RE: Is my tribute a lemon?
I had a bow throwing the nock down one time and it was causing contact with the biscuits holding bar. Is this the deluxe model? mine was and the holder protruded too far into the vane zone for my vanes.
Do the lipstick on the fletching trick and you should come out of it with 3 red stripes in your whiskers, if not you'll see where your problem lies.