Looks like MEC is also thinking of jumping on the anti-gun band wagon......although they have always been leftist and anti hunting this is pretty much off the wall even for them. Where does this stop?
https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/mec-...aker-1.3821085
Maybe I should tell them how warm their long underwear, socks and base layers make me while I am deer and waterfowl hunting, or spending the day at the range shooting.
MEC's principal supplier is Vista Outdoors which carry everything from optics to firearms to camping gear. If MEC loses them by being stupid with the anti NRA sponsorship,their business won't last long. They best watch their stupid mouths.Quote:
Originally Posted by 410001661
Or just tell them you will find products which suit your needs elsewhere and you will encourage all your hunting buddies to likewise. The bottom line is a powerful motivator for business.Quote:
Originally Posted by 410001661
Depends on how big a part of thier business hunters are? If they think they will gain more customers by pooping on hunters, guess what.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dythbringer
Sail, Basspro, Cabelas and CTC want my business and don't charge a membership fee.
Your complaining about a five dollar life time membership?Quote:
Originally Posted by terrym
I think MEC are trying to appease the ill informed leftest members and enforce their social responsibility brand......what ever that means anymore. Where do they stop. Now it is Vista Outdoors in the cross hairs next will it be Canadian Tire, Cabelas, Bass Pro, then what??
The majority of the comments I see are from people that are so uninformed and uneducated on the subject is it impossible to have an intelligent debate with them. So with that same logic do they avoid the following brands because they also have ties to the military
- GE (yes the guys that make your appliances)
- Bombardier
- Boeing
- Nikon & Bushnell
- Oakley
.....and the list continues. What about all that Chinese/Indian product they carry in their stores? What about the human rights violations in that part of the world that everyone was so hot and heave on 6 months ago.......not as popular right now?
Vista Outdoors would go without a bump if MEC dropped them due to their 'social responsibility' title. The Canadian market is so small compared to the US and I am sure that Bass Pro/Cabelas, SAIL or Canadian Tire will pick them up. I curious to see if MEC will draw the line in the sand. If they do it I for one will not shop there ever again - and I have been a member since 1987
I've been watching this one as well, some very ill-informed members there for sure that are not happy with the hunting/sport shooting comments in the statements from Mec. There are petitions for both sides now. The comments show why we need advocacy groups fighting against legislation as they are so willing to strip all our rights without a second thought. Will be interesting to see which way MEC goes. Like terrym said, their position will really depend on how any members they think they will lose based on the direction.
Well said ! I had this same discussion with my son after finding out yesterday evening on the news. I rarely shop at MEC and always felt when certain products are banned by businesses how hypocritical they truly are selling a whole list of other products that would violate human rights due to point of origin. Just hearing MEC may be pulling Vista Outdoor products off the shelf will in only have hunters boycott MEC.Quote:
Originally Posted by 410001661
I bet 95% of the people here don't even shop at MEC, it's a zero loss to you. They are a private corporation and have all the right on who their suppliers are. I bet when K-Mart was around you didn't even care they stopped selling firearms after Columbine. I don't see you making a fuss about Canadian tire not selling Firearms in all their stores
If anyone wants to cancel their membership, the link to the form is below. You get your $5 back.
https://rq5862jalnt2ow16l1brj575-wpe...l_Transfer.pdf
First off MEC is a publicly held company - NOT a private company. Secondly CDN Tire sells guns where I am, and have a great selection at that, and is not the point of the post. As far as KMart goes........never shopped there - barely remember itQuote:
Originally Posted by Bonkers
I got $97 back!Quote:
Originally Posted by rf2
Contributions to the National Rifle Association's political action committee tripled in February amid public attacks against the organization following the Feb. 14 high school shooting in Parkland, Fla.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/03/28...-shooting.html
I'll bet CSSA and CCFR are doing alright,too.Quote:
Originally Posted by last5oh_302
C’mon people...why be upset with MEC. After all, they’re an outdoor and camping store...not a hunting store. Geez
If a company wants to make a political statement then be prepared to face the heat.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nina Martin
I think the MEC reaction was a disingenuous attempt at political correctness blatantly pandering to the "anti" crowd which,to a large extent,the "anti-hunting,anti-firearm trendy set" being their largest customer base. If alienating the section of their customer base that happen to be hunters is how they want to run their business,then,that's on them if/when it blows up in their face.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nina Martin
Exactly the reason they should mind their own business! It doesn't bother you that they are essentially telling you that you, as a hunter or sport shooter, are not welcome there? Your (favorite?) pastime is so revolting to the company and its membership that is is willing to boycott dozens or hundreds of products that have nothing to do with your pastime because they are from brands that are owned by another brand that happens to own some other brand that manufactures firearms that are vaguely similar to a firearm that was used by a psychopath to kill people? The connection between your pastime and the issue that they are protesting against is so distant, but the company has no problem making a public statement against your pastime. The situation is ridiculous, and the worst part about it is that the members and the board support it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nina Martin
There are plenty of other companies that provide many of the same products and welcome hunters and sport shooters with open arms. Why give your money to a company who's management and majority of other customers don't want you there?
That's right - if some company goes against what you believe don't support them in anyway - personally I've been doing that all my life - if I see some company put on an advertisement that I don't like I don't buy their product - I would rather pay more someplace else than support such a company - if enough people did that you would get these political correct wimps to wise up
I understand what you are saying, and agree with some of it, but you should know that this is the same thing that MEC's other customers (the politically correct wimps, as you call them) have threatened to do in an effort to get them to drop the products supplied by the company with ties to firearms. In the case in question, hunters and sport shooters are only a small fraction of the company's customers. At best, boycotting the company because of their decision is only an expression of preferences and beliefs - that's all - and that's fine. In this case it's naive to believe that if all hunters and sport shooters boycotted the company, it would cause the "political correct wimps to wise up".Quote:
Originally Posted by JoePa
I got my $5 back. Some people received additional funds for accumulated share value. There were no additional moneys for me though, because the morons appear to have lost my information from 24 years ago when I first registered. I've given them any and all phone numbers and addresses I could have used at the time, but they claim they can't find me in their system. I don't believe them.
......or we can just post our hunting and fishing pic's using their MEC gear!!