I don't consider resale value really.I will say that if you have intentions of turning over bows at a certain point in time in the future two years possibly three seems to be the magic years after which your resale values drop like a stone.I like new and shiny as much as anyone but it is much more important to me to have good functional equipment.Finding something that suits my needs and using it so much that it becomes an extention of me is what I place the most importance on.
I do kind of resent bows in the regard that they lose so much value so quickly.I just purchased a bow two weeks ago a 2005 Hoyt protec.Fellow had it for one year,actually about 6 months and wanted a bowtech.That's a $700 bow with an $80 rest that came with it and I paid $500 for it.
I sold a Year 2000 Hoyt Ultratec a few days ago for $150 and was lucky to get that much and the bow was in top notch shape.If you wish to have a new bow every couple of years it seems that you just accept the fact that you are going to be losing at least two to three hundred dollars.