The bad thing is the Big Box Store Mentality.

The big box stores, Costco, Joes, Cabelas, Lowes, Wal-Mart, Home-Depot, kill the local markets in the long run. The benefits you see from these stores is very short term. You may save a buck or two today, but in the end the local economy truly suffers. As opposed to possibly paying a slight bit more to help your local store, who actually cares for their customers actual needs on a personal level.

The small time local retailers can't compete price wise with the Big stores, but you can guarantee that their customer service will always surpass that of the 16 year old kid standing behind the counter of the Big Box Store waiting for his $7.50 per hour pay check.

In one thread here we have a member promoting their 25% off Simms sale, but then this thread is promoting Cabelas. If you don't think that Cabelas will take away from our current local gear retailers, you are wrong. The big name store can cut costs to the consumers, then pay their overseas supplier less, who in turn pays their sweat shop employee less. It is a horrible cycle that you should do your part in curtailing.

just a point to ponder