I don't necessarily want this to be a brand wars type thread although I know it can't be helped that folks will give there opinion about Mathews Hoyt, Bow Tech or any other bow manufacturer for that matter. So speak your mind it's ok with me.

That said, I just found it strange how he never said a word about ANY other brand bow I shot. I even had my Fred Bear Code there a few weeks after I bought it to shoot at his range. We got to talking about stuff before I went to the rangeand he asked "what ya shootin?" I said a Code, he never blinked an eye and we continued on with the conversation. He doesn't sell Fred Bear so obviously hedidn't get this sale from me.

Fast forward a few weeks later, here we are talking again only this time I brought my Mathews to shoot and the story goes as I've outlined before on this thread. So I know it was the Mathews that got his goat. I just think it was in very poor taste for a Pro Shop owner to pull something like that.....no matter what brand of bows he sells.

Again, I've owned this bow for a short period of time and have gotten moresnotty remarks and looksin that time than I have in all the years I've been shooting archery with many different bow brands. Is it a coincidence that ALL of the folks whohave beensnotty have either shot or were affiliated in some waywith the two other big name bow companies who's names will not be given,what gives?

As far as the whole "Mathews cost too much." That's been dismissed as there have been plenty of folks herewho have chimed in about the selling prices by them. To the "It's all marketing" frame of mind people....What's wrong with marketing?? Owning a small business myself I'm all about marketing any chance I get. But with marketing comes responsibility too. I put my brochures out there and make claims about what my company can do. Let me tell you, if I don't do what I said I was going to, I wouldn't be in business too long!

If Mathews was "all marketing" and didn't put out a great product, after a while no one would buy it!

You know marketing is a strange beast....you can haveaproduct and tout it as being all this and all that, but if you don't market it well not many people will know about it and you can pretty much continue onwith your claims uncontested. Same product, same hype butnow your marketing isnation wide and getting to lots of folks. You'd better be able to back up your claim about how your product performs because if it doesn't as advertised someone is going to call you out on it.

We are seeing this example right now with this legal action against Scent-Loc.