Academy Sports + Outdoors — Local services in Kingsport

Overpriced..low inventory..under staffed..grumpy staff...came here once and have no desire to come back again!! I was looking for someone to ask them a question in regards to a bunch of womans winter coats that were not priced. I searched high and low for someone. Anyone.I finally saw what looked like a manager standing in a hidden corner in the woman's dept. He was on his phone. Texting. I stood there for what seemed like forever until he was finished. He looked up. Looked back down and continued to text. I just left. Aggravated. And please.please.. don't write me and say you will bring this to your staffs attention and make changes. That never happens!! And I definitely won't be returning. You must do better if you want to stay open. **UPDATE TO RESPONSE FROM STORE MANAGER: Don't we all just love these animated AI responses we get when we write a review. Please don't write and say you'll do better..or that you'll bring this to staffs attention. We all know that doesn't ever happen. And changes for the better are never made. You just opened and your review score is already in the 2's. That has to tell you something!! Wishing something better went in it's place. It just feels like a waste...

I went into the Academy sports in Kingsport, Tennessee last Friday evening. I needed some Gary Yamamoto chartreuse black flake worms. When I walked into the store I was on the phone with my buddy letting him know that I was going there to get the worms and what he like a pack. From the time I made about 20 foot into the store. I had associates follow me around. I had one female associate hiding on the other aisle, watching me through the pegboard shelving that they have up I come around the corner evidently she wasn’t watching too good she was listening. I should’ve gave her. The phone said here you wanna talk! Imight’ve been born at night, but it was last night. When I made it to check out, I politely asked the cashier y’all have a lot of sales here. She smiled and said no not really. I said that’s interesting. Needless to say if I need any more worms, I’ll just wait on my Tackle Warehouse order or just go...

Shady advertising tactics and selling of personal information no thank you. Having terms and conditions with a pre checked option for receiving advertising at the END of the transaction. It was not till I had moved through the process and was leave before I realized that I had been signed up to receive spam and advertising till it was to late. Then I was advised there was no way to reverse the sign up. No longer will do business with this company

*Edit: Dear academy sports! Your reply to my review below is generic corporate garbage. My complaint was never addressed I still have to request a form and go through a really unnecessary process to beg yall to remove my information from your system. If you can’t address my complaint why on earth would I give you “another chance” with stores like Dunaham sports and the soon to come Rural King. I see no reason to patronize your places...