I'm sorry but I can't stand the way a bow loses so much value so quickly. The new bows keep getting more and more expensive and yet when you own one for 2 years it isn't worth crap compared to what you invested.

That is total BS!!

Guns hold their value for decades and a bow's value drops by the minute. What a joke.


From what I have seen of the Bowtech Allegiance so for it looks like a bow that would be pretty damn sweet..........so much so that I actually was considering buying one if I could get a decent buck for my Patriot...........so I go one Ebay to see what 2003 Patriots are pulling in and I see people have fully set up rigs with nice accessories for Buy it Now $450........ Are you Freakin' kidding me or what??

My Patriot was $650 new bare bow and I have roughly $400 worth of accessories on it. The bow is MINT and I am supposed to take $450 for it?? SCREW THAT!!!!

It is getting to the point where buying this years model bows is a very dumb idea. The advances are not so mind shattering over the last year that you absolutely NEED it or even enough to justify the $500 hit you're gonna take.........and that's only if you have a top shelf like new bow to sell.

You are much better off waiting a year and getting the same bow for much less money as someone will be selling one used or the shops want to clear out for the "next great thing"

We are following the Golf model like a bunch of mindless boneheads with no common sense and money to burn. Just tell us it's new and better and we will shell out tons of money for it...........then 2 years later you can't give the thing away. Go to a golf proshop and you will see the Drivers that were on the cover of EVERY magazine last year in the clearance bin because the companies don't even make them anymore.

But we just keep buying.


This is in no way a shot at bow companies. I think they make GREAT products these days and while I think the prices are a little goofy on top shelf stuff.......I won't argue that it is top shelf quality.

We do this to ourselves...........If we weren't always looking for the next best thing we would realize that just because something is a year or two removed from the magazine covers doesn't make it worthless.

Oh well.......I'm not selling my Patriot for $450 I can tell ya that. I will keep it and shoot 3D with it before I give it away. I doubt I will get an Allegiance this year because I definately don't NEED one..........I will just wait until next year and get one for half price.

A new bow has to be the WORST investment out there..........cars hold value longer, and that is pretty sad.


Just felt like ranting...........feel better now