R.I.P. Wholesale Sports
 

Chainwide closures, staff given notice, it's the end of an era. Apparently liquidation begins in the next few days.

Sad day for Albertans and all Western Canadians that bought their first piece of hunting or fishing gear here.

Yikes! Where did you hear about this?

Was looking at their FaceBook page, someone was asking about the Winnipeg store closing...

Noooooo!

No recent news findable.

Is there a link for this news?

Only thing I can find is they closed their Regina store last year.

A lot of good memories from that place over the years. In Calgary, previous incarnations such as Barrotto's, Rushell's and Frency's come to mind.

Joins and opens with that post? And no one else seems to be able to find additional supporting information?

I'll have to make a trip to my closest Wholesale to see for myself.

J.

Call each location and you will get the "we're closed" message, or better yet talk to one of the 800+ employees and they'll verify it has been closed with their ROE's.

Sad times for them

Just called Edmonton North...not true at all.
So we got ourselves a troll.

I do believe !
 

This is a fact jack ...
If not why are they closed in Calgary ...
They come they go !
I can't believe I'm sYing this
Thank a God for Canadian Tire .

Hmmmm.... Interesting...

Grande Prairie as of now is closed...

I found a Reddit post similar but nothing else other than other stores. Maybe a troll but wouldnt surprise me. I would think UFA would try to sell it off which I have not noticed publicly. Stay tuned I guess.

Actually it is true, they are not answering their phones!

Bull... Called twice and got the closed message.

Does that make you a troll?

Calgary store phone says we are closed, leave a message.
Customer service line says we cannot answer your call at this time, leave a message.

I just called Calgary and no answer after a pile of rings. Answer machine kicked in and said store was closed then store hours so cant confirm by phone.

Well, Edmonton South, Saskatoon and Lethbridge also have the "store is currently closed" phone message - lunch hour is over so I guess no sense in dialing any more of them. Boss says get to work :)

Just came from the Edmonton South one. Sign said, closed today to prepare for store closing sale. Windows where covered in white paper.

That sucks. I just bought a bunch of stuff there last weekend!

SS

I was in the Edmonton south store last night and every look like busy as usually.

Can confirm that the Lethbridge Wholesale Sports was shutdown today to prepare for a closing day sale. Pretty sad as there are few other good options in Lethbridge for firearms. Bet Marksman and Section 8 are jumping up and down over this news.

Well, that's sad...

On the bright side, this would be the best time of year to clear out inventory.

Is this a company wide closing ... or are they just 'pruning the tree' ?

Best we all just sit back, and wait for an Official Announcement.

Selkirk

Anyone know when the liquidation sale starts? The wife said if its being liquidated by a 3rd party the deals will be slim to none.

Guess I better quickly find a use for the $69 I have left on a gift card....

Wonder if they will still honour gift cards?

Well damn. I'd called a manager's (whose a friend of mine) direct line. He told me not to worry.
Just called their main line...and you're right...they are not answering.

Same, got a gift card for xmas. Guess im going to the closing sale

Not good for you !
 

If there s a receiver and you have a layaway , or a deposit
on something ......too bad so sad ....And trust me UFA could
give a rats ass .....they been trying to cut this anchor loose
for quite a while !