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way to go WSS South Edmonton
Off to WSS south Edmonton for Retumbo or H4895 powders, 7mm bullets and fillable rear leather bag rest. Guess what, NON of the above. Again. How do they stay in business?? Actually they have NO POWDER at all. OK, I'll try Cabelas. No powder either or rear bag rest, they did have the bullets. Wow.
I guess I'll just continue to buy supplies from Warburg and Thorsby gunshops.
WSS doesn't need my business.
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03-21-2012, 03:55 PM
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Actually they have NO POWDER at all
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You are telling us that the WSS powder magazine is completely empty, as in no gunpowder of any kind?
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03-21-2012, 04:18 PM
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3 cans left of powder I never heard of.
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03-21-2012, 04:37 PM
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what is this Thorsby shop you speak of?
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03-21-2012, 04:38 PM
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Should of just went to P & D. Probably would have better luck IMO for what you need and have in stock.
I'll send you a PM, in case I have some bullets for 7mm and brass for 7mmRM.
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03-21-2012, 04:48 PM
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The north Wholesale Sports doesn't have powder either. They have a sign on their gun counter listing the powder they DO have. It's maybe 6 items long. Powder you've never heard of. Why are both north and south completely out of powder?
Did they lose the ability to sell it or what? What a joke.
Oh well, I got my IMR4350 from Cabela's. The guy said they had 'tons' in the back.
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03-21-2012, 04:53 PM
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The north Wholesale Sports doesn't have powder either. They have a sign on their gun counter listing the powder they DO have. It's maybe 6 items long. Powder you've never heard of. Why are both north and south completely out of powder?
Did they lose the ability to sell it or what? What a joke.
Oh well, I got my IMR4350 from Cabela's. The guy said they had 'tons' in the back.
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Saskatoon WSS is pretty much completely out of powder also.
I was in the other day and I couldn't believe how many empty shelves I saw. Literally rows upon rows of half empty shelves.
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03-21-2012, 06:31 PM
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I wonder if UFA buying them out has anything to do with the empty shelves and lack of powders. Just a thought
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03-21-2012, 06:41 PM
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ive had good dealings with wss over the last 4 years reloading from there online shipping i think its calgary they have what i want quick and if they dont they wil phone in a day or two i have been to their store in north ed when i was down there clearly i was better off at home ordering online
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I wonder if UFA buying them out has anything to do with the empty shelves and lack of powders. Just a thought
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What WSS needs is someone at the top who knows something and makes arrangements to get product on the shelves.
The employees are not to blame. Theyd love to sell stuff, but the actual company executive do not have the right people, making the right contacts, and spending the right amount of money to make WSS successful
I am a shareholder in UFA and I find the senior management is not doing the job it needs to do.
You have to spend money to make money. Lots of it. They are operating WSS like its in liquidation.
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03-21-2012, 07:12 PM
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Thorsby Arms and Ammo, formerly Wild Bill's, been open since last fall.
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What WSS needs is someone at the top who knows something and makes arrangements to get product on the shelves.
The employees are not to blame. Theyd love to sell stuff, but the actual company executive do not have the right people, making the right contacts, and spending the right amount of money to make WSS successful
I am a shareholder in UFA and I find the senior management is not doing the job it needs to do.
You have to spend money to make money. Lots of it. They are operating WSS like its in liquidation.
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Agreed. There is a difference between lean management and not having stock. Cut your losses on stock that doesn't move, but for the rest of it you need to re-order at some point. Trying to buy some spoons in the fishing sections...impossible...all out...trying to get some fly tying material...none of what I want and nothing new ordered since last time I visited in December. Generally I prefer WSS to other competitors because of the staff at WSS south Ed and the prices are generally better and the stock is more of what I want...but no stock = no sale; sorry!
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03-21-2012, 07:39 PM
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They are operating WSS like its in liquidation.
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I honestly thought that this was the case when I went in to the store.
I asked a fellow if they were closing up (didn't seem like an impossibility considering Cabelas is opening a store here in a few months).
He told me that sadly, they were just waiting on product to fill the shelves.
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Is there a shortage of powder? It wouldn't be the first time it happened.
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03-21-2012, 08:18 PM
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What WSS needs is someone at the top who knows something and makes arrangements to get product on the shelves.
The employees are not to blame. Theyd love to sell stuff, but the actual company executive do not have the right people, making the right contacts, and spending the right amount of money to make WSS successful
I am a shareholder in UFA and I find the senior management is not doing the job it needs to do.
You have to spend money to make money. Lots of it. They are operating WSS like its in liquidation.
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You have stated exactly what is going on at WSS, and basically has been ever since UFA bought them.
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03-21-2012, 10:02 PM
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I just thought that's what sporting goods stores in Canada were supposed to be like. 
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Off to WSS south Edmonton for Retumbo or H4895 powders, 7mm bullets and fillable rear leather bag rest. Guess what, NON of the above. Again. How do they stay in business?? Actually they have NO POWDER at all. OK, I'll try Cabelas. No powder either or rear bag rest, they did have the bullets. Wow.
I guess I'll just continue to buy supplies from Warburg and Thorsby gunshops.
WSS doesn't need my business.
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I find WSS terribly frustrating as well! More often than not I am shopping at the Calgary or Lethbridge stores, and I usually leave without purchasing any of the items on my list.
For most part the front line employees are trying their best to help, but they simply cannot sell what they do not have in stock. It blows my mind how WSS can stay in business, yet be perpetually out of stock on Powder, Bullets, Primers, Reloading dies, Plastic MTM boxes,Brass.
Whoever does the purchasing for WSS needs to shape up!!
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It's is a nice supprise when you can go to wholesale and find the brass and powder you need.......wait......should that really be a supprise? Why can't we expect that?
I have no clue how powders, bullets and brass are ordered but why is it always out of stock? Can't they buy bulk and have a surplus?
I bet one reason they have a hard time stocking the shelves consistantly is probably cause guys are like me and when they actually do have stock on something I buy a ton of it just so I dont need more in another 6 months when they wont have stock.
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WSS has been discussed ad nauseum on this forum. What would be helpful is if we have a contact at UFA or in higher level management at WSS. THAT is who we need to be directing the criticism to.
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03-22-2012, 10:42 AM
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powder price
How much is a pound of propellant at Cabelas? FS
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03-22-2012, 10:49 AM
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What WSS needs is someone at the top who knows something and makes arrangements to get product on the shelves.
The employees are not to blame. Theyd love to sell stuff, but the actual company executive do not have the right people, making the right contacts, and spending the right amount of money to make WSS successful
I am a shareholder in UFA and I find the senior management is not doing the job it needs to do.
You have to spend money to make money. Lots of it. They are operating WSS like its in liquidation.
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True. Having worked at WSS part time I can attest to the fact that staff hate it when there is a lack of stock for long periods. When they get, they get large quantites but the orders are few a far between.
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I find WSS terribly frustrating as well! More often than not I am shopping at the Calgary or Lethbridge stores, and I usually leave without purchasing any of the items on my list.
For most part the front line employees are trying their best to help, but they simply cannot sell what they do not have in stock. It blows my mind how WSS can stay in business, yet be perpetually out of stock on Powder, Bullets, Primers, Reloading dies, Plastic MTM boxes,Brass.
Whoever does the purchasing for WSS needs to shape up!!
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x2 ive been at the lethbridge outlet 2 times looking for br-2 primers and never have any so went and saw teddy at marksman he had them . ive seen guys trying to buy a rifle for their son stand there for 20 mintues waiting to get help and then go buy one at marksman because of the service he gives
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WSS is getting short on low inventory excuses. Remember that crock about the computerized inventory taking over half a year to be changed.
Too much inventory hurts the business, not enough is harmful as well.
Losing money does not appear to be important at WSS.
It should be.
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03-22-2012, 03:16 PM
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didn't the laws just change on black powder etc just recently?
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03-22-2012, 06:38 PM
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Hey Kamran,
I need a couple bottles of 4350 and 4895 please.
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03-22-2012, 09:00 PM
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What WSS needs is someone at the top who knows something and makes arrangements to get product on the shelves.
The employees are not to blame. Theyd love to sell stuff, but the actual company executive do not have the right people, making the right contacts, and spending the right amount of money to make WSS successful
I am a shareholder in UFA and I find the senior management is not doing the job it needs to do.
You have to spend money to make money. Lots of it. They are operating WSS like its in liquidation.
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I agree. Since they were bought out, I have noticed that the customer service has improved, but if there is no stock it doesn't matter how friendly the staff is. I would find it very frustrating to work there.
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cleaning supplies stock level
WSS here in Lethbridge has been picked clean of cleaning supplies for a long time, probably pushing a year. And there's no sign of a order anytime soon. The few things that are there are Outers brand...where's the Hoppes, Gunslick, and Dewey products?
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I stopped in WSS North today to get a LEE trimmer guage. They had a display of them - quite large on pegs. Nearly empty. No 270....
Then I looked at Scopes. Jesus Christ. Half the damn scope holders are empty. The cabinets themselves are half empty of scopes too.
What a joke.
Is WSS actually going out of business? I'm starting to wonder...
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