i know a few shops that has had lots of problems with mathews..not the bow the company..the company is a pain in the as_s to work with....my thing is i like to be a little differnent than everybody else so i shot a browning illusion....i could have bought a hoyt or mathews but everybody else has one....each top of the line bow from each company is just about identical...they shoot great....mathews just has alot of advertising and sponsers lots of people...lots...thats why you see them on tv everywhere and at the shoots....if you were givin a free new top of the line bow from any company wouldnt you shoot it and say it is great....i would... though i have found some people with mathews that think there bows are god...and then i out shoot them and they have every excuse possible...i say buy what looks pretty to you and is comfertable.....i was reading and a guy said he swithced to mathews and he shoots better...well he probaly finalyhas a tuned bow. like my buddy he final got a brand new bow(mathews) and guess what he all of a sudden shoots great he thinks...i let him shoot my bow and wow he shot dead center with 3 arrows. a tuned bow is what to have...........maybe the shop owner has had problems with mathews and thought you were the stereo type with mathews...its not the bow its a mathews type...maybe he might just want to see the bow tomake sure everything is tuned up in order to figure what type of problem you are having with the arrows.