Cabela's

This forum isn't supposed to be a venue for complaining about the stores in the area however I'm making an exception in this case.

Our family was excited about the Cabela's opening. We were already catalog members so we got a bunch of promotional material for the store's opening. I attended the Grand Opening expecting some kind of appreciation for being loyal customers for years before a brick-and-mortor store was in our area. Sadly, there was none.

Because we were already credit card customers there was no promotional premium available to us. I asked for the baseball cap that they were giving away to new credit card applicants and was refused. I calmly (and with a bit of good natured sense of humor) worked my way up the chain of command and was repeatedly refused. I asked on more than one trip to the store and there has been no change in policy.

We're closing our Cabela's account and won't be visiting the store again. One little $5 baseball cap would have gone a long way to keeping a customer happy and they couldn't see that. Too bad for Cabela's.

Arm warmer update

Apparently Kohls has kids T-shirts that have arm warmers instead of sleeves.

Arm warmers for kids

Surfed the mall today - yes, "The Mall" as there really is only one - looking for arm warmers (wristies, fingerless gloves, whatever) for kids. Couldn't find any! The Children's Place had a pair of gloves that came with fingerless gloves for about $6.50. We got a pair of those. Finally we ended up at Hot Topics where they had a wide selection for adults. Some were only hand warmers but we found a couple of styles that would fit tighter than others. At $10 a pair, DD (dear daughter) had better like them.

The word on the street is to wait. Come winter the better sporting good stores, especially the ski shops, will carry them.

Back in the saddle again

The Treasure Valley Shopper is back.

Great news! Reggies's Veggies has opened a new location in Eagle!

All the great produce and products that we have been driving to Milwaukee to purchase are now available in downtown Eagle in the now-defunct ice cream shop next to Doug's Burger Den. Be sure to check out the back yard of the building, especially on weekends when there is too much to fit in the tiny front patio or inside the building.