Quality Products, Wide Variety, Slow Shipping, High Priced unless on sale.
Written: May 6, 2010
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I placed my first order with Cabela's close to a month ago. The male members of my family had been ordering fishing stuff from them for 40 years. But I had never had a reason to get anything from them until I was looking for a Primos Elk Call for a friend for a gift.
I'd been to the Primos site itself and the elk call my friend wanted was $49.99. Just a bit more than I wanted to spend on a friend. LOL I did a search for using the name of the exact elk call and up it popped on Cabela's site.
I clicked on the link and found it on sale. It was $29.99. What a savings. I added it and continued to shop around. In the end I purchased a pair of shorts for my husband as well as they were on sale and $10.00 off the regular price.
As the site said they shipped both USPS and UPS I had to wait until the following morning to be able to call them before I could place my order. Where we live we can NOT get real mail. We have to go to the Post Office for it. Therefore I had to find out how my order would be shipped so I could give them the workable address.
The lady on the phone was very nice and helpful. She offered to go ahead and place my order right then and then and of course I took her up on it. She easily found the items I was ordering and in no time the order was done.
She then asked if I might be interested in a Cabela's Baseball Cap. My husband has a million of these but always wants more. She said they were on sale for $3.99. Well heck... can't beat that price for a hat so I told her to add it on the order. As I hadn't looked at them on the site I asked her to describe it to me. When it arrived it was exactly as she described.
There are a couple of reasons that I can't give Cabela's a 5 Star rating. One of them is the cost of their items. I found that the majority of the things I looked at were very high priced. Many of them were more expensive than the same item at another store.
The items that they had on sale were great prices. Much less than I could get anywhere else. I would suggest that if you shop there that you do watch the prices carefully. If possible buy the items on sale.
The second thing I can fault them on is shipping time. It took almost 2 weeks to get my order. In fact it was a week before they even processed my order. I do a lot of shopping on line as there is not much to be had here in Montana in the area I live. Thus in the last 10 years I've ordered one heck of a lot of stuff on line. Cabela's without a doubt had the longest shipping time of any company I have ordered from.
I was pleasantly surprised to find that they did not just sell fishing gear. That was my only knowledge of them through my relatives. Once I got on the site I found that fishing gear is only 1 part of their business.
They have a VERY large variety of items that would please most anyone. They have hunting, fishing, archery, camping, boating, auto, ATV, optic, electronic, dog, mens and womens clothing and food items to name a few. They are pretty much a one stop shop for the outdoorsman.
Their site loads fast and is easy to negotiate. You can quickly find what you are looking for.
Another real plus is that they have reviews on their products on the site. Not everything has a review as they are reviewed by people that have purchased the product. However those that have reviews are well thought out and helpful reviews.
Their shipping charges are most reasonable. They are right in there with the norm and in fact lower than some of the places I have shopped at.
There are a few other perks like their own Visa Card. They have a travel service as well along with a recreational real estate section and they offer hunting and fishing trips. There are other things as well. Just check out the site.
If you prefer not to shop on line you can order one of their catalogs right on line or you can call the customer service line and they will get it ordered for you. I ordered 2 of their catalogs and the catalogs were here in less than a week. Much faster than the order I placed. At the present time they have 16 different catalogs you can order.
The items I order were exactly what I expected. The quality of the shorts and hat were excellent. You never know about the quality when you order on line. But my items were high quality for a low price. I can never remember a time when my Grandpa and Uncle received an order from them that they were unhappy with their order. I can remember them always telling people about Cabela's.
In conclusion I would recommend Cabela's unless you need something right away. They offer excellent customer service and have a wide variety of items for the shopper. The quality of their merchandise is good. A great place for the outdoorsman.
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What product did you purchase or try to purchase? Primos Elk Call, Mens Shorts, Baseball Cap
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Location: Montana
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