Big 5 Sporting Goods

Place looks fairly dated, but it’s a great place to find standard sports goods such as ear plugs.
It seems like there are so many other stores specializing in each sport versus this place which seems to do a little of everything.

Good selection of reasonably priced soccer shoes! It’s my go-​to place!

The manager Yolanda was very helpful! She helped me choose the right bike rack, and set it up for me on my car!!! She was so much help, and very kind!

Decent selection of shoes and sports equipment for reasonable prices. I once bought a pair of name brand running shoes there and then checked the Internet when I got home. Apparently that model is only sold at Big 5 stores, so there is no way to know if the pricing is a good value or not.
The layout is somewhat confusing. I was looking for slippers. Saw a display near the running shoes, found a pair that would do in a pinch, then walking to the register with my box I found a whole other section of slippers away from the shoe department. Found a better pair there.

Went in today to buy shoes. Never again will I go back. Lady at the register was plain rude, the staff seemed like they don’t get along with one another. Who knows their issue. This was a bad experience and I hope they hire better people or train their current stuff on how they should speak to customers.

Greeted nicely as I walked in the door and was promptly asked if I was looking for anything in particular by a nice asian guy.
He lead me to the cleat section, and I asked to use the restroom, and he happily escorted me to the back room.
This particular Big 5 has a great selection and friendly staff. I will definitely come back here for my sporting needs

It’s a strangely organized Big 5 and it’s a little smaller than most I’m familiar with, but it’s a Big 5. Convenient location right in The Marketplace. So far has had what we’re looking for when we go looking for it.
Employees are quite friendly here, but I haven’t had to rely on them for any information yet. Might update this later on if I have a particularly good or bad experience. Otherwise, I like the location and I’m glad it’s there.

The place for everyday hiking boots and cross-​trainers: especially for decent discontinued styles.

There is something a little disorienting about this Big 5. It feels like a relic of the not so distant days when malls and outlets were the only place to find good deals, instead of online. Stores like this with average customer service and overblown and understocked shelves seem to hide in towns like Davis where local support is still strong. It will be interesting to see how they fare against Target.
I always get the feeling that I’m making the staff uncomfortable here. Do I have something in my teeth?

From the moment you walk in you are greeted, at first you have no idea where the greeting came from because of the odd placement of the cashiers counter and the greeting is usually from a smiling face. I usually go right to the firearms/​camping department or right to the back to look at the shoes on sale.
I don’t understand these low/​bad reviews posted about Big 5. If you have a question, speak up! Don’t cower and expect a sales person to jump down your throat to buy something. In most cases I hate being bothered when i just want to browse and shop on my own. but if I have a question I usually just step in and ask.
This store is smaller than all the others I have been to but thats okay. I usually know what I want before I go in.

Hi, Wow, I had such a disapointing experience. 1^st of all, the people who works at the store doesn’t even care that they are at wrok. No smile, no hello and on top of that when I went to the register the so called manager name «Steve» took so long time to even pay through my Credit Card. Then he started to remove somethign from shoes and I was waitign and waiting, he doesn’t even care what’s happening. After sliding my card, he started to check my signatures and matching on the credit card and after moving my card up and down and my singnature up and down I think he was unable to figure out what’s the right way to match the signature. Than at the end he asked for the Photo ID, such a non-​sense behaviour and attitude. I just felt so bad and felt he just accumulated the experience of his age but no professional experience and no learnig from his job, colleagues or time. I ask myself why these stores hire these kind of people to make their reputation bad. I don’t think I’ll ever step into that store again or recommend some one. Very un-​professional and disgusting experience. It sucks, 1^st bad experience in Davis.
Good luck steve with your and store’s future and Business.

I have been here twice to get shoes since I work in Davis. Both times that I have been in here no one said hello when I walked in or came to help me find shoes. Luckily I found some shoes out on the table that I wanted and they had all the boxes out. I did see 4 people working (i.e. — chatting with each other). The lady who ran me up did not even say Thank you!
Ok selection if someone will help — horrible customer service!