hangtime, if you want the store to be up to snuff with the competition, just go to Sportsmans Warehouse, Joe's or some of the other local fishing/hunting shops around see what they carry and note the prices.
not too hard. you guys should have the buying power to compete.
the fly fishing section of your store was a big dissapointment, even though i dont fish the bug rod much anymore.
good luck.

If you can breathe underwater it is $25/hour. If you can't then it is free, but you have to give me your truck keys.

Actually I think a trip to Fisherman's Marine Supply in Portland would give Hangtime an idea to what should be stocked on the shelves! Say Hi to Tim

Hangtime,

Looks like you got some pretty good advice on bringing your department up to snuff. I got a $100 gift card buring a hole in my pocket, but I think I'll hold onto it for a bit.

Thanks again for being interested in meeting our needs.

Hey I got an idea....

Step up and pay for advertising on the board.

And get me a job up there

Another fine idea!

I went today. They have laid a lot of blacktop over what once was a damn fine deer hunting area.

Gary Loomis will be here on the 25th of January at Cabelas for our grand opening, will have booth going for CCA so come out and show support. I know Gary from being his guide in AK as well as Gen.Chuck Yeager, Vedder and so on so I know a few. Ha ha. CCA is one program that we need everyone's help, so pass on the word to stop in and show support.

We will be having a Captains Day where River Guides and Charters in March will be offered to come into the store to put up a booth as well as put on seminars. I am looking for names and numbers of reputable resources. Again imput would be helpful. Please contact me here or stop in the store and talk with myself (Rod) or Arlen our events coordinator. Arlen and I will keep reviewing the list. We will also be posting our website events and seminars.

For all clubs you can also talk to Arlen and let us know what events the clubs have coming.

Thanks again for your help everyone! Thanks Dogfish!

Thanks for your notes! It is much apprieciated

I know of CowlitzKiller so not suprised. Appreciate your assitance.

Hmmm, just used a GC I got for Xmas, and I had to pay sales tax on my order.

Enquiring minds want to know; online, mailorder, or local purchase?

Online ... I expected it as well, but was hpoing that somehow it might not be the case.

It sounds to me like the ball is still in play, but it looks like all sales to Wa. State residents are subject to state sales tax as of now.

****************************************************************

From goodjobsfirst.org

Cabela's Caves on Nexus, Will Collect Sales Tax on Internet and Catalog Sales

Cabela's recently announced that it will begin collecting sales tax on catalog and internet sales to residents of states where it also has retail stores. That's big news: Cabela's has been a holdout among national retailers with both "bricks and clicks," most of whom quit dodging such sales tax collections years ago. Normally, state "nexus" rules require companies with a substantial physical presence in the state to collect sales tax on all purchases that occur in the state - whether they occur in a store, via the internet or by catalog.

But as it morphed from mostly a catalog operation to also include a chain of (massively subsidized) mega-stores, Cabela's sought and won rulings from attorneys general in a reported 19 states that its catalog, internet, and retail divisions were essentially separate entities and therefore did not create overall nexus.

The #1 outdoor sporting goods retailer will end the "separate entity" business by installing in-store internet kiosks and allowing customers to pick up internet and catalog purchases at its retail locations. Prior to this announcement, Cabela's faced skepticism on its nexus immunity claim from some states. In Kansas, the Department of Revenue has assessed Cabela's $392,000 in back taxes and penalties on internet purchases made between 2002 and 2004. And last summer in Maine, when competitor L.L. Bean and others weighed in, that state refused to grant a nexus exemption, even when Cabela's threatened to cancel a new store there. Cabela's is building the store anyway.

Besides the tax issues, Cabela's nearly lost a previously authorized subsidy. The Washington County (Wisconsin) Board last month voted against borrowing funds to supply Cabela's with a $4 million subsidy. However, the County had pledged such funds to the retailer in 2005 in exchange for public ownership of one of Cabela's in-store pseudo-museums (with taxidermy, etc.). But the current board, which was elected in 2006, narrowly rejected the bonding proposal. However, two weeks later, after a closed door meeting with the county attorney, the county commission again reversed itself, voting to approve the bonding. While many of the commissioners who switched their votes cited obligations to uphold a development agreement they inherited, opponents questioned whether one board of supervisors can compel a future board to vote a certain way.

Meanwhile, Cabela's voracious quest for mega-store subsidies marches on; it is averaging about $25 million per facility or about $500 million to date. Legislators in Washington State were recently displeased to learn that some of their $100 million job fund subsidized low-wage jobs. Among the criticized deals: a new Cabela's in Lacey, where most of the jobs will pay only $9 an hour, barely a dollar over the state's minimum wage. Incredibly, the program's rating criteria gave more weight to expected tax revenues than to family-wage jobs.

Credit Cabela's for its audacious candor: "We've never built a store anywhere without some kind of incentive," a spokesman told the Seattle Times. Bass Pro, the #2 outdoor sporting goods retailer, often seeks mega-store subsidies as well, with more than $200 million to date. Click here for our recent article on Cabela's and Bass Pro - including Cabela's pseudo-museums.

**********************************************

So will these taxes go to help fund recreational hunting and fishing in our state? If it goes to offset the general fund; call me sceptical.

Yeah, but why? Most of this merchandise is sold to hunters and fishers for the purpose of harvesting our public resource? Shouldn't the taxes we pay go toward the sustainability and equitable sharing of our public resource?

The last time I looked total expenditures for wildlife management was greater than total license revenues. In other words the general fund was subsidizing hunting and fishing. Do you have a problem with that?

Would you like license fees increased so we can pay our fair share?

Manufactures of hunting and fishing equipment pay excise taxes to the federal government and then those monies are returned to the states for fish and wildlife management activities. For hunting this was authorized by the Pittman-Robertson Act and for fishing it is the Dingell-Johnson Act (with the Wallop-Breaux amendment).

Do a google on these acts for more info.

ClearCreek