I patronized Dick's original Binghamton store from 1975 when I met my wife until they went "humanitarian", so to speak, about 2 years ago. I still buy my license each October at their Vestal Mall store for grouse hunting with my wife's extended family friends and relatives. I bought and read the recently published history of Dick Stack's life and business career with great interest. I view it as a very sobering chronicle of the demise of the small business / full service ethic of local sporting goods businesses in America and the ascent of the "whatever" ethic of the Big Box stores to which they all seem to inevitably succumb.
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