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Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: redside1 on September 14, 2017, 01:00:15 PM
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Just stopped by Wholesale sports Langley and they are closing their doors starting tomorrow am. Looks like the complete chain of 12 stores is shutting their doors from what i was told. Might be some good deals to be had.
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Wow, i'm gonna spin by and start to pick through the carnage.
They were just having a nice little pre-sale that I didn't identify as 'writing on the wa''. Spinners and spoons were 25% so I grabbed quite a few.
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Just stopped by Wholesale sports Langley and they are closing their doors starting tomorrow am. Looks like the complete chain of 12 stores is shutting their doors from what i was told. Might be some good deals to be had.
I wouldn't bother. Liquidators go in and inventory everything. Then prices are set at MSRP. Just because it says a "liquidation sale" doesn't make it so. Do your research first. I bet prices will be more than they are now. I see it every day.
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It's official now, I just got the email.
Website is no longer accepting orders, its for reference only.
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http://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/ufa-co-operative-closing-12-store-wholesale-sports-chain-in-western-canada
Wow, i'm gonna spin by and start to pick through the carnage.
Don't be naive. Their price tags are way overblown.
Whatever you buy at their liquidation sale is available in many other places for less. Not to mention the Internet.
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That's too bad...lots of great people worked there.
BN
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Fishing section is always busy with people when I go to the one in Langley but the rest of the store is absolutely dead.
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That's too bad...lots of great people worked there. BN
I'm sure they did, like in most brick and mortar businesses catering to the fisher/hunter.
It's the sign of times...hard to compete with the likes of Bass Pro and Cabelas.
And as our hobby/passion/obsession continues to be viewed in a negative light in the eyes of the ever-growing, tree-hugging vegan crowd whose perception of wildlife is based on Walt Disney movies, we will see more and more opposition to activities based on deliberately harassing/torturing and killing animals in the wild.
This, in turn, will create less demand for fishing and hunting equipment as the number of anglers and hunters will inevitably go down due to dwindling opportunities. As a result, more and more stores will close.
I expect we are slowly, but surely heading towards the day when fishing and hunting will be legal only in 5D simulation chambers, which, in some ways, might even be a good thing.
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http://calgaryherald.com/business/local-business/ufa-co-operative-closing-12-store-wholesale-sports-chain-in-western-canada
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Agree with milo for once, watch when anybody posts a hunting video or picture on YouTube etc, the verbal abuse against them is unreal. Recently the grizzly bear cancellation was evident of the hatred towards all hunting and imposed to fishing, I believe if outdoorsman are too ever thrive we need to become one huge lobby group for all sectors
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I think killing grizzly bear for sport and killing some fish for dinner are two completely different things. Me.. personally I was glad to see the government do something about the grizzly hunt. I'm tired of seeing fatso Americans coming up here, being driven out on a quad somewhere and basically just sitting around waiting for a Grizzly to appear in his sights. I don't see the sport in it... I'm sure plenty disagree.
The majority of the people offended by big game hunting probably could care less about someone ethically fishing and killing a few salmon for dinner... I've posted plenty of fishing pictures and videos on social media and never had a backlash... oh the poor fish ::)
Holding up the head/paw of a grizzly bear with a smug look on your face with an American flag on your shoulder is going to raise some pulses.
Back to the topic though, always a shame to see a store shut down. I've never been to bass pro or cabellas. Sea run is closer...guys are super helpfull and if widget A&B cost a buck more well that's just what you pay for a local store and some local river knowledge... it's not going to change my retirement plan.
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Hunting and Fishing are managed by scientists and biological study, I wouldn't hunt any bear either but I'm not going to be against a managed hunt backed by science to be sustainable. It all comes down to the erosion of hunting and fishing opportunity and rights why stores like above are in trouble/failing. Just like this year's salmon runs being low, I got the severity and planned around although I supported the efforts to open them as natives were targeting "troubled stocks". I would suggest strongly that not buying your licenses is a very bad idea as those monies fund habitat and dish culture without those were fooked
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I think killing grizzly bear for sport and killing some fish for dinner are two completely different things. Me.. personally I was glad to see the government do something about the grizzly hunt. I'm tired of seeing fatso Americans coming up here, being driven out on a quad somewhere and basically just sitting around waiting for a Grizzly to appear in his sights. I don't see the sport in it... I'm sure plenty disagree.
And on the other hand some people think catch and release fishing is far crueler. Torturing a fish for no reason. What's the difference between a fat American shooting a bear and catching a sturgeon?
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I found most of their prices fair compared to most other local places. Like ANYWHERE else, you need to shop around. But sometimes when you need to buy small ticket items out of convenience it was good. Thats what bricks and mortar retail is all about, convenience.
I picked up some decent quality rods there last year in their sale section. $79USD were the lowest online prices. I bought all four they had on the shelf for $39CAD, two spinning, two bait casters.
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Getting my comments in before this thread gets locked due to some derailed comments that have nothing to do with Wholesale Sports...
I agree with Damien, Wholesale can have good prices and I stop in there anytime (along with Army and Navy) whenever I am out in Langley. Shame they are closing down as it is putting many local people out of work.
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And on the other hand some people think catch and release fishing is far crueler. Torturing a fish for no reason. What's the difference between a fat American shooting a bear and catching a sturgeon?
::) the bear is dead and the sturgeon is released alive..big difference...obviously.
Sorry for derailing the thread, i will digress.
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Getting my comments in before this thread gets locked due to some derailed comments that have nothing to do with Wholesale Sports...
If you look at it carefully, it is not completely unrelated with the closure of a fishing/hunting store...our sport is on the brink of extinction, sales are dwindling, opportunities becoming fewer and farther between. Fish farms and Food Inc. wins, we lose.
Just a matter of time, a couple of decades at most. :(
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Went by Wholesale in Langley this morning after dropping the little one off at school. At 9am there were at least 200 people lined up for a sale advertised as "Up to 30%" off.
I don't know if that makes a big difference for the hunters etc. But I didn't stick around to see what was happening inside. Some guy poked his head out the door at 9:10 and said "5 or 10 mins guys".
The doors must be opened by now, but I didn't stick around.
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If you look at it carefully, it is not completely unrelated with the closure of a fishing/hunting store...our sport is on the brink of extinction, sales are dwindling, opportunities becoming fewer and farther between. Fish farms and Food Inc. wins, we lose.
Just a matter of time, a couple of decades at most. :(
My - this forum is all doom and gloom at the moment! I am laying low on it nowadays, but here is an interesting 2010 study (2015 from Stat Can should be available this year) showing that angling is actually growing, but is definitely not a young persons sport. http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/stats/rec/can/2010/RECFISH2010_ENG.pdf but I don't think it is disappearing in a couple of decades unless we suffer a complete ecological breakdown, and the LM salmon runs continue their downward trajectory. Most kids love to fish, and I applaud some of the efforts being made to bring that next generation in. I take my kids fishing (they were in waders up FC for pinks), I take their friends along too - and I think its our responsibility when we see kids out there to be patient and supportive of them. I know that I get intimidated by people who fish a lot and I die a little inside when a cast goes awry, I can only imagine how kids feel doing the same.
Anyway, tight lines to all and I'll go back to lurking. :D
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I went there this afternoon.
Some of the deals I noticed:
10% off all rods
10% off waders
30% off lures
20% off fishing line.
Plenty of other deals
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I run 2 events for kids every year for the last 20 years to teach them to fish, they are very very well attended and along with many others in same boat as well as parents, we attempt to create future stewards of the resource. However if they're declining opportunity then you will have declining sales (wholesale sports)and less monies to my society and the FWFSBC won't have the monies to provide trout, raise steelhead, and provided habitat etc to keep stocks viable. I've heard numerous times recently " I'm not going to purchase my salmon/steelhead tag to show how upset I am", so it's no surprise tackle stores are disappearing when opportunity is negligible. When runs were plentiful in the 90s to 2000,s on sons and Springs I was always trumping the opening for bottom bouncing segment as the license /tackle sales would rocket and their weren't shortcomings in funding. Now we are watching runs diminishing in front of us due to a couple of main reasons of which the recreational sector is not even remotely responsible for but we pay the biggest price
......Ps Rivers day is next Sunday 24th some great events around including some amazing fishing for kids.
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That is a real shame and I am sorry for the folks who have lost their jobs.
I loved the Langley fishing department.
I have no desire to check out the "liquidation sale" unless I see some prices cut 40% 50% 60% THAT is a real liquidation sale.
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That is a real shame and I am sorry for the folks who have lost their jobs.
I loved the Langley fishing department.
I have no desire to check out the "liquidation sale" unless I see some prices cut 40% 50% 60% THAT is a real liquidation sale.
I enjoyed the fishing department as well. I noticed after Cabelas opened up the stock at the Langley location increased. They had every single blue fox or Gibbs lure. Fully stocked too. It wasn't always that way. As far as the sale goes, I remember Target doing the same thing. The prices were reduced little by little and in the end nothing was there. 20% off or even 30% isn't going to make me drive to Langley. Unless they have some bow mounted trolling motors left. Then I'll go.
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ok I will confess I went out there this morning.
Picked up a single hand spey line at 30% off and lots of trout and steelhead flies at 30% off.
according to the receipt I saved $81 of my purchase.
Every other big ticket Item is only 10% off. Place was fairly busy but not to crazy.