Dick’s Fake Inflation Attempt Droops In Court
Last updated: December 19, 2018 · Originally published: October 28, 2018
The latest Dick’s news to pop up is their upcoming legal battle with Battle Born Munitions, whom Dick’s (allegedly) tried really hard to short.
For everyone who’s wondering what Dick’s has been up to, it seems that they’ve popped up in the news with an upcoming legal battle in which the plaintiff, Battle Born Munitions, has some allegations of extremely unsavory Dick’s behavior. According to the linked GunsAmerica article:
“The lawsuit makes the case that Dick’s Sporting Goods warehoused Battle Born ammo – under Dick’s Field and Stream house brand – in an attempt to inflate their stock value.”
It appears that in the course of trying to artificially inflate Dick’s drooping stocks, the retailer accidentally exposed a number of shortcomings. First, although it’s not particularly strange that they’d try to hold back certain loads here and there (particularly in Crazy, Utah), it is very strange that they didn’t even bother leaving any money on the dresser for their faithful supplier. In fact, it seems that they just cast them aside like Kleenex.
This Dick’s behavior left Battle Born Munitions with an ominous burning sensation in their wallets as the shortfall in funds caused other deals to fall through for the ammunitions manufacturer.
“Everything Dick’s is into stinks,” said an industry insider who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
In just under 60 seconds, a record even for him, SpokesDick Jimmy Drips spewed back. “Dick’s is proud and turgid to announce that our rejection of the Second Amendment has been a girthy, bulbous success.” Continued Drips, “There’s no need to artificially inflate our stock when we’ve erected such a proud pants pyramid of sensible sales practices.”
“This is just the latest in a series of Dick’s moves,” spat the industry insider. “Like, everyone knew they’re Dick’s; nobody wants to look too closely at them or risk an eyeful. This latest attempt at shoring up their sagging stocks just proves that they’re neither growing, nor showing.”
Will this latest Dick’s slap in the face finally be too much for their shareholders to stomach? Do you think their stocks will droop further? Have you heard any good jokes lately? Tell us in the comments!
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When DICK’s was up it was good. Now that DICK’s is down so are the good times.
It’s insane the CEO is responsible to the share holders and the bottom line not politics this shows how Democrats have invaded society at its core to literally tank a corporation and destroy stocks in a company. America has definitely turned socialist we have seen the curtain of Communism open and reveal itself. I hoped not to live to see these times of being to PC and America be destroyed by the rotting of Socialism you see it in NJ ,NY, IL,MI,CA ext ect all are hell holes ruined by raining democrats.
To be honest, I thought the quick reply that Jimmy Drips spewed was a little premature..
I was a stockholder of dickless company but as soon as they announced the ar crap I called my broker and told him I wanted that stock gone within 24 hrs and sine he is also a shooter it was gone right now
If u r going to patronize ‘Dicks’, it is mandatory to walk with a ‘Limp’ while u r there.
P.S. ‘Limp’ around softly then ‘limp’ out without buying.
I am dickless since the ar15 debacle .Will never go there again .Hope they go under. Feel bad for the employees but like everyone else they can find another job .
I love that you knew you were going to have to say you were dickless, but you went for it anyway in service to the joke…
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Worth noting:
Most retail managers are graded by their bosses on two main numbers: dollars per transaction and transactions per door count. Crossing the threshold as many times as possible, while buying nothing, will actually reflect very poorly on them, and on the brand. If everyone who refuses to shop there still actually went into the store for 5 minutes to “just look” (really just walking into the store would do it), eventually they’d get the message. If you really want to screw with their numbers (and yes, the stores have to report those numbers to corporate, and corporate has to report those numbers, which will affect the stock price…) go in there every day, (to up the door count vs transactions, and once a week or so, buy the cheapest thing you can find, Ideally something under a dollar… now they have way fewer conversions (people who walk in and buy something) AND you’ve reduced the average dollars per transaction…
I stopped when AR 15 and age raise came along . I don’t like Military guys cant buy a gun but go to war.
THEY MAY AS WELL CLOSE AS FAR AS I AM CONCERENED > I EVEN GOT RID OF SOME THINGS THAT I BOUGHT THERE !!!!!!!!!!!
I HOPE YOU CLOSE SOOOOOOONNNN
I just love it when I drive by the local Dick’s and see the parking lot with just enough cars to cover the employees.
Turgid??? Does the spokesman for Dick’s even realize what that means? ESP for a Dick?????
LMAO
No, but I do…and I made Jimmy Drips up. The linked news article is real–Dick’s really is being sued for the reasons listed–but this piece is basically one long Dick’s joke. Or a short one, if you listen to my ex-wife.
I shopped at Dick’s for many years, but will never shop there again. Even if they change their policy and start supporting the 2nd amendment again, their true feelings are already on the table and they would just be trying to make a profit. Not from me, never again. I see their sales flyers and sometimes see some really good prices on certain items. Then I just throw the flyer in the garbage and get my gear from somewhere else.
dicks, and now levi strauss has joined bloomburg in trying to get rid of guns! I’ve been a levi man since i was 12 years old, now there will be no more levies in this house hold, by the way… I’m 70 years old so thats 58 years I’ve been a loyal levies man, i should have quit them when they left the USA!
They are way over priced anyways. I’ve only been there once a few years ago. Looking for .22 ammo when everyone was hording them. They treated me like I was an idiot. They will drown in their own stupidity.
Stopped shopping at Dick’s when the manager of gun section refused to sell a firearm to an active duty service member under the premise that they couldn’t sell to an out of state resident despite being shown a copy of active duty service member’s orders and law stating active duty service members with orders for a base in that state count as residents and can purchase firearms. Dicks corporate office was contacted. Member showed gun section manager email from corporate office stating member was eligible to purchase firearms and manager still refused to sell to military member. Eventually that manager was fired but I’ll never shop there again.
I’m amazed by the retailers who would hug and kiss the feet of people who do not shop there and never will while kicking the people who would shop and support them in the butt and tell them to move on.. I guess Dick’s still has failed to recognize who spends dollars there and those that just give lip service.
I found myself in a Dick’s store recently. The person I was with was returning some foot ware because she was unhappy with Dick’s. There was a normal crowd looking at clothing. I wondered over to their “hunting and fishing” area. It was empty. There were no modern sporting firearms anywhere. An older salesman that I recognized spotted me and approached with a “can I help you?” I said “just looking.” He looked sad. “You ought to buy something… someone ought to buy something.” I think that, in the near future, Dick’s will either retreat from their present position or restock the department with clothing.
I used Dick’s for ammo and athletics shoes and equipment. Never again. They can kiss my honky a–! If I were one of your stockholders, you management a–holes, would be on the street looking for a job. Driving the company into bankruptcy!
I stopped shopping there and took my sales to Durham and Academy or I go to Cabela’s online. Never again will I shop in a business associated with Dicks.
I had a Dick’s points account, I threw the card away and have not been back since and will never go there again. They can choke on their own BS.
I stopped shopping their after the AR-15 decision. I prefer to not patronize an non-American business (Second Amendment ). I am glad we now his views so we don’t support him. Lot’s of other places to shop.
The employees at the store I used to shop at where all nice to me. Sorry about their future !!!
I gave up on Dick’s when they first pulled AR-15 from their shelves a few years ago. I have not been back since, and give my business to retail cutlets that support the second amendment.
Well Crap! I stopped at a Field and Stream a while back and stocked up on some house brand 9mm. I was thinking about going back to pick up another load of that and 45s. Looks like I will be going elsewhere now.
I guess at least we know for sure Dick’s has the right name.
I stopped going into Dicks when they pulled the ar15’s off the shelves. I instead drove an additional 50miles to shop at Academy. Recently an Academy was built locally. I shop Academy now and they aren’t dicks to their customers! Better prices, better products and employees. I hope Dicks/ Field and stream drown in their own vomit!
I quit using DICK’s for hunting supplies when they decided to remove the AR15 from their inventory. I have discovered that ALL DICK’s Store Managers are Twitless DICKS and the Assistant Managers are DICKLESS. Twits……
You only stopped shooting Dick’s for hunting supplies?
Come on! Grow a pair and stop all shopping at Dick’s!
Leftists and the businesses they do own are happy to tell you what idiots and anti-Americans they are. It is up to us as citizens to act on that knowledge. Let them “die on the vine”. There are plenty of patriotic American businesses we can support with our dollars.
yeah well let’s run Bud back to Belgium
Apparently Dick’s doesn’t want my business, and they will never get it. Hopefully stockholders wake up and wise up.
Who cares about Dicks? Does anyone even shop there anymore? It’s kind of ironic though, with all the bad press that Dicks has had to endure since Sandy Hook, it’s amazing that anyone would want their name attached with Dicks Sporting Good in the first place. As the old saying goes “When you fall in SHIT, why would you expect to come out smelling like a ROSE” ?
DICK’S, NEVER AGAIN WILL I Enter your stores!
Sounds like Dick’s needs to go out of business No wonder they call it Dick’s !
Dick’s deliberately shafted a supplier for an Anti-American, Treasonous political agenda. Take them to the cleaners and make them pay! I hope they come under more responsible, ADULT management – or go out of business. Someone else will gladly fill the vacuum left by their liquidation.
Dick’s has been scratched off my list of places to shop for sporting goods. Shady to say the least.
Dick’s heads.
I certainly am not doing anything to help their sagging stocks I refuse to even cross their thresholds because I won’t do business with a bunch of Dicks.
Dicks sucks. (no pun intended) I’ll never go there again, no matter how bad I need something. They torpedoed themselves when they stabbed gun owners in the back, They think the hole they’re digging is for the 2nd. Amendment, but it’s not. It’s their own.
Good riddance Dick’s.
Used to shop there often but never again. The place must be run by idiots.
This is america, we will not give up our guns to librals that want to tear our country apart so they can take away our freedom. Thier agendia is to put us on our knee’s. We will not go quietly into the night
Never shop there again. Feel bad for thier employees but hope they go down.
We can all say congrats to this fool when they declare Chapter 11!!