by GPSGuided » Sun 03 Dec, 2017 11:34 am
Just visited Decathlon's (Tempe, Sydney) preview opening this morning... Wow, it's like shopping on Taobao and the prices of products (essentially mid-lower range) are often halved or more than common local prices. It has dropped the entry cost to many sports and for the bushwalkers, they have quite a good range of functional cloths and gears. The backpacks extends from 7L to full sized. Not the most brilliant quality of features but very functional and good looking. Quite a few tents but mostly recreation tents. The backpacking tents are on the heavy side but that's to be expected at those prices, though nicer looking than those from Ray's. Good range of shoes and clothes. This morning the crowd wasn't too bad and the check-out was efficient. They gave a freebie 10L backpack with Decathlon logo for signing up to their membership. Bought a few small items and a pair of shoe styled boots for the son. Again, 1/2 and less in cost to regular stores for similar quality. Be interested what others think. In my mind, they have smashed Anaconda on price with no apparent loss of quality.
Just move it!