Kodiak, you can rant all you want, you will never convince me the customer should pay for any part of a warranty replacement item. In my line of work, if an item dies under warranty, the manufacturer pays the shipping both ways. It should be the same on bows. If my limbs splinter, Hoyt should cover the shipping both ways, it is their defect, not mine. If I caused the problem, that is another scenario altogether.

If I purchased something from Wally world and they said it had to go back to the namufacturer for warranty repair, I would refuse to pay for that shipping also. I do not ask my bow shop to cover my gas to get the bow to their shop either, so your analogy is a rather moot point.