ORIGINAL: Rick James
ORIGINAL: Rickmur
It's the limb material they are using that drove the cost up. Much much higher quality limb material than anything else out there on a hunting bow right now and they cost much more for materials.
Then how does that justify this?
The Drenalin is selling for $680 at the proshop I go to.
$680 is not making much money at all on that bow and honestly selling them at that price is only hurting the dealer. I am not at liberty to discuss dealer pricing but he really isn't doing well at that price point and I don't know how people can keep the doors open at super low prices like this. We will probably sell them at $729 or so. Also, keep in mind the MSRP on an XT is $795, we sell them at $689 putting nearly $100 back in the pocket of the customer. Most shops don't charge nearly MSRP and pass on the savings to their customers.
ORIGINAL: SBGobblers
I can buy the new Mathews for $635 + tax at my shop. Now who's the crook??? I'd talk to my shop owner HCH...
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$635 is
way below dealer minimum resale pricing. As part of being a Mathews dealer you agree to not sell below a certain price and that is below that number. They are actually in violation of their agreement w/ Mathews as a dealer there and are only making pennies on that bow anyhow.........literally. For the money a dealer has tied up into inventory, if they are going to only mark things up at that margin they are better off taking the money and putting it into a 12 month CD at the bank and making 5% at the end of the year.........they will actually make more that way and don't need to pay a lease, electric bill, or other peoples salaries to make that $$$.
It's amazing to hear people say that a dealer is a crook with prices. This business is their livelyhood and honestly no dealer is making any serious cash in this business. I am in the books all the time at the shop and we are one of the 2 better off shops for probably 100 miles and the amount of money at the end of the month when the bills are paid off is really not that much. I made more money in my first job out of college than I would if I owned the shop I work at. The dealers are not in it for the money...........thats for sure.
That is right Motown; I wouldn't want to have to survive on solely running an archery shop with all of the high overhead costs, not to mention that you rarely get to hunt because you have to be open to take care of your customers. My buddy isn't getting rich by any means. Not to mention these bow manufacturers give you asuppossedly protected, exclusivearea to sell their bows in and then a huge company like Scheelscomes into your area and they let them sell the bows too and compete with you.I keep my $ with the little guy; Scheels doesn't get my bow $ business.