Sporting Goods in Lafayette, IN

“Great communication , professional people and they're nice and respectful , they were patient with me and no racial profile, they make you laugh and smile .I like the place and I will keep buying from you guys. Thank you for your service!”

“Super helpful guy! Great spot to indulge in the best outdoor athletic fix, prices are all over the places and poorly marked in some tubs but mostly well organized and accessible selection for beginners to championship goals. Location offers good parking, decent hours but check their Facebook, and glad to have a local Frolf hot spot to nab new discs on a whim. Even my friends from Illinois wanted to drop in today, had a discussion on what would work well for us frequent fliers but little improved! Easy to shop when the owner knows his stuff and informed us by disc name what to try. I wish there was discounts on multiple purchases and a reward program. Maybe that's to come, can easily recommend Plastic to the People for the disc golf gear!”

“My wife and I went in to buy a tent. We found a nice 6 person tent from Core for 169.99. It was not on the floor so we took the card off the shelf and approached a woman up front who tried to assist us.

She then asked a manager if they had more in back. They didn't and the manager came out and tried to help us, even offering to comp expedited shipping if it was an option. We needed the tent by Thursday and it was Monday.

The manager then told us that there's another Academy that has that exact tent in stock and that coincidentally the manager from that store was coming to the Lafayette store on Tuesday. He said that they could likely bring it and give us a call when they got here. He took my name, number, and email and we left the store feeling good about our experience. It felt like they really tried to help us, which we really appreciated.

Tuesday comes and goes and no call. Wednesday comes and no call. I decided to go to the store and check out the tent section again to see if it was there, since we were leaving on Thursday.

Lo and behold, there was now the exact tent we wanted on the very top shelf. The price/info card was not placed back, but i grabbed the tent because i was almost certain it was the tent meant for us. Not sure who dropped the ball on calling us, but i had the tent now so whatever.

Then I went to buy the tent and it rang up at 189.99. Now to be fair, the tent was 189.99 when i looked online, however, the price card my wife and i handed over clearly stated it was 169.99. The price probably increased recently and they decided to not put the tag back out to get an updated price out.

I still think we should have paid the 169.99 since that was what was advertised.

All in all the guy at the gun counter named Les gets a 5/5. Really nice dude and helpful. He's the reason for 2/5 vs. 1/5.

It's great to want to help the customer but you must deliver and follow through in order to do so.

Edit 9/20/25

I was meaning to update this a few weeks ago. One of the managers Logan reached out to me to talk about my experience.

He made no excuses and apologized for the way the situation went. I appreciate the time he took to call me and also the gift card he gave me.

Thats the right way to handle business.”

“We are new to the whole needs of middle school students. The staff at this location were kind enough to assist us with all our needs and what to purchase for our new 6rh grader. We appreciate them. Thank you.”

“Not my general 5 star experience but we are common shoppers and knew what we wanted and it's location but a simple greeting and acknowledgement at the door goes a long way also. The store is always clean and has wonderful aromas. Didnt find what we needed but still walked out with an outfit”

“The employees were very helpful and quick but the store had very little clearance and I noticed the prices were about 10-20 more than when I shipped for them online”

“OMG! me and my kids love going to dicks sporting goods. They are mostly always stocked, and we love going there before school starts. The workers are so helpful for finding stuff. The prices are kinda high, but aren't all dicks sporting goods kinda expensive. I definitely recommend coming here! Sincerely, Jamie”