G5 Outdoors..this will get things stirred up!
03-26-2008 | 09:53 PM
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Nontypical Buck
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G5 Outdoors..this will get things stirred up!
So I was in my Pro-Shop today and I was telling them about Ross....well thats when they told me that G5 Called last week and told them the would take the Ross' back..dip them in new camo,keep the warrenty,and put their logo on it.
So..did G5 Outdoors buy Ross??
So..did G5 Outdoors buy Ross??
03-27-2008 | 04:58 AM
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RE: G5 Outdoors..this will get things stirred up!
Well, I tend to believe what the Bowtech corporate staff says over a pro shop and that is Bowtech has bought Ross
. Even another website owner confirmed this.
. Even another website owner confirmed this.
03-27-2008 | 05:05 AM
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RE: G5 Outdoors..this will get things stirred up!
Bowtech has bought Ross. G5 was making the Cardiac for Ross, this is a long story I'm not going to get into, but let's just simplify it and say the Ross Cardiac is now a Quest Cardiac.
I would assume there will be new bow designs out for the Ross line up in the future.
Oh, forgot this part. If you havea Ross CARDIAC, you can send it back to G5 and they will remove Ross and paint Quest on the limbs. You have to pay for shipping there, they pay for return shipping. I think this is pretty cool of G5, that's going to cost them quite a bit of cash. And yes, they are honoring the warranty, because they made the bow anyway.
331's and such, this will not apply to. G5 didn't make those, only the Cardiac.
I would assume there will be new bow designs out for the Ross line up in the future.
Oh, forgot this part. If you havea Ross CARDIAC, you can send it back to G5 and they will remove Ross and paint Quest on the limbs. You have to pay for shipping there, they pay for return shipping. I think this is pretty cool of G5, that's going to cost them quite a bit of cash. And yes, they are honoring the warranty, because they made the bow anyway.
331's and such, this will not apply to. G5 didn't make those, only the Cardiac.
03-27-2008 | 05:56 AM
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RE: G5 Outdoors..this will get things stirred up!
IMO the repainting/relabeling of the Ross bows to G5 is bad business. The bows were marketed, owned andsold by Ross and they should remain that way despiteany sort of engineering or other agreement the two businesses had behind the scenes.I believe this is no different than ifPSE or Hoyt said "Send us your Mathews bows and we'll putour labels on them for free!" Would people think that is cool,or just plain stupid?It is really doing nothing more than rubbing some salt in the wound and stirring the pot for no reason other than to fuel posts and conversations just like this. Business is business, things happen and people part ways. That's just life. I don't believe there is any reason to cause a big scene and stir things up any more than they need to be. The archery industry is very small in the big scheme of things and it's a here today-gone tomorrow business. I'd much rather be friends with a lot of people than enemies with a few.
Just my opinion though.
Just my opinion though.
03-27-2008 | 05:57 AM
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RE: G5 Outdoors..this will get things stirred up!
Man, my decision to not wait for a lefty Cardiac and to go with the Drenalin is looking better and better every day.
I'm glad to hear that Ross will still be around though. They really seemed like a good group of people.
I'm glad to hear that Ross will still be around though. They really seemed like a good group of people.
03-27-2008 | 05:59 AM
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RE: G5 Outdoors..this will get things stirred up!
ORIGINAL: Justin
IMO the repainting/relabeling of the Ross bows to G5 is bad business. The bows were marketed, owned andsold by Ross and they should remain that way despiteany sort of engineering or other agreement the two businesses had behind the scenes.I believe this is no different than ifPSE or Hoyt said "Send us your Mathews bows and we'll putour labels on them for free!" Would people think that is cool,or just plain stupid?It is really doing nothing more than rubbing some salt in the wound and stirring the pot for no reason other than to fuel posts and conversations just like this. Business is business, things happen and people part ways. That's just life. I don't believe there is any reason to cause a big scene and stir things up any more than they need to be. The archery industry is very small in the big scheme of things and it's a here today-gone tomorrow business. I'd much rather be friends with a lot of people than enemies with a few.
Just my opinion though.
IMO the repainting/relabeling of the Ross bows to G5 is bad business. The bows were marketed, owned andsold by Ross and they should remain that way despiteany sort of engineering or other agreement the two businesses had behind the scenes.I believe this is no different than ifPSE or Hoyt said "Send us your Mathews bows and we'll putour labels on them for free!" Would people think that is cool,or just plain stupid?It is really doing nothing more than rubbing some salt in the wound and stirring the pot for no reason other than to fuel posts and conversations just like this. Business is business, things happen and people part ways. That's just life. I don't believe there is any reason to cause a big scene and stir things up any more than they need to be. The archery industry is very small in the big scheme of things and it's a here today-gone tomorrow business. I'd much rather be friends with a lot of people than enemies with a few.
Just my opinion though.
03-27-2008 | 06:08 AM
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RE: G5 Outdoors..this will get things stirred up!
The funniset one I heard( in totaljest of course)(from and avid Ross Fan)..is that soon you could send in your Bowtech and get it relabled Ross. 
03-27-2008 | 06:17 AM
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RE: G5 Outdoors..this will get things stirred up!
I'm with Justin on this one. Just seems odd to me that they would do this. Even stranger that there would be people that would want it done...especially with how lame the new logo is!
03-27-2008 | 06:17 AM
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RE: G5 Outdoors..this will get things stirred up!
ORIGINAL: Justin
IMO the repainting/relabeling of the Ross bows to G5 is bad business. The bows were marketed, owned andsold by Ross and they should remain that way despiteany sort of engineering or other agreement the two businesses had behind the scenes.I believe this is no different than ifPSE or Hoyt said "Send us your Mathews bows and we'll putour labels on them for free!" Would people think that is cool,or just plain stupid?It is really doing nothing more than rubbing some salt in the wound and stirring the pot for no reason other than to fuel posts and conversations just like this. Business is business, things happen and people part ways. That's just life. I don't believe there is any reason to cause a big scene and stir things up any more than they need to be. The archery industry is very small in the big scheme of things and it's a here today-gone tomorrow business. I'd much rather be friends with a lot of people than enemies with a few.
Just my opinion though.
IMO the repainting/relabeling of the Ross bows to G5 is bad business. The bows were marketed, owned andsold by Ross and they should remain that way despiteany sort of engineering or other agreement the two businesses had behind the scenes.I believe this is no different than ifPSE or Hoyt said "Send us your Mathews bows and we'll putour labels on them for free!" Would people think that is cool,or just plain stupid?It is really doing nothing more than rubbing some salt in the wound and stirring the pot for no reason other than to fuel posts and conversations just like this. Business is business, things happen and people part ways. That's just life. I don't believe there is any reason to cause a big scene and stir things up any more than they need to be. The archery industry is very small in the big scheme of things and it's a here today-gone tomorrow business. I'd much rather be friends with a lot of people than enemies with a few.
Just my opinion though.
Dirty business...
Personally, I'd rather be skinned alive than give a dollar of my hard-earned to companies like G5 (or Hoyt/Easton, Mathews, Bowtech, VBG, et al.) who, in my opinion, come to the table with unclean hands.