Well, I am a rookie (2 year) and I'm going to be buying a new bow this winter. I don't know hardly anything about the technical side of archery and I am leaning towards a pro shop. I have been to one that was a hoyt dearler. He will let you draw the bows and shoot them on a pratice range he has. He also has some other bows there that other people are selling (used). I checked out E-Bay and thought about maybe buying one through there but I'm afraid I'll run into more problems just trying to save a few bucks.