Game over for MEC. The board finally ran the company into the ground.
https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...sn1wPcaqJwDrVU
Game over for MEC. The board finally ran the company into the ground.
https://www.newswire.ca/news-release...sn1wPcaqJwDrVU
it's unfortunate what happened to MEC. Ruined a good formula by trying to go "hollywood".This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
MEC of the 90's and even early 2000's was so great.
Originally posted by SJW
Once again another useless post by JRSCOOLDUDE.
Originally posted by snowcat
Don't let the e-thugs and faggots get to you when they quote your posts and write stupid shit.^^ Fact CheckedOriginally posted by JRSC00LUDE
I say stupid shit all the time.
MEC is no different than Atmosphere or any other outdoor place at this point. Has been like that for a number of years. Sucks because I remember going there in the late 80s and they had great service, great products and worked to always improve products.
Went there during covid and it was a shit storm. You'd think eCommerce was recently invented.
I used to be a hardcore MEC fanboi, and I still think some of what they sell is good value, but it's sure not what it was. So can I has deeply discounted backpacks now? I need a new one.
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So how do you think the sale of MEC to this other company will change it?
They'll sell off all their real estate holdings, and lease them back for long enough to gut it like a fish. In the meantime expect the lifetime warranty to be immediately canned.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Does make me wonder, do all co-op membership holders get their membership converted to stock, or what? How does that even work when selling a co-op?
MEC will be an interesting case study in how a co-op board can absolutely auger a successful outfit into the ground.
Presumably equity value is 0 so they will get their shares paid out for 0 consideration.
Originally posted by Thales of Miletus
If you think I have been trying to present myself as intellectually superior, then you truly are a dimwit.
Originally posted by Toma
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Sounds about right. I'd heard that up until recently membership holders could cash in their membership, so it must have held some value at one time.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
So when this happens does the parent company take over that promise to lease space in west calgary or do they just fold on that responsibility and it becomes the landlords issue
Note that Calgary Co-Op is currently sprinting down this auger path by switching grocery providers without fully thinking it through which somehow fucked up their ability to rebate on fuel.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Now it's mid September and they haven't announced any fuel rebates when it was an incredible $0.08/L last year. I've completely stopped buying fuel there because I'm concerned the rebate will be zero when their competitors like Canadian Tire, Superstore and Costco all offer something near 5¢/L. I don't think too many others have yet, but, they will when their rebate cheques are a fraction of what they're used to getting and that will start hurting their business.
Dunno when this happened, probably not COVID-related, but I just noticed the McLeod Tr. Partsource is gone.
I’m concerned about this, I’ve already bought around 8000L of fuel from CO-OP so far this year.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I'm nowhere near that but I might be pushing near 3,000L when I stopped and I could've bought all of those elsewhere.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
what does changing grocery providers mean?
They quit buying groceries/produce/perishables from the mother ship "Federated Co-Op" and started buying wholesale from Save On Foods. That pissed Mother Ship off and there are lawsuits. That seems to have trickled down into the fuel rebates area.This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
I think there might even be a thread about this.
Essentially any Coop-Gold brand you saw in Calgary Coops will no longer be available. I believe all the rural Coops will be business as usual.
Back to MEC, it's just sad to see what happened to it. I still remember getting my first jacket from the store by the 10 St bridge. For pretty much for as long as I can remember, if I needed anything outdoor related I wouldn't even bother shopping around. In the end, the actual brand of MEC gear was degrading rapidly.
Last edited by msommers; 09-14-2020 at 10:31 PM.
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That sucks about the Co-Op Gold branded stuff, there was a couple of things we really liked.
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Also the names of the new coop brands, just terrible.
The store by the 10th street bridge, so good. Monastery now hey?
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