Dick’s Sporting Goods

This past week I stopped in at this Dick’s Sporting Goods to purchase some tubes for our annual tubing adventure. When we pulled into the parking lot we were excited to see that they we’re having a clearance sale. This store has a ton of different items on clearance and we enjoyed looking through their shoe selection.
When we walked into the store it was well organized and clean. Each department was well marked which made it easy to find our section. They had a ton of different river tubes ranging in price which made it easy to find the ones we were looking for.
In the end when we were checking out we were greeted by a pleasant employee who quickly took care of us and got us out the door. Overall, this is a great store with a ton of different items. The prices are reasonable to other stores and it’s nice when they have their clearance sales.

Not great, it feels like every time i come here they don’t have what i need or the sizes i need or something like that. It is my observation that ¹⁄₃ of the store is hunting equipment and gear. The sweatshirts sizes are either small or medium in most cases and varied for women. The shoes are the one thing i would say are decent. The sports items are by far the worst selection but that is very standard for Dick’s, good selection on equipment like bats, socks and treadmills, does anyone buy treadmills? Staff sucks, they are pretty lame, a lot of turn over with the cashiers. I have come here many times for very simple things and found nothing.

If this were a mom & pop shop, I’d give them two stars, but honestly I’ve come to not expect very much from chain stores, so for a chain store, this is not the worst. Let’s say 2.5 stars. ;)
Pros:
*LOW prices, for the most part.
*Good sales, clearance.
*Huge selection.
*Sometimes you can find a helpful sales person who seems to know what they’re talking about.
*Sometimes the cashier is friendly. The first time we were here the cashier was WONDERFUL, bubbly & friendly & chatty, even though she was just ringing us up, it’s not like she was earning commission or getting a tip out of us. She was just genuinely nice.
Cons:
*Sometimes you can’t find anyone to help you, if it’s very busy, like if there’s a huge sale on.
*Sometimes the cashier isn’t friendly.
*Sometimes the «sale» price isn’t a SALE price, it’s an after-​rebate price. I have no idea if there is fine print on the «sale» signs noting the fact that the price in HUGE font is actually the AFTER-​REBATE price. When you’re in a rush & you have kids with you who really just want to get in, get rung up, & get back to having fun outside with their new toys you don’t have time to even notice the stupid fine print. So YES, they have GREAT prices a lot of the time, but watch out for if it’s a sale price or an after-​rebate price… We ended up spending about $ 30 more than I was anticipating up-​front because of the stupid rebates. And one of them was on something little, like fishing lures. We bought 4 because they were $ 2 for 2. But they rang up at $ 3 each because $ 2 for 2 was the after-​rebate price. REALLY? I have to send in a rebate to get $ 8 back? *SIGH* I’m sure they have tons of people who don’t even bother, & that’s where they make up for selling lures for 2 for $ 2. :-\ Anyway, we had rebates for other items too, so yeah, the final price was a bit of a shocker.
*MAKE SURE YOUR COUPONS GO THROUGH!!! I had a $ 10 off coupon plus an extra 300 points (on their rewards card) & I saw the cashier ring the coupon in BUT it didn’t take. LOOK. It was busy, I get it. But it’s not MY job to make sure the coupon rings in. It’s THEIRS. *sigh* But the coupon didn’t go through so I guess I will have to make sure it does next time. Not happy about that. When we have time to pop by there again (I refuse to make a special trip because I didn’t mess up, the cashier did) I’ll see about getting it rectified.
*Sometimes the chain stores do NOT have the lowest price, & sometimes the chain stores has the SAME price as the «mom & pop» shops. I saw the sneakers I bought from Ted’s for the SAME price here, only here they were advertising them on their flier, so it looked like a sale price, but really it’s just the regular retail price. So know your prices. If they have it for the same or lower at a «mom and pop» shop, get it there! These places rake it in as it is. ;)
*They take debit cards, & they run them through as debit, but there’s no cash back option. I’ve RARELY encountered that, especially at a huge chain store!
Over all would I recommend? Yes. With strings attached. Make sure your coupons go through. Make sure you note the difference between a «sale» price & an «after rebate» price. Know your prices. Don’t expect great service on great sale days.
If you want to be professionally fitted for sneakers, I’d recommend Ted’s on Main St. They will price-​match if you find the same shoe in the same size & color online too.
If you’re looking for fishing or hunting equipment & want someone who’s an expert, I recommend Pelletier’s in Jaffrey.