Tommy,
I was very sad to see the results of the fire at your store. I enjoyed
stopping by during the few times I was passing through in daylight on my
trips to the Coast. Your shop did deliver on the goal of carrying a great
selection of quality items and you were always willing to shoot the bull.
Best of luck in future endeavors and tight lines on the water!
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tommy Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 6:28 PM
Subject: RE: Sportsman's Warehouse
> Amen
> I owned a fly shop here on the Olympic Peninsula. When a large chain
opened
> in PA, I at first noticed a little drop in business. It did not last long.
I
> was told many times by my customers they preferred to spend a little more
> and get a good product that they new I would stand behind with no
questions
> asked. Also where they could get the info they needed when they needed it,
> be it where to go fishing or what I thought of that brand new widget. My
> shop is gone now, not because of lack of customers, but because of a fire.
> Please Please continue to support the people that care about their
customers
> and the quality products that they sell
>
> Tommy
> Greywolf Angler
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent Lufkin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 5:24 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Sportsmans Warehouse
>
>
> As another small business owner, I've never met a potential client
> who wanted to pay too much for the services they're considering me to
> provide. In a new business pitch, I can usually overcome price
> resistance by demonstrating the additional benefits of a responsive,
> personal working relationship with a small business owner instead of
> an impersonal one with a mid-level account manager at a large,
> anonymous competitor.
>
> Same thing is true of fly shops. At full bore retail, they're usually
> much more expensive than for the same items at a big box retailer.
>
> But just try asking the harried, overworked teenager (if you can find
> one) at GI Joe's in Issaquah or even Sportee's in Redmond anything
> about fly fishing.
>
> Their blank, deer-in-the-headlights expression is a quick and pointed
> reminder that price alone isn't everything. Sends me right back to my
> helpful, value-added local fly shop every time.
>
> Kent Lufkin
>
> >While in Spokane, I stopped by a couple of the flyshops and chatted
> >a bit. They are a bit miffed, or I should say pissed, at the big
> >name manufacturers who have allowed Sports Warehouse to discount the
> >very same merchandise that the flyshops are forced to hold the line
> >on.
> >
> >Now I know, from previous threads, that a number of us think that
> >the flyshops are too expensive. But, at the same time, we enjoy
> >hanging out and talking flyfishing while gleaning our nuggets of
> >information. I for one am quite tired of seeing small retailers, in
> >all categories, put out of business by the big mass merchandisers.
> >I'm a small business owner myself and I'm sure I have more than
> >enough empathy for us little guys.
> >
> >Maybe there is a way we can enjoy the selection at a Sports
> >Warehouse but also find a way to support our local flyshops.
> >
> >For what it's worth,
> >Leland
>
>
