bow shop question
 

is two weeks to get strings and a cable put on a bow too long to wait?

RE: bow shop question
 

maybe not this close to season alot of shops are shops are super busy.

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There are some pro shop guys on here who'll be able to help you more than I, but seems like a long time to me. If they're slammed with stuff (as I would suspect they are this time of year), it would help explain things a bit, but they should at least call unless they told you up front it would take that long.

Did they have to special order anything?

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It really can. It depends on the time of year and the string maker in some cases. For example, Len's string maker moved into a new house. In the mist of it all they had some sort of problem. Len was backed up forever waiting for strings....even for his own bow. This close to the season I wouldn't doubt 2 weeks in a busy shop at all. Len and his guys spend a lot of late nights at this time of year. He refuses to push someone to the head of the line. You'll wait your turn.

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If you brought it into our shop today, depending on whether we had your strings and cables in stock.......If in stock, about a week....If we had to order them.....close to 3. This is not the time of year to be needing major work done on your bow. It's crunch time, and we're super busy. When I left today, we had some 20 bows needing work.

I'll never know why folks wait till 7 days before season opens to check out their equipment, only to find it busted. Then, they walk in the door and expect us to drop everything and fix it RIGHT NOW......I mean, season opens in a week after all......:eek:

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I don't think 2 weeks is too long considering the time of year. Especially if they don't have a string in stock and have to order one. Of course another option would be to pickup a bow press and replace the string/cable yourself.

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2 weeks? I waited2 months out of season...I was pissed off. Butit's the only decent bow shop in my area, so I didn't "vent".

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If we don't finish it while you're there, which we usually do. We at most, take 1 day. We carry so many strings that the only ones we have had to order was Winner's Choice. We keep more strings in stock than any shop around.

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My brother got his done in 3 days!

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usually takes 2-5 days for me, depending on what strings you want.
I get a lot of them from Scott's Archery, he makes them up and delivers them to me. He is about 25 miles away. Good strings, good price and I can have pretty much anything in 2 days.
I restrung 2 bows yesterday that were brought in on Thursday.
In a pinch, I can have Mathews Zebra or Baracuda strings overnighted to me.
If I need to order WC it takes about 5 days to get them.

RE: bow shop question
 

depends on...
- do they make them in the shop or order
- is it ordered from a high demand place (winners choice)
- how many techs does the shop have

When I worked on bows in a shop, from early August through early October the "repair" rack always had at least 20 bows on it. If the tech doing the bow work is also the guy servicign customers, then it takes even longer.

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Thank God I do most of my own work now. No waiting. Hey WWAG, thanks again for the great bowpress!

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I never understand this either. Wait until the last minute, then get pissed off that it takes a bit to get it done. I do a good amount of fletching for the shop I shoot at, and the same thing happens. The arrows haven't come out of the case since last season, and then hand me a bloody arrow to refletch because you need the arrow tomorrow for the opener. Plan ahead people!!! There are about 9 months of the year when none of these things are a problem, just like Christmas shopping!

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thanks for the input guys..
and for the record i was not pissed off i was just asking.... and i diroped it off six weeks before the season opener..... also for the record the shop owner said the bow would make it through the season just fine but why not do it now........
again i only asked because it sounded a tad long to me too..
sorry yooper but youll have to find someone else to be pissy with....