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    Quote Originally Posted by rage2 View Post
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    Guy Laliberte is going to buy it back on the cheap. Quebec is probably going to back him too. Guaranteed.
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    MEC might be done very soon.
    Their Covid-19 setup is pretty poor imo.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr2mike View Post
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    MEC might be done very soon.
    Their Covid-19 setup is pretty poor imo.
    MEC needs to install a bunch of plexiglass and open all their tills and they'd be fine. Why the fuck they try and operate with 2 or 3 tills open ... I have no idea

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    Awww man I have to buy a climbing helmet and Atmosphere suuuuuuux

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    Quote Originally Posted by flipstah View Post
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    Awww man I have to buy a climbing helmet and Atmosphere suuuuuuux
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    I like MEC as much as the next guy, but everything they sell can easily be bought elsewhere, and a lifetime warranty on outdoor wear is not hard to find. It will suck if they go out of business as their stores are nice to be in, but it won't change much IMO.

    Hard to believe they aren't thriving now though, weather is great and outdoor activities have been 'open' for a long time now. People have never been more eager to get out of the house and they even have an online store.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mitsu3000gt View Post
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    I like MEC as much as the next guy, but everything they sell can easily be bought elsewhere, and a lifetime warranty on outdoor wear is not hard to find. It will suck if they go out of business as their stores are nice to be in, but it won't change much IMO.

    Hard to believe they aren't thriving now though, weather is great and outdoor activities have been 'open' for a long time now. People have never been more eager to get out of the house and they even have an online store.
    MEC products (the MEC 'brand' stuff) have gone under a sharp quality and durability decline in the past 10-15 years. Stuff I have from the 90s and 00s has held up better than similar stuff from five years ago. The stuff was good so you rarely ever needed a warranty.

    Now as you say the stuff isn't hard to find, and now there isn't a quality gap. If the MEC brand stuff isn't good and what you're left with for quality is named brands, might as well shop around for the best price and service, which now is probably at places like Atmosphere instead.

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    Agreed the MEC brand stuff isn't remotely close to the quality of yester-year. I sure hope they can pull through though. Going to the MEC downtown is like a kid in the candy store.
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    I'm not a MEC guy by any means but I do know that the frequency by which I visit their B&M stores has pretty much dropped to zero. Probably the two biggest reasons was the attitude of the staff and also the general lack of staff - customers do not generally like being talked down to and their staff IMO has become very adept at talking down to customers. Also, I shouldn't have to wait a gazillion years to actually get a warm breathing body to help me - I will actually leave and go to the competitor down the road who can actually help me and is actually interested in doing so.

    Now I know I am quickly becoming a dinosaur in this day and age of online shopping of which my wife and I do none of but customer service and care should still be very important to any business that wants to have a loyal customer base whether that business be on-line or at a brick and mortar location.

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    Quote Originally Posted by mr2mike View Post
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    MEC might be done very soon.
    Their Covid-19 setup is pretty poor imo.
    Is this news or speculation?

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    Quote Originally Posted by D'z Nutz View Post
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    Is this news or speculation?
    https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/04...irus-struggle/

    They weren't in good shape before COVID. My MEC pack from 90s is still going strong and they fixed the zipper once under warranty. No complaints and will be missed if they can't make it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Xtrema View Post
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    https://www.citynews1130.com/2020/04...irus-struggle/

    They weren't in good shape before COVID. My MEC pack from 90s is still going strong and they fixed the zipper once under warranty. No complaints and will be missed if they can't make it.
    Their huge expansion definitely is a cause for that. They built a giant store in Kelowna. Like, wtf.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flipstah View Post
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    Their huge expansion definitely is a cause for that. They built a giant store in Kelowna. Like, wtf.
    Not to mention their massive store in Seton.
    It still hasn't opened back up.

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    I used to be a hardcore mec fanboy. I will be sad.
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    You realize you are talking to the guy who made his own furniture out of salad bowls right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by flipstah View Post
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    Their huge expansion definitely is a cause for that. They built a giant store in Kelowna. Like, wtf.
    Agreed. Trying to dip their toes into too many pools and expanding way too much. Edmonton has two MECs. WHY?! Even IKEA knows only one store per city
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    Quote Originally Posted by msommers View Post
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    Agreed. Trying to dip their toes into too many pools and expanding way too much. Edmonton has two MECs. WHY?! Even IKEA knows only one store per city
    Well Calgary is planning to have 3 MEC stores right - the one in beltline, one in seton and one near bowness in that new suburb near COP.

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    Exactly! It's asinine imo.
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    Quote Originally Posted by killramos View Post
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    Might not be a big name around here but Chesapeake is in bankruptcy as of yesterday.

    That’s a big deal. A company with as much production as Cenovus for a Canadian example.

    That’s a lot of value erosion.
    I wonder if Aubrey Mclendon is alive somewhere, laughing at this news. I seem to remember something about his death stating that the body was burned so badly it was unidentifiable?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nzwasp View Post
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    Well Calgary is planning to have 3 MEC stores right - the one in beltline, one in seton and one near bowness in that new suburb near COP.
    AFAIK the plan is to close the beltline store and just have seton and bowness.

    MEC just isn't competitive due to a bunch of really stupid decisions made in the past and their attempt to move into the space of the big box retailers which is a race to the bottom that they are not equipped to handle. Especially when they are too busy doing stupid SJW crap instead of focusing on running a COOP. The board of directors and the whole place over there is filled with idiots who are going to run the whole thing right into the ground.

    I've been buying a fair bit of climbing gear of late from SportChek/Atmosphere because they actually have sales where they mark down their gear. MEC doesn't do so for the public only to the staff... No way I am going to pay 25-30% more just to support that place.
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    Support local!

    I bought a helmet at Norseman Outdoor Specialist near Glamorgan. Got lucky because all Atmosphere is sold out; MEC has an hour wait? Definitely not bankrupt

    I'm waiting for CNRL buying everyone.

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