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RAZORBLADES

RAZORBLADES

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I looked at the cabelas Canada website this morning and prices on the alaskan guide knives have gone crazy,they now want$199 plus tax and shipping for the 113 ranger skinner,there is no way I'd buy anything from them right now,it's a shame they went from a good company to just a big box store,when Jim and dick cabela owned the company things were different.
 
My friend, change comes to all things.

Who would have ever thought you would pay 6, 7 or even 8 cents for a single .22 bullet and you would happy to do so.
I hate to admit it but when in a tight I paid 11 cents each for a box. (I have one old box marked 55 cents, someday maybe I will take it to Antiques Roadshow, but I would likely be arrested)

We have watched LL Bean, Cabelas, Bass Pro, REI and others change over the years, as likely will Buck knives eventually do also with the loss of its founder and the changing times. What you and I want is not what new buyers want. I am not saying quality will still be a consideration, just its design and cost will be different. So far I have found no store that sells and stocks items as my younger days provided. It seems to be going big box or NO box. I tried the local method of trying to buy nearby in small businesses but so many of them went the overseas way to be competitive in price with others. And the younger folks did not get our benefit of living thru the past. I bet a bunch of us baby boomers still have a few things from the old stores that we use. Why do think we giggle to find a 70s era 110 at a flea market..... I have actually been in the very first Cabelas store in NEB. which was attached to the first warehouse. That was a long time ago now, way back when there was just one catalog a year.

To cut to the chase, I feel your pain but have no solution.

300Bucks
 
This is true ,nothing we can do but reminisce of days gone by,because they sure as heck are not coming back,ammo has taken crazy jumps in prices here in Canada.I still have camo bought from cabelas that is all usa made,some of it is twenty years old,all cabelas gear is now foreign. Made,no use made clothing anymore.
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We always take note of higher prices, but sometimes forget the other side of the coin. My grandfather was on the first payroll of Ford Motor Company in 1903. Ford had 12 employees. They earned a range of $0.15 to $0.30 per hour, worked 10 hours a day, 6 days a week. Does anyone want to go back to the good old days?

Bert

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I just looked it up and they have it priced at $139. Also the blade it S30V so that is a great price based on what other companies are charging for S30V blades.
 
Speaking of the good ole' days, I really miss the old Buck displays. I clearly remember drooling over all those beautiful knives presented on red velvet covered by glass. Who wouldn't want to buy a knife from this set up? :thumbup:



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It probably doesn't help that 1 Canadian dollar is equal to .8 U.S. Dollar. The rate was 1:1 about 18 months ago.

It might be safe to assume that all U.S. exports to CA are going to be 20% higher. Keep in mind that this is a real 20% cash adjustment and has nothing to do with NAFTA or the Queen's share which are percentage of sale.
 
300Bucks said:
My friend, change comes to all things.


We have watched LL Bean, Cabelas, Bass Pro, REI and others change over the years, as likely will Buck knives eventually do also with the loss of its founder and the changing times. What you and I want is not what new buyers want.

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RAZORBLADES said:
I looked at the cabelas Canada website this morning and prices on the alaskan guide knives have gone crazy,they now want$199 plus tax and shipping for the 113 ranger skinner,there is no way I'd buy anything from them right now,it's a shame they went from a good company to just a big box store,when Jim and dick cabela owned the company things were different.
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The Alaskan Guides were on sale just before Christmas, I think all were under $100 US. When I graduated college in 1975 I ordered a new Ford F100 for $3,300. My current GMC cost more than my first house. Inflation is as sure as death and taxes.
 
300Bucks said:
My friend, change comes to all things.
We have watched LL Bean, Cabelas, Bass Pro, REI and others change over the years, as likely will Buck knives eventually do also with the loss of its founder and the changing times. 300Bucks
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Yes there will always be adaptations to a changing marketplace but I don't see Chuck's passing altering the course for Buck knives. The continuity is that his son CJ has been President of Buck since 1999.
 
TAH said:
Speaking of the good ole' days, I really miss the old Buck displays. I clearly remember drooling over all those beautiful knives presented on red velvet covered by glass. Who wouldn't want to buy a knife from this set up? :thumbup:



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I will take them all! What a beautiful showcase.
 
300Bucks said:
My friend, change comes to all things.

Who would have ever thought you would pay 6, 7 or even 8 cents for a single .22 bullet and you would happy to do so.
I hate to admit it but when in a tight I paid 11 cents each for a box. (I have one old box marked 55 cents, someday maybe I will take it to Antiques Roadshow, but I would likely be arrested)

We have watched LL Bean, Cabelas, Bass Pro, REI and others change over the years, as likely will Buck knives eventually do also with the loss of its founder and the changing times. What you and I want is not what new buyers want. I am not saying quality will still be a consideration, just its design and cost will be different. So far I have found no store that sells and stocks items as my younger days provided. It seems to be going big box or NO box. I tried the local method of trying to buy nearby in small businesses but so many of them went the overseas way to be competitive in price with others. And the younger folks did not get our benefit of living thru the past. I bet a bunch of us baby boomers still have a few things from the old stores that we use. Why do think we giggle to find a 70s era 110 at a flea market..... I have actually been in the very first Cabelas store in NEB. which was attached to the first warehouse. That was a long time ago now, way back when there was just one catalog a year.

To cut to the chase, I feel your pain but have no solution.

300Bucks
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Joe, everything goes up in price. Also, I would be that more knives are bought from the 50 and up crowd. I think with products that we have grown up with and are loyal to, perhaps the most important thing is that the quality remains good. If it costs more to continue to produce a good product, than charge what is necessary to stay in business and we will continue to buy. It is when companies let quality fail, or to ship production to China, that we who know the difference will stop buying. True with where we like to eat of products, like Buck, we want the quality to remain the same. Joe, looking forward to seeing you in Atlanta.
 
I live near a Cabelas and a Bass Pro and my daughter in Michigan lives near the Cabelas there so I visit often, cause it's still a cool store but I only shop the sales, too expensive otherwise. As for Cabelas in Canada, seems to me Canada is just more expensive. My wife watches all those home shows HG-TV and a lot come from Canada and it seems that even in US dollars housing prices are higher, so I would expect other things to be also.
 
Yes,everything is expensive here,a 12pack of Budweiser is $25.99. ,in maine it was $11.99.. Can't understand a difference as high as that,but then again my wife's co worker took a nursing job in iglanuit.northwest terretories and a box of breakfast cereal was $30. A 12pack of Pepsi was $75. I guess people will pay whatever if they want it.
 
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