Well in my opinion I would definatly want to support my local shops and I do. I don't buy mail order. I don't travel from town to town to save three bucks either. I know many that will though...Around here I've seen people drive 30-40 miles one way to save? $5.00...

If you can save a few bucks without traveling to far then I see nothing wrong with that... I wouldn't take the accessories back to the other shop to have them installed though...

Stating the fact that you "don't want to support his family" in my opinion is wrong and he does need to make money to survive as do you...

Whether it's him or the dealer down the road they're in business to make money just as you are at your job...And if one shop is selling for less it's probably becasue they buy larger volumes getting better discounts and yet they're still making the same amout of profit as the guy charging a little more...

To ask or feel a shop should lower their prices just for you is no different than your boss asking you to take a pay cut so he can feed his family better...

The post about "As you said it's not your duty to help the shop owner buy his kid a new 4wheeler. It's your duty to buy your own kid a 4wheeler and yourself one for that matter! (I love those things.)"

So it's O.K to support an ATV dealer so he can feed his family and not an Archery dealer?...Do you realize how much ATV's are marked up versus archery gear? Not sure I understand that...

We all need to support our local shops...You'll need them sometime down the road and if they're not there then what?...You'll have to go buy your own fletching jigs, arrow cut off saw, bow press and so on...Everthing would have to be mail order and let's say you have to try do some of the tech work and don't know how?...Now what?

We all now businesses are in business to make money plain and simple...It's no different than us working a full time job, would we like a pay cut?...

My dealer really doesn't care if people buy it down the road at Wal Mart because charges the customers to put on accessories that aren't bought there...Free if you purchase them there though...The way I see it they pretty much end up paying the same then as if they would have bought it from him in the first place...




Edited by - BowTech_Shooter on 11/18/2002 10:44:14