more stock than when they first opened,
but I will be happy when Academy opens.
MO
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
[Re: Mo]
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04/16/08 08:25 PM
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I shop at Gander Mountain more than Academy. But I do make a trip to BPS now and then. Gander Mt has fly fishing stuff, not much but it sure beats Academy in Longview. Neither store carries a decent amount of fishing tackle in my opinion. I have made many orders in the past to Cabelas and BPS. Never tried Tackle Warehouse. Gander Mt has some stuff Academy doesn't...such as Robo Worms. We need a bigger fishing store in this area. My brother probaably shops at that Texarkana store you mentioned, he lives that way.
The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution." Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
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04/17/08 12:58 AM
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Here in Aggieland, they built a GM right next to our Academy store. I've always preferred Academy anyway, but let me tell you, the new GM store really motivated Academy. Selection seems even better than it was, and prices are nearly always better. The only thing Gander has over Academy is a better live bait section.
Apparently, they don't restock after closing hours, either...the aisles always seem to be blocked with restocking carts. Not as many knowledgeable staff, either.
"Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for." - Will Rogers
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
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04/17/08 12:11 PM
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kelkay
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I wish Academy would sell minnows, and waxworms. They may sell waxworms now...haven't looked in some time. They do have a nice worm selection though. They need more fishing books too. GM has them beat in that dept. At least at GM now and then somebody MAY ask...if I need help. At Academy in Longview I NEVER get asked if I need help, and I mean EVER. I know the Academy store quite well now and don't really need the help... the reels behind the counter are a pain. The guys would rather show guns anyday...and I have seen them take 3 men to show one rifle/shotgun while I am fuming waiting and waiting to be helped further down the counter. This has happened NUMEROUS occasions. Sometimes my son needs air for his soft air gun...but you have to get it all done behind that same counter. I have had to speak up or no telling how long I would have to wait back there. Last two or three times they are out of air anyway...I started going somewhere else to save the aggravation. Academy has the Rod Riots that are just awesome. So they both have appeal, and I visit both. Are they of the quality of a BPS fishing dept? NOT EVEN CLOSE........LOL.
The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution." Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
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04/17/08 04:05 PM
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Gander Mountain doesn't always have what I am looking for and I will agree that it doesn't make sense to me that they would ever run out of things like watermelon seed baby brush hogs and flukes and chartruse spike it (East Texas old faithfuls) but I am very excited to have the store here in Tyler. My dad works there part time and I go in to see him and also go in on Sunday afternoosn to kill a little time and always find several things to buy, in fact, to me the worst thing about the store is the amount of money I have spent the last couple of years when I don't actually need anything. The store is not perfect but we still have Walmart which is all we had before and I never find myself going into Walmart to browse their fishing section and kill an hour. I don't see how it is a bad thing to be given another choice in where to buy fishing tackle. No store went away when GM came to Tyler and I hope none go away when Academy opens.
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
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04/17/08 04:18 PM
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It is not a bad thing to have a choice. Some of us are just perplexed and amazed at some of the things they NEVER have.
For example, they sell Gamakatsu worm hooks. But, for as long as I have been going there (since the store opened), they have NEVER had a single package of 3/0, offset shank, round bend hooks.
They also NEVER have watermelon seed baby brush hogs.
It's not that they have them sometimes, but sell so many that they run out. It's that they haven't had them in the past, don't have them now, and apparently don't plan on ordering any in the future.
I recently went in there with a list of five things I wanted to buy...all very common East Texas bass fishing items. They had one of them. That is pretty typical of my experiences with the store.
I know I can't speak for everyone, but I think what most of us are probably trying to say is, "What the heck is the store manager, or whoever does the ordering, thinking?"
And, having spent quite a few years in management of a service industry business, I don't think failing to anticipate and fulfill your customers' most basic needs without them asking or complaining is a very sound business practice.
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Re: Gander Mountain...Tyler, Tx
[Re: Razorback]
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04/17/08 04:43 PM
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It is not a bad thing to have a choice. Some of us are just perplexed and amazed at some of the things they NEVER have.
For example, they sell Gamakatsu worm hooks. But, for as long as I have been going there (since the store opened), they have NEVER had a single package of 3/0, offset shank, round bend hooks.
They also NEVER have watermelon seed baby brush hogs.
It's not that they have them sometimes, but sell so many that they run out. It's that they haven't had them in the past, don't have them now, and apparently don't plan on ordering any in the future.
I recently went in there with a list of five things I wanted to buy...all very common East Texas bass fishing items. They had one of them. That is pretty typical of my experiences with the store.
I know I can't speak for everyone, but I think what most of us are probably trying to say is, "What the heck is the store manager, or whoever does the ordering, thinking?"
And, having spent quite a few years in management of a service industry business, I don't think failing to anticipate and fulfill your customers' most basic needs without them asking or complaining is a very sound business practice. I agree 100 %, they opened with limited stock (as did BPS in Garland) but you would expect that & they would get up to speed in a few months, well its been a couple years & Gander Mountain cant replace much of anything in my tackleboxes, if i cant get it online (i usually can) then i check academy or BPS then cabelas, gander is pretty much off my radar,
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