RE: How friendly is your local shop??
Sadly, both shops I go to aren't friendly at all. I live in South Florida and the one I go to here is as bad as they come. They are arrogant, expensive, and are hard to get any helpful info out of. We have very few shops in my area so they have you by the b-sack. I hunt yearly in western PA with family so I also visit a shop there. The guy who runs that is much more helpful, but isn't all that friendly. I feel like I'm interrupting him from doing nothing when I bring my bow in for some work.