Lebaron Ottawa mass restructuring (i.e.closing)

[Hunter John]

Gonna miss Sacha in the gunroom at the Mississauga store as she really knows her stuff and was quite friendly. Paul who has been there as long as I remember was always a friendly guy as well but ya, they had some real dinks work in the gunroom over the years.

Any one know what % the firearms are discounted at ??

[Fox]

I actually walked in to the Ottawa store to see how good/bad the savings were.

Best service I have ever experienced at Le Baron, they had the same amount of inventory too, it seems as though closing made them better to the customers.

Maybe I am bitter but there is a reason they are going out of business and it is not just Cabelas.

[OldNewGuy]

Gonna miss Sacha in the gunroom at the Mississauga store as she really knows her stuff and was quite friendly. Paul who has been there as long as I remember was always a friendly guy as well but ya, they had some real dinks work in the gunroom over the years.

Any one know what % the firearms are discounted at ??

Per a previous posting, I was down at the Markham store this past Monday - not to buy but to wish some of the guys I dealt with in the gun room "good luck/best wishes".

I did end up buying a Stainless Ruger 10/22 though - Dave in the gun room priced it out at last catalogue price less 20% plus the HST on the discounted amount.

He indicated it was likely that the store wide discounting would go on, at a slightly increased discount every week or two, until the shelves were bare. But then said to a vendor who came in to talk to him that he'd sold more guns in one morning the day I was there than on their best weekend ever. So that stock may not last long.

O.N.G.

[Hunter John]

Thanks O.N.G

[MikePal]

Best service I have ever experienced at Le Baron, they had the same amount of inventory too, it seems as though closing made them better to the customers.

I would assume that was because you were dealing with the liquidators..not the original staff

[Fox]

I would assume that was because you were dealing with the liquidators..not the original staff

One original was there, he did not speak to the customers.

There were a few staff from before the liquidation but they were not the main people and not anyone I had issues with.

[skypilot]

I'm sorry to see any gun store close however I never bothered to use them due to the constant complaints I heard about their customer service. Shame they coudn't change and become competitive.

Maybe now customers can take advantage of the liquidation deals without the expectation of any future customer service.

[Flatliner]

recently visited the mississauga location, no deals to be had there 20% off majority of the store very few 50% marked down items.

[Ahuntr300]

Dropped in and was tempted to buy Tenzing backpack however doing some quick googling on my phone found it was priced 10% higher than the competitive price, so with the 20% I would get only get 10% off a demo model with possible parts missing = no sale. Walked out of the store with nothing.

Similarly, I found most items 10% to 20% higher than everywhere else so people saying they are breaking even with the 20% off makes sense. Except they are final sales and if you find a piece missing, you are out of luck.

10% higher makes sense as in recent years they hiked everything that they did not mark "special" (on which the 10% member discount would not apply) 10% higher to make up for the 10% discount people got using the Member card. Funny it seemed like half the inventory was marked "special" so that 10% discount would not apply. Scam!

In the early days the 10% discount really meant something - in recent years people needed it to break even. People caught on to this however and I guess this is one of the reasons people like me went elsewhere.

Also they converted a lot of their sales floor to Canada Goose merchandise, moving away from their traditional hunting and fishing goods, attracting a few new "hip" customers but losing loyal hunting and fishing customers as a result.

Sad to see them go but RIP Le Baron.

[Fox]

Have they dropped their prices yet?