RE: Elite GTO, should NOT be overlooked...
Rick James, I can hear the frustration in your post, and it's exactly the frustration we've had with them for a couple years. Which is why I've said in previous posts that I hope they can get their stuff together, because they really do make a fine bow. Believe you me, I've got more stories than those you've relayed, I'm just not going to discuss them.
We're an Elite dealer, but we aren't ordering any right now unless a customer just really wants one. We have sold a couple already, and I've shot them both. They are shooters to be sure.
As far as dremeling the cams......I SORT OF understand that, from a business standpoint. Please don't read that I agree with it, or excuse it, because I don't. But with all the troubles they were having w/ lawsuits and such, I believe re-designing and re-machining a whole bunch of cams would have been the hole that sunk the ship....They just couldn't....Again, I don't excuse it or agree with it....And unfortunately the reverberations of that action have seriously damaged the ship as well.
But they are indeed working hard, I do have to say their customer service is better (hey, at least they answer the phone now), and they do indeed make a very fine bow. Seems to me they still have a boat load of internal stuff to work through, and hopefully they can.
Oh, and...I've got no horse in this race either. Like you and others, I just have some first hand experience with them is all.