RE: 2007 TenPoint Phantom
 

Randy, please don't take the ribbing to heart. I'm sure there are lots of guys that have lots of money to spend on ultra-high end stuff as Bow Tech also believes. Heck if some one spends a hundred thousand bucks on a car why not? I've see it tons of times. This forum just has poe folk that get taken aback when we see this. I've been vacillating on what "last" rifle to buy and some of them are a few thousand. So who am I to say that your price is too high?:eek:

RE: 2007 TenPoint Phantom
 

Well don't take offense to this, but two things I can think of on this new CB. One, that is already being rode pretty hard is the price! That is pretty steep! I guess I will never be getting one, The whole package only deal is also a mistake in my book, the CB should be able to be sold separately from the accessories. Two, is the group size thing. People have posted that the pro-elite was a nock buster. How can you cut a nock busters group size down by half? Just don't make sense to me. Either the pro-elite is not a nock buster, or the new CB is not going to cut the groups in half, which one is it? When I say my supermax is a nock buster, it is! If I buy a half dozen arrows and shoot for a for a while in the afternoon, by the time I am done, I will have a bunch of bad nocks, and maybe a few completely split arrows! I feel saying cutting your groups down by half is like saying all others by ten point are only half as accurate as this, does that makes sense, or am I talking in circles?

RE: 2007 TenPoint Phantom
 

10point, I hope some one hears what the customer is saying, to many dollars buy a hole bunch. Rich

RE: 2007 TenPoint Phantom
 

DNK,
What you are saying is somewhat true. Compared to the Phantom, the others are not very accurate. The gained accuracy comes with how the new design on the limb works. there is so little shock that it makes the bow more accurate. As for comparing to bowtech, our package comes with more and better stuff, so you aren't really comparing apples to apples.
As for being a bow only and not a package, our top bow is always a package. However, you wil be able to buy the PRo Elite as a bow only this year and it will shoot about 330fps this year, so that would certainly be an option.
I don't take the ribbing to heart. I understand where you are coming from

RWK,
I absolutley hear what you are saying. I agree, 2 grand is a lot of cash. That is why we make bows and packages from $400 up. The Titan pkg at $499 got lighter, quieter, better looking and will get a better trigger as well this year.
We have a very good $1000 package this year that we did not have last year. We try and make a good bow in most price ranges from $400 up.
Randy

RE: 2007 TenPoint Phantom
 

That is very true Randy.:)

RE: 2007 TenPoint Phantom
 

The packages are great if you're starting out but what about the guy who has several xbows and accessories and just wants to upgrade to the latest xbow? I've got 5 xbows, 4 cases and a 5 gal bucket of bolts, extra scopes, rings and God knows what else. What I don't need is a package deal with duplicates of things I already have. Shame Tenpoint customers can't just upgrade their bow/scope without it becoming a major expense.

RE: 2007 TenPoint Phantom
 

Guys can you picture going home and say honey i need a couple of grand to buy a crossbow, you might see your name in the obits. Rich

RE: 2007 TenPoint Phantom
 

Ok guys don't take offence but we have to be fair. This bow is not marketed toward us directly. Like a General Motors product you can buy an elcheapo sub compact or a Cadi SUV but we don't bash that. I am not a Ten Point guy and you all know that. Some of us here including myself have no problem buying a scope for several hundred dollars and a rifle for almost as much, rings and bases for a couple of hundred. My 300 WSM as it sits is over two grand and so what? Guys we are bordering on bashing here and I think we should lay off and start picking on Randy himself! Come on Randy show us a picture of yourself!

RE: 2007 TenPoint Phantom
 

Well I for one am going to go check out the Phantom as well as the new ProElite, and if it is half the Crossbow Randy says it is even though My proElite is still basically new I may have to find a way to get one, even if I have to save for a few months to do so,, I do know this I would much rather by A Phantom made by a proven crossbow as to buying a Stryker from a company that just took up making crossbows,
Also the is a very shap looking Feature rich crossbow. IMO
And if Excalibur comes out with some new one you can bet I will check them out also

RE: 2007 TenPoint Phantom
 

I get ribbed on some local Ohio hunting forums for my "$$$TenPoint Crossbow$$$". It's as if I was foolish for spending so much jack on a single crossbow. The only thing I can think of that makes those guys think that is that they are Jealous. That's exactly what's happening here with the Phantom. Most of us KNOW (me included), that this bow is out of our league price wise. All of the sudden now the bow is overpriced and TenPoint is guilty of catering to BMW driving country club type snobs.