I don't think that is a smart a$$ remark at all. The cost of today's 'good' bows is a far cry from what they were when I started archery hunting over 40 years ago (didn't even have compound back then). Let's say you get a good deal on a bow and shell out $600. You can easily plan on spending an additonal $250 min for quality sights, 1/2 doz arrows, release and other odds and ends like stabilizers, peep, silencers, etc. These days you can easily spend well over $1000 for a very nice set up. This is a long way off from the $42 I paid for a brand new 40# Bear Grizzly recurve and andther $12 for a dozen cedar arrows. I think the glue on field tips were something like $.50 and Bear razorheads about $1 ea. Less than $60 I was all set. And I shot a goodly number of deer with that set up.