why is it whenI'm spending a grand to purchase a bow they want to charge me $35 to set it up
First off I don't know of a bow costing$1000, maybe after all is said and done with outfitting it but not bare bow. Secondly, do you buy your add on's at the big box store? If so don't you think the shop should charge you for installing? If you bought it at the shop the owner would most likelt install it free at time of purchashing the bow. Maybe, maybe not the same price was paid but in the end you still will have paid the same. A small pro shop has a lot of overhead to absorb without other departments kicking in with thier sales to help. To me it is worth the little extra money to know what I buy will be right and that my bow will perform at the moment of truth. Can you trust that salesman behind the counter of a big box store with that, after all, in more cases than not he is just that, a salesman.