Tractor Supply - how does it work?? (rant)

[lman]

Amazon will kill many stores like TSC.

I buy horse feed, dog food and cat food there along with other hardware. Never thought about buying those items from Amazon.

 

[Peter 315]

Same here horse feed ,cat food , And some other things we are friends with the managers at 2 different stores so they order extra for us or we get rain checks....

 

[buck12]

We got a store about a year ago and I have been in it one time. I went to get a yard sweeper. The young lady at the register said they were out of of receipt paper. I still don’t understand how a store can’t print a receipt. She said they could email the receipt and I said fine but that is the only email I want. I repeated this several times. I hate junk email. Now I get an almost daily email. I have not gone back.

 

[homesteader13]

TSC seems to be going the way of Radio Shack as far as brick and mortar stores.
If im trying to make a one stop shop for a variety of items I will hit Murdoch's or Bomgars, other wise I'll go to a product specific store, shop, etc.

 

[Bearsixty7]

sorry to hear all the bad reviews of TSC. Out local TSC has been pretty good, usually has things needed in stock, well, until this year but this year has strained lots of places.

 

[stuckmotor]

Our store has been out of trace mineral salt twice, when I needed it, this year.

 

[Xfaxman]

We got a store about a year ago and I have been in it one time. I went to get a yard sweeper. The young lady at the register said they were out of of receipt paper. I still don稚 understand how a store can稚 print a receipt. She said they could email the receipt and I said fine but that is the only email I want. I repeated this several times. I hate junk email. Now I get an almost daily email. I have not gone back.

At the bottom of the email is a link to unsubscribe, that means no more emails:

 

[LS Tractor Owner]

It all has to do with the local store management, I believe.... Our local store is absolutely horrible! My son was in the store, looking for a stovepipe kit. The website showed one in stock.... he could not find it on the shelves. He asked a young girl that recently started working there. She said that there should be 2 in stock..... so she called the manager over.... he said nope... none there. The young associate told him that she saw 2 of them somewhere in the back. They all went "to the back".... sure enough, there were 2 up high on a stock shelf. The manager did not even want to get them down until the associate really started giving him a hard time! This store is always in disarray, hardly any stock.

Now, go 40 miles to the next store.... beautiful store, well stocked, helpful staff.... I think a lot has to do with the management for sure!

 

[Jstpssng]

They had bar and chain oil on sale so my neighbor tried to buy a couple of cases. (He cuts a lot of wood.) They didn't have any on the shelf so he asked an employee and was told they were sold out.
He went home and ordered it online to be shipped to store, and immediately got a message "Your order is ready for pickup." The clerk just didn't have the time to check the back room to see if they had it in stock.
I was looking at bulk chicken feed earlier this year but the description had so many contradictions that I couldn't figure out if it was pellets, mash, or crumble; and had a few other questions. Apparently their Q&A was down due to Covid, and it's not a brand they stock; special order only. I gave up and bout it elsewhere in 50 lb bags just as I always do.

About the only thing that I buy there is dog food, they carry a brand which doesn't appear to be all filler,hasn't been recalled (yet) and is more reasonably priced than anywhere else. OTOH I can buy my poultry and pig feed elsewhere for less money, less hassle, and less driving.

 

[Tractor Seabee]

Yep they, TSC just opened one up in the small farming/logging town I live close to (@ 7 miles) have not visited yet nice looking building though.

You will do better at your local farmers co-op called WILCO. We have one up here and they run circles around the two TSC stores in the area. Bulk bolts are 30% cheaper and larger selection. Way over priced on everything. WILCO also gives a 10% military discount which TSC refuses to match. Big deal for me.

Ron