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what happened to Academy in Mesquite ?
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07/11/17 11:47 PM
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i haven't been by there in a while and stopped to pick up a couple of small things for an upcoming camping trip. it looked like there was less stuff on the shelves than i have here in the storage shed. j.f.g. i went down the aisle where some of the year-round hunting stuff is, figuring that maybe they might have put out the fall stuff for the dove opener. nope, no go. hopefully they aren't headed the way of oshmans. i did notice on the way out that there didn't look like any shortage of workout and casual clothes in stock. oshmans ? ? ? damn i hope not
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Re: what happened to Academy in Mesquite ?
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07/12/17 02:34 AM
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Oshmans? That's a blast from the past
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Oshmans? That's a blast from the past yes it is. but i can remember when they were cullum & boren sporting goods, and had quite a lot of guns and fishing and hunting gear and camping stuff. then when they became oshman's, they still had quite a bit of outdoor gear, but the gaming stuff started to come in, and slowly started taking over the store. before long, they had a huge selection of sports bras and jockstraps, and not so many fishing lures and rifle scopes. the gaming stuff finally took over, then oshman's folded up like a wet newspaper. the big "new" building they moved into from town east mall adjacent to where academy is has been a church for quite some time. (or the church sign is still there if the church is gone) i was hoping that academy isn't going down that same road with the gaming crap and cutting back on the outdoor gear. if they do, the building will eventually be a cricket farm and spider web factory like the old oshman's was.
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07/12/17 06:25 PM
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ok. I can believe that. unfortunately, that's happening all over the U.S. with every kind of company you can think of. they buy it out, bring in their own execs and "buyers" that know nothing in the least about the products or services they produce and/or sell, then run the place into the ground in a decade or less. they've got the degree, so they must know what they're doing, right? I've seen it happen firsthand, and it always ends up the same. former big thriving business with knowledgeable employees gets turned into a cricket farm and spider web factory.
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07/14/17 12:35 PM
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They are opening new stores all the time, just opened one in Weatherford.
Perhaps the Mesquite store isn't worth keeping?
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07/15/17 01:59 AM
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They are opening new stores all the time, just opened one in Weatherford.
Perhaps the Mesquite store isn't worth keeping? I doubt this is the case. The Mesquite store stays packed with folks.
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07/16/17 02:59 AM
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I hear this about the mesquite store only. My academy's in the mid cities area are always stocked to the gills on guns ammo and fishing and hunting equipment.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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07/16/17 02:06 PM
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Ive been noticing this for the last two years. They seem to be slowly moving away from stuff. The hunting and fishing selection isnt what it used to be. I cant even get steel leader making material there! They also seem to be selling more amd more stuff that is lacking in the quality department.
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07/16/17 06:24 PM
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Went to the Weatherford store 2 weeks after it opened and the fishing baits were 1/3 gone and out of almost all of the popular items. I decided I'm done wasting time going to an Academy store, I'll just order online.
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07/17/17 04:12 PM
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What happened to Academy in Mesquite?
Mesquite happened.
It's kinda like a THF thread getting Oxnered.
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07/17/17 07:46 PM
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Y'all must have bad academys
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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07/17/17 07:59 PM
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Nah, we have a bad Mesquite.
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07/17/17 08:22 PM
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My comments had nothing to do with the mesquite location. I regularly frequent 3 locations in the north west Houston area.
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07/22/17 03:06 AM
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maybe a remodel, many Academy's have been remodeling.
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07/24/17 08:52 PM
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Because the demograhic 99% Hispanic) in that area does not buy the same things in other areas.
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07/30/17 04:20 AM
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If Academy is on the decline, Dick's Sporting Goods/Field and Stream will fill the void. I finally visited one today, and liked what I saw.
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07/30/17 04:21 PM
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Might have something to do with the new one that just opened in Rockwall.
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08/09/17 12:43 AM
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That Rockwall store is rocking it
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08/09/17 02:51 PM
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The academy on north tarrant in Keller just expanded. They have a massive hunting and fishing area. And it's NICE!
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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