I totally understand all of you points of view, but I tend to side with Doc and Notav. I will be buying all of my goodies at this local shop, but I am not all that happy about it. There are three bow shops in our city, and it is THEIR job to win over my business, not my job to ensure they have one. If they need to cut profit margins to get my business, then so be it, and it would be more than likely they would make up that business by having me as a life-long customer. I live in a city of 200,000 (including the sister city), so it's not like I feel some sort of obligation to keep some local Joe afloat so we have a shop to go to.

I suppose I am a little miffed about the logic of feeding his family. I have a family too, and oddly enough they enjoy eating as well.

I am only buying everything there because the boss in my house told me that was what I was doing, but from here on out, I do as I always do, find the best deal I can. If the shop owner ever had a problem with me buying some of my things elsewhere, he should probably consider pushing the rock he lives under off of him. Dang near every hunter I know tries to find the best deals they can, as this sport is not exactly a cheap one to be involved in. I would guess (without a bow purchase) every one of us probably spends close to a grand a year just on crap, not including tags, gas, etc..

I will say again, I undertand your point of view on buying everything from the local guy, but I just don't agree with it.

Chad

*notav....I honestly have only been in there once a few years ago. I don't know if he was going through some hard times at the time or what, but his shelves were EMPTY. Maybe I'll stop in there one of these days to see how his shop has come along. Customer service does mean a lot to me if the prices are compriable. Thanks.