Cabela's Hometown Heroes - veterans get employee discount June 27-29

zguinness · Jun 26, 2012

I got an email stating Cabela's would be offering employee discounts to active duty and veterans on June 27-29. Just a heads up to all the fellow military members out there. :cheers:

Also includes law enforcement, fire fighters, and EMS personnel.

http://www.cabelas.com/assets/cms/img/emails/062812/062612_OEM_HHC.html?WT.tsrc=EML&WT.mc_id=email-nl&eid=18180615&cmp=I120626A&seg=SH1&cnt=8471&ctb=12_OEM_HHC

CavalryJim · Jun 26, 2012

Nice. In general, how much is the employee discount? More specifically, how much is the employee discount on guns?

zguinness · Jun 26, 2012

I did a Google search after I started this thread because I was wondering the same thing... it's not looking good.

Everything I found says that employees get decent discounts on clothing and stuff... but guns/ammo is <10% off.

PPBart · Jun 26, 2012

CavalryJim said:
...how much is the employee discount?...

Don't know about Cabela's, but I've been told Bass Pro gives employees 40% off on BP items, 15% on other stuff -- would expect Cab's to be about the same.

IfItFliesItDies · Jun 26, 2012

CavalryJim said:
Nice. In general, how much is the employee discount? More specifically, how much is the employee discount on guns?

IDK about Cabelas, but most places that I know of don't give employee discount on firearms.

I_FLY_LOW · Jun 26, 2012

Lowes has a 10% military discount, everyday... Just saying...

charlie12 · Jun 26, 2012

Probably be like a lot of places "honoring" Veterans, they want you so show a military ID. :rolleyes:

I_FLY_LOW · Jun 27, 2012

charlie12 said:
Probably be like a lot of places "honoring" Veterans, they want you so show a military ID.

What's wrong with that?

charlie12 · Jun 27, 2012

I_FLY_LOW said:
What's wrong with that?

Are you a Vet?

I_FLY_LOW · Jun 27, 2012

charlie12 said:
Are you a Vet?

~scratches head~
I'm not a Vet...
Why do you ask?

Btl_Rkt_Sci · Jun 27, 2012

I_FLY_LOW said:
~scratches head~
I'm not a Vet...
Why do you ask?

I think you have to turn your military ID in when you leave. Is that what you're getting at Charlie?

I_FLY_LOW · Jun 27, 2012

I'm must be misunderstanding you.
I suggested Lowes has the 10% Military discount, all the time, as I feel all business should do, not to just front a 3 day event, like Cabelas is doing...
My good friend is a Vet, and he frequents Lowes, and they ask to see his ID, which I think is his VA card, or something.

I'm just not understanding this whole phrase, including the roll eyes smilie.
Is it disrespect, or questiong a possible motive, on my part?

charlie12 said:
Probably be like a lot of places "honoring" Veterans, they want you so show a military ID.

charlie12 · Jun 27, 2012

jatwood87 said:
I think you have to turn your military ID in when you leave. Is that what you're getting at Charlie?

Yes it is. A lot of places want to honor Vets and don't know **** about it. Seems like every year for Veterans Day restaurants offer a free meal or part of the meal to Veterans. Then you read the fine print and it tells you a military ID is required. They want to honor us but don't know **** about it.
I'm a U.S. Army Veteran and haven't had a Military ID since Oct. 1974.

Last year on Veterans Day Lone Star Restaurant sent email advertisement about coming to get a free appetizer and they had the deal about Military ID required.
So I emailed them and explained that they were excluding hundreds of thousand of Veterans with that requirement because we don't have Military ID's anymore.

So I got emails from the President of Lone star thanking me for pointing out the problem. When I went into the restaurant the Manager told me that my email went all the way to the top on the company and got their nation wide policy changed.

Below is how it changed.

From this

To this.

charlie12 · Jun 27, 2012

I_FLY_LOW said:
I'm must be misunderstanding you.
I suggested Lowes has the 10% Military discount, all the time, as I feel all business should do, not to just front a 3 day event, like Cabelas is doing...
My good friend is a Vet, and he frequents Lowes, and they ask to see his ID, which I think is his VA card, or something.

I'm just not understanding this whole phrase, including the roll eyes smilie.
Is it disrespect, or questiong a possible motive, on my part?

No I'm sorry I didn't explain it to you, I hope my post above does.

I_FLY_LOW · Jun 27, 2012

charlie12 said:
No I'm sorry I didn't explain it to you, I hope my post above does.

I see what you mean.
Nice job, BTW, on taking the time to point that out to them.

I_FLY_LOW · Jun 27, 2012

Do you, as a Vet, have a VA card?
I need to eyeball his ID again, (I could obviously be wrong) but I think that is what it is, and they accept it as military ID, when he presents it.

I do think something ought to show you served, as a means of keeping someone, non-military, from walking in claiming to be military, and asking for the discount.
But, as I don't know how one is identified as you previously mentioned, I also wouldn't know how to enforce it, either.
I'm just thinking of the freeloaders out there getting what you should be getting, IOW.

buttanic · Jun 27, 2012

How about dog tags. I don't carry my DD 214 around but usually have my dog tag on my key ring.

charlie12 · Jun 27, 2012

I_FLY_LOW said:
Do you, as a Vet, have a VA card?
I need to eyeball his ID again, (I could obviously be wrong) but I think that is what it is, and they accept it as military ID, when he presents it.

I do think something ought to show you served, as a means of keeping someone, non-military, from walking in claiming to be military, and asking for the discount.
But, as I don't know how one is identified as you previously mentioned, I also wouldn't know how to enforce it, either.
I'm just thinking of the freeloaders out there getting what you should be getting, IOW.

No I don't have a VA card. I think you only get it if you sign up for it.
I would rather give out a few meals than to exclude a million Vets.

buttanic said:
How about dog tags. I don't carry my DD 214 around but usually have my dog tag on my key ring.

Anybody can buy dog tags so that wouldn't help. I don't carry my DD 214 either

With as much money as the government waste the could give every Veteran a ID

I_FLY_LOW · Jun 27, 2012

Oh, and I haven't said it lately, Thank you guys, for your service! :bowdown:

owen502 · Jun 27, 2012

Cabela's does do 10% everyday with .mil ID card. Used it the other day.

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