RE: Would I be offending....
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BT shooter,
You're right. It is not worth it to drive all the extra distance to save $5.00.
The quad thing was an analogy. In other words I would be more concerned about my financial situation than anyone elses. To lay awake at night wondering if your doing right by the proshops is silly. You give them the business you can. If you can afford to purchase the high mark up stuff do it. If you can't go somewhere else. ATV mark up has nothing to do with it. It has to do with this guy spending his money in a manner he feels comfortable with. With out being made to feel guilty for watching his $.
As for someone walking in with a bow and a bunch of stuff and just expecting the dealer to put it on, that's nuts. Of course I don't think anyone would expect to have the proshop install them free of charge. But...
If you just spend anywhere from $300.00 to $800.00 for a bow and would like the guy to help you set it up it should not be too much to ask. I'm talking about either putting on the accessories that you had on your last bow or some stuff you bought from Wal-Mart (or wherever you choose for that matter). The bow should be ready to go when you leave the shop, paper tuned and sighted in at 20. It only takes about 15 minutes to install leeches, limbsavers, quiver, a rest and a sight. Maybe less for some folks if your not tying much on the string. Of course the tuning and sighting won't take long either and should be a given.
Any shop who feels that they can't do this is not a shop you want to support anyway (no matter how little the markup supposedly is).
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I guess what I wrote wasn't written all that well. I'm not saying anyone should at any time try to save money..I do all the time...But we get guys come in to my buddies shop with this "I can get it down the road cheaper" (40 miles away) attitude and so they go there to get it and bring it back for us to install...We charge for our services always will. Our time is money just the same as any other working man...I don't know of too many people that would go to work for free?
That's what it would be if a legit Pro Shop would offer all his services for free...Free work...Most legit Pro Shops that I frequent charge $30.00 an hour for their services and it's pretty much the same accross the board...It's still less than a computer, car or ATV dealers fees...
My dealers policies are yes if you buy a bow from him he sets it up for free with the accessories off your old bow or new ones bought from him...He'll even usually make a whole package deal up to save you money but he won't give free time/services if the new stuff bought elsewhere though...
You're right it only takes a little bit of time to put a few accessories on a bow but it sometimes takes me between 1 and 2 hours to get the bow tuned and shooting to my likings to assure the customer leaves happy and satisfied. Nothing like sending a dissatisfied customer out the door when his bow isn't tuned right just because the dealer didn't want to spend the time to do a complete tune...It's bad for business when he tells his buddies your shop doesn't do good work...I know you can relate to that since you weren't treated right by the shop you bought your bow from in Salem...You weren't satisfied with their services and you came on these boards to tell us about it...As I recall your complaint wasn't about the costs but rather the service provided...
I hope that clears some things up...I am all for saving money..Trust me...