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| swl |
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Has anyone out there dealt with the mail order company SIR out of Winnipeg.I have been receiving their catalogues and they offer a good selection of airguns ,pellets and accessories.I was just wondering what their service was like.I did hear that they have just been taken over by a company called Cabella's from the states,I don't recognize this name.
Any comments.
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:41 pm |
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| The outdoorsman |
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you don't know what cabellas is???!!!!!!!!!
they are a huge hunting company\store like lebaron,
please tell me you know what that is  |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:25 pm |
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Well, excluding outdoorsman's rather strange commentary- Yes, apparently SIR Mail Order had been taken over by Cabela's. I don't know the service or pricing levels that came out of SIR Mail Order previously- but obviously it is likely to follow the Cabela's model if they own it now.
here: www.cabelas.com
Cabelas has never been terribly "airgun specific"- but I don't know the SIR was either. Cabelas has stores- which seem to have grown out of the mid-West (Wisconsin, Idaho, Nebraska). Beyond that, I don't know much about them- I've never heard that they were a great place to buy anything- but I don't recall specifically hearing that they were a terrible place to buy from, either. |
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| Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 7:08 pm |
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sorry my first post was rather strange....
among hunters they are well known (cabelas) they even sell the worlds # 1 hunting games
they are cool...
check out there site
Cabelas Airgun offerings
that link will take you to there airguns
they have a lot
no A.G.E. they are not airgun specific they are outdoor specific...
think of bass pro shops, but bigger!
they have around 20 locations in the usa...
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' I dont think of the audiance as anything different than me, you have to seduce the audiance
ya cant beat'em and ya cant kiss their a$$"
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 12:24 am |
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| Their pricing appears to be rather mid-market- as in not too cheap nor too expensive. I wonder how their internet sales/service is. Presumably, Canadians will be finding out soon what their purchase of SIR means in that respect. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:46 am |
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Cabelas has a large catalog mailer. I prefer Midway for service and the 'specials' they run often are very well priced. Cheaper than Dirt, Cabelas, and Sportsman's Guide have let me know that they DO NOT need me as a customer, so I send my orders to folks that want happy customers.
I didn't think A.G.E. would last much longer when I sent in my $200+ Japanese {Hakko} RWS 350 target turret scope for service and got back a $35 Chinese 350 from them. When I called and told them to send back my scope they told me it had gone to the 'repair facility' and I had been compensated with a new scope. 
With customer service like that, there is no wondering why the went under. |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:54 pm |
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Did AirGunExpress go under fully- or did Pyramid buy them before the bottom completely fell out?
Was there some relationship between A.G.E. and Cabelas- or you were just making a sort-of comparison between the two? |
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:46 pm |
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| AirGunEric wrote: |
Was there some relationship between A.G.E. and Cabelas- or you were just making a sort-of comparison between the two? |
sorry...
when i said AGE i meant AirGunEric
no comparison to cabelas |
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' I dont think of the audiance as anything different than me, you have to seduce the audiance
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| Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 3:49 pm |
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Pyramyd picked up inventory from A.G.E. and left old A.G.E. 'servers' up, but RWS / Diana had pulled the plug on the A.G.E. service agreement well before that.
I don't know of any association between Cabelas or the others, beside the poor quality customer relations after a sale. |
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