Cabela's got robbed by one of their own - big nasty felony fraud inside job, prison time for some lame hack...

They've been 'adjusting' some pricing on some of the items that had gotten via the fraud racket, some things had been waaaay over-valued in framed-up purchases etc.
'Tis a mess for Cabelas, but they're working to get things ironed out.

Wonder why there had been so many TOTALLY SCREWY examples on their gun room sites of guns and rifles with prices that weren't even in the same ball park?
That (evidently) was this job at work.

We'll see about Sabatti and Cabelas.
I definitely hear you loud and clear on the tendency to monopolies and the loss of 'mom and pop' operations -- and the texture and richness they give to any marketplace.
I hope we don't see the 'pharmacy extinction' (walgreens etc) loss of local gun dealers and shops.

Cheers
Tinker