This guy went and made the exact same post on Archerytalk.com and was immediately flamed also..

Maybe the dealer sold more Mathews due to all the hype and them being the "cool/in" thing w/ all their buddies. Maybe the dealer just pushed the Mathews as their "top of the line" models. Maybe he priced the Mathews slightly higher or lower to make them more appealing. It could be a 1000 different things that have nothing to do w/ the actual quality of the products. I have nothing against Mathews.. as I used to shoot a Zmax a few years back... had no complaints and loved the bow. Only sold it because I'd started a family and archery wasn't an important thing in my life at that time. I just picked up a used Patriot and have yet to shoot it.. but I'm sure I'll be very happy w/ it. I also didn't want to purchase a brand new bow till I got to shoot all of them and compare for myself... so I have to wait till after the ATA show before I even consider a brand new bow.