Buying From Cabelas?

[BR65]

gday all, does anyone have any experience with on-line buying from cabelas, be it good or bad.
also wondering about delivery times if you use the standard suface deliverey method
or any other us sites you would recommend??
cheers
brian

[2manylures]

What are you after champ? Knowing this would then tell me who to recommend.

I believe Cabellas' shipping rates are based on how much you spend which can be a little expensive on small items.

International shipping should realistically be charged on weight &/or volume & to find reliable people who charge like this can be difficult.

I've been dealing Internationally for 4 or 5 yrs and have some extremely reliable trustworthy contacts but as mentioned depends on what you're chasing.

[bayfisher]

Different sites for different things what are you after? in saying that i have bought from cabelas plenty of times, no dramas. Choose the shipping via surface delivery you will save 20% on shipping and it gets here just as quick as air shipping does. (takes about 1-2 weeks usually)

Cheers Chris

[doggy39]

2manylures what about lowrance electronics and daiwa reels thanks

[BR65]

lookin at a penn 113h and some braid fellas
cheers
brian

[bushbeachboy]

As already stated, check the freight cost, it could put your item price up near the local price.

[2manylures]

Different sites for different things what are you after? in saying that i have bought from cabelas plenty of times, no dramas. Choose the shipping via surface delivery you will save 20% on shipping and it gets here just as quick as air shipping does. (takes about 1-2 weeks usually)

Cheers Chris

No way known surface {BOAT} will arrive within 2 weeks.:laola: :laola:

[2manylures]

lookin at a penn 113h and some braid fellas
cheers
brian

PM sent Brian

[2manylures]

2manylures what about lowrance electronics and daiwa reels thanks

I don't have anything to do with Daiwa champ. I'll track ya down a Lowrance bloke. What are ya after?

[doggy39]

Today 08:02 PM2manylures
Chasing a lowrance x510c thanks.

[bayfisher]

No way known surface {BOAT} will arrive within 2 weeks.:laola: :laola:

Certainly will, they don't actually surface freight it all goes through the air but the system is designed really for usa residents thus giving you the option of surface or air, If your buying from overseas it all comes by air but they still only charge you 20% postage if you choose surface mail (or 40% if you choose air). I have done it several times and usually they arrive within the week. Its your choice however if you wish to pay 20% more im sure they dont mind ;D .

[BR65]

Products Ordered
1 of 11-0125 Penn Special Senator Reel 113H @ $109.99 each In stock
1 of 11-6877 TUF-LINE XP 600 YARD YELLOW 65# @ $45.49 each In stock
1 of 31-7513 EAGLE CLAW MODEL 085F HOOK- PER 100 8/0 @ $15.99 each In stock
Total Merchandise = $171.47
Postage = $42.87
ORDER TOTAL = $214.34

compared to buying from an online dealer here, no names but it starts with M and ends on oes

penn 113h $259
tufline 65lb x 600 mts $139
plus deliverey

quite a difference on the braid prices?????

[craig308]

I have had some gear send by surface mail from cabelas and it took about 3 months to arrive lucky i was not in a hurry for it air mail usual takes a working week

[2manylures]

Certainly will, they don't actually surface freight it all goes through the air but the system is designed really for usa residents thus giving you the option of surface or air, If your buying from overseas it all comes by air but they still only charge you 20% postage if you choose surface mail (or 40% if you choose air). I have done it several times and usually they arrive within the week. Its your choice however if you wish to pay 20% more im sure they dont mind ;D .

Wrong mate & misleading those who want to buy Internationally.
I've been bringing stuff in for around 5yrs & around 2000 orders over that period & surface has always been the same.

Surface Mail is "BOAT" not air, always has been. It takes a minimum of 6 weeks although rare as it usually takes anywhere from 3 months as mentioned here & up to 5-1/2 months {personal experience}

[NAGG]

Don't Cabellas charge a %age of the invoice price - something like 25% :-/

I know I looked at them and baulked at the shipping (sea freight) ......... a $1000 item would cost you $250 or something stupid like that !
Airfreight was 40% of the invoice price:o

Nagg

[bayfisher]

Wrong mate & misleading those who want to buy Internationally.
I've been bringing stuff in for around 5yrs & around 2000 orders over that period & surface has always been the same.

Surface Mail is "BOAT" not air, always has been. It takes a minimum of 6 weeks although rare as it usually takes anywhere from 3 months as mentioned here & up to 5-1/2 months {personal experience}

I too have imported plenty of stuff in fact i even import for a living so I know the difference between surface and air ::) , but i telling you of my experience with cabelas, my last order was about 4 weeks ago sent as surface arrived about 1 week later, this is not the first time, i don't buy $1000 and $1000 worth of stuff at a time usually not more then $200 and usually little non bulky stuff like lures hook weights etc etc i cant get here and every time i have checked the surface mail option it has arrived within about 2 weeks. Cabelas is certainly not my number one choice buying overseas but they do have a few things that can be hard to get else where.

[craig308]

the stuff i got was bulky plano tackle trays took about 3 months

[Steve B]

Wrong mate & misleading those who want to buy Internationally.
I've been bringing stuff in for around 5yrs & around 2000 orders over that period & surface has always been the same.

Surface Mail is "BOAT" not air, always has been. It takes a minimum of 6 weeks although rare as it usually takes anywhere from 3 months as mentioned here & up to 5-1/2 months {personal experience}


Boats must be getting faster, I bought some gear two weeks ago via surface, got here last week!!! all other 10 or so orders I have done have got here in around a week...all by the cheaper surface option.

[2manylures]

Perhaps what Cabellas call surface as opposed to UPS & USPS are totally different.

Surface is boat & air is air, simple as that. Cabellas may be using a marketting ploy to allow people to think they are getting a good deal with shipping when in fact they are being ripped off in the 1st instance.

Check UPS & USPS websites which is who actually handle mail not Cabellas.

[Whitto]

Perhaps what Cabellas call surface as opposed to UPS & USPS are totally different.

Surface is boat & air is air, simple as that. Cabellas may be using a marketting ploy to allow people to think they are getting a good deal with shipping when in fact they are being ripped off in the 1st instance.

Check UPS & USPS websites which is who actually handle mail not Cabellas. Mate the one thing I do know is What Im buying how much it is costing me to buy and how much postage Im paying before it leaves the States .......I definatedly know Im not being ripped off....If people feel they are being ripped off whats their point of buying O/S.......Whitto

[Horse]

My Cabelas orders have been on the doorstep within two weeks using the cheaper surface mail option. Ohbviously the are flown into Aust and then get a lower priority delivery

Cheers

Neil

[pommy]

Greetings all!

Bought a Baitrunner 6500B, recently.

$119 on Cabelas site. Cheapest I could find.

Came to about $135 Aussie at the time. Final price was $165 Aussie after surface postage.

The reel took 2 weeks to deliver.

Shipping time unusual! High speed motor boat?!

Shipping charge took the gloss off a very good bargain! Still! The cheapest 6500B I could find.

Regards, Rob.
Ballina.

[pommy]

By the way 2manylures, what contacts or sites?

Better than $119 for a 6500B?

Tell us?

Not having a go.

Regards, Rob.
Ballina.

[2manylures]

Mate the one thing I do know is What Im buying how much it is costing me to buy and how much postage Im paying before it leaves the States .......I definatedly know Im not being ripped off....If people feel they are being ripped off whats their point of buying O/S.......Whitto

As long as you're happy Whitto, that's all that matters.

The gear I've got via Cabellas I get a mate in Oklahoma to buy it and resend it to me. Double postage this way is almost 1/2 Cabellas, go figure. I know I'm not being ripped off.

[pommy]

And the sites mate?

Where are these good deals?

Sounds sensible on the postage if you've got a mate in the US.

Rob, Ballina.

[Charlie]

The US postal service have discontinued surface mail so you can pretty much rule that out as an option, maybe they have another carrier for surface shipment but I always had small parcels arrive in seven days at surface mail rates.
My downrigger and some bulky rodholders however took a full three months to arrive.

[2manylures]

By the way 2manylures, what contacts or sites?

Better than $119 for a 6500B?

Tell us?

Not having a go.

Regards, Rob.
Ballina.

http://stores.ebay.com/poor-fish-store

[honda900]

The 6500's are 179 in aus, 14 bucks is not a great saving when you consider you could ask an asmart store to beat it by 10%. Not having a dig, just letting the price be known.

Regards
Honda

[trymyluck]

Hi
Brought some braid and a few lures 2 weeks ago, ticked surface mail and too 6 days to arrive. I would guess delivery time & price would depend on size of package as postage was said to be 20% but came to only 15%.;D
Mark

[BR65]

Products Ordered
1 of 11-0125 Penn Special Senator Reel 113H @ $109.99 each In stock
1 of 11-6877 TUF-LINE XP 600 YARD YELLOW 65# @ $45.49 each In stock
1 of 31-7513 EAGLE CLAW MODEL 085F HOOK- PER 100 8/0 @ $15.99 each In stock
Total Merchandise = $171.47
Postage = $42.87
ORDER TOTAL = $214.34

compared to buying from an online dealer here, no names but it starts with M and ends on oes

penn 113h $259
tufline 65lb x 600 mts $139
plus deliverey

quite a difference on the braid prices?????

Update for those interested:
Because I used a differant shipping address to the billing address (wanted the package to go to the missus shop so that I knew it was delivered), there was a delay of about 2 weeks while Cabellas snail mailed me a letter asking if I was aware my credit card was being used to order goods, once I jumped on the email and sorted that out, goods arrived in approx 8 days (hard to tell, bloody missus forgot to tell me the box had arrived for a couple of days, talk about not prioritizeing!!!)
Substantial cost saveings, even after deliverey fees, and yes, I clicked the surface mail option, if my deliver and bill adress's were the same, it would have saved a little time, but still, in the these days of credit card fraud, Im glad they checked.

cheers
brian

[Danpachi2]

I ordered a few things from cabelas just recently.
More specifically, i ordered about 20 or so lures. I used the surface shipping method, and they came in less than 2 weeks. the surface shipping method i believe costs 25% of the total cost of the items you are buying and air shipping costs a lot more. From memory i think either 40% or 50% of total cost.

[hornets]

they wont send surface mail over 42 inches in length . I t wont let you when you place the order I tried many times to bypass . But with the exchange rate so good $210 item + postage + exchange rate even on visa still only jacked it to $354 Aus for item that was $600 Aus here .

[fishyjoe]

Hi,

I have been buying from Cabelas for some years now and I have never had a problem, except from the wife!

I have purchased items under their own name and again have found these products to be great.

Delivery has always been within 2 weeks of order and you are notified via email when items have been shipped.

As with everything always check exchange rates, special buys and do your homework and you should be right.

Hope this helps.

Joe

[reelchippy]

Products Ordered
1 of 11-0125 Penn Special Senator Reel 113H @ $109.99 each In stock
1 of 11-6877 TUF-LINE XP 600 YARD YELLOW 65# @ $45.49 each In stock
1 of 31-7513 EAGLE CLAW MODEL 085F HOOK- PER 100 8/0 @ $15.99 each In stock
Total Merchandise = $171.47
Postage = $42.87
ORDER TOTAL = $214.34

compared to buying from an online dealer here, no names but it starts with M and ends on oes

penn 113h $259
tufline 65lb x 600 mts $139
plus deliverey

quite a difference on the braid prices?????


From Basspro that would have been$45.00 shipping by Air

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPage?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&appID=93&sectionOwner=southPacific&internationalPageID=22

[malolo]

Hi Guys

Havent bought from these guys but have bought from alltackle.com a couple of times. Very happy with the prices and the service. I have also saved a heap. I found that the postage from alltackle was less than capalas. My last shipping cost was about $50 for 5 reels some braid and leader.

:)

[RAGINGBULL]

Cabelas Still much Cheaper mine came in 10 days.

If you want reels KNK FISHING is the best ordered Thursday arrives Monday Morning from Malaysia.
There tracking is really good as well

Here is my order

Products Ordered

1 of 11-3844 Cabela's Ripcord Si 400 Yard Flo Yellow Line 30# Shipped-08/22/08 1 of 11-3844 Cabela's Ripcord Si 400 Yard Flo Yellow Line 50# Shipped-08/22/08 1 of 95-5407 CABELAS GUIDEWEAR 1/4 ZIP FISHING SHIRT LARGE MOCHA Shipped-08/22/08 1 of 95-5407 CABELAS GUIDEWEAR 1/4 ZIP FISHING SHIRT XL LAKE Shipped-08/22/08 1 of 31-7755 VMC MODEL 9626PS HOOK - PER 25 4 Shipped-08/22/08 1 of 31-7753 VMC MODEL 8382BN HOOK- PER 25 6/0 Shipped-08/22/08 1 of 11-6607 GAMAKATSU OCTOPUS CIRCLE HOOK PER 25 6 Shipped-08/22/08 1 of 12-1115 Williamson Live Ribbonfish 18" BLACK Shipped-08/22/08 1 of 12-1115 Williamson Live Ribbonfish 18" NATURAL Shipped-08/22/08 1 of 31-3050 Boone Squid Skirts 4 3/4" 10 pk PURPLE/PINK/SILVER Shipped-08/22/08 1 of 12-1493 CABELA'S METERED RIPCORD - 200 YDS 20# Shipped-08/22/08 Total
Merchandise = $177.81
Postage = $44.45
ORDER TOTAL = $222.26

[BR65]

Brought fom KNK before as well,no problems at all and like you said, a very good tracking notification set up they have