RE: On an opinionative note???
Over the years there have been all kind of reasons for going outside of the system. If you do FITA, most shops can't carry it, no market over here. The traditional thing got off to a slow start. I had to go outside of the country to get my first single cam, and liked the dealer enough I have been going back. Sometimes folks treat you like a pariah since you don't get all your stuff at their shop. Well I don't expect to be treated the same as a regular customer, but they still do better from me than they would someone whose hobby is bowling. And I can tell you one thing, none of these archery shop owners has ever brought business to me (no way they could) so they aren't putting bread on my table.