RE: What is it with Mathews???
Not that I care, but I thought I would respond.
Dealers that I walk into always try to sell you a bow that they are pushing, and if you shoot anything else, well they give you a confused look. I own a Mathews Drenalin, I am not going into the shop to buy another bow, I just want to look around. I ignore them from the moment I walk in. I don't care what the dealer thinks, only what I think. The Drenalin in my area is priced very competetively with the Guardian, Vectrix and Vulcan. They all are a lot of money, thats no lie. The dealer prices the bows, Mathews probably tells them they cannot sell for less than this much, and not more than MSRP; if someone here is unhappy with the price locally, go elsewhere. I paid $799 for my Drenalin, and many people 100 miles away are paying $150 less. The geography of where your at plays a huge role.
Mathews can make a break a shop, especially if the shop is in an area dominated by Mathews shooters.
There is any number of factors that could persuade a dealer to be like yours, for us to sit here and deliberate that is useless...