It saddens me to see that my suspisions hold true thoughout the whole archery community; pro-shops are a breeding ground for unfriendly people with know it all adittudes. When I first got into bowhunting the adittudes I encountered in the local pro-shop were those exacltlly as described in the previous posts. It is bad enough that the pro-shop would allow the good ol boy buddies hang around and harrass would be customers but when the actual employees would join in, it was too much for me. I went to this particular pro-shop 15-20 times. Every single time without fail, I was told my bow was a piece of crap and I couldn't kill a deer with it. I was told I should shoot an XX brand bow or use XX brand arrows. I would be totally ignored, sometimes for 15 minutes or more, while the "boys" talked and told stories. Every person who wasn't "one of the boys" was treated this way.

Finally fed up with it, I know drive 20 minutes to a much friendlier and knowledgable shop where everyone is willing to help. I bought a bow at cost thru a factory connection. When I needed help tuning it, my new bow shop spent along time helping me tune it, even though I didn't buy it from him. However, he knew that I would come back to buy accessories, arrows, scents etc. from him, which I have done.

It all comes down to customer service and a good adittude. Sorry to get on a rant but that happens.<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

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Hunting the Piney Woods of Deep East Texas.