Archery shop pricing

[CletusBodeen]

No, all shops do not price the same. Nobody could beat the price that Pidgeon Road in Stevenville gave me on my bow.





I know, I know, shameless plug but I couldn't help myself. They really are a great shop.

This^ these guys are great just like allaround said nobody else could even come close to the price they gave me on my evo.

Which is why they lost their Hoyt dealership. They were selling the bows way below msrp and Hoyt didn't go for it. Lone star ranch and outdoors here in cleburne picked up Hoyt to replace pigeon road.

[bigskinny]

Yep go for service not price, Mark at Abilene Lumber has always done me right.

[malky102]

Which is why they lost their Hoyt dealership. They were selling the bows way below msrp and Hoyt didn't go for it. Lone star ranch and outdoors here in cleburne picked up Hoyt to replace pigeon road.

This is bull. You should be able to sell a bow for what ever you want. We need competition between shops.

[rocky]

This is bull. You should be able to sell a bow for what ever you want. We need competition between shops.

You devalue the bow when you do this, and pretty soon if shops can't make money on said bow, they quit selling it.
If all the shops quit selling a certain bow because they can't make money on it, bow company fails.

[Mike Javi Cooper]

Things I learned about the retail service business and why I will never own another….

1. No matter how cheap your price is someone will beat it

2. No matter how good your work is someone is going to think it could have been done better

3. No matter what brand you sell it is junk to someone

4. No matter how late you stay to get the work out someone will think you could have gotten it out sooner

5. Taxes will eat up whatever little profit you make

6. No matter how much you try to help you will always make someone mad because you didn’t do enough or you did too much.

7. Even if you are open 12 hours a day it won’t be the right 12 hours for someone

The list goes on… and on and on…

[forneydroptine]

Bowtech

Thinking about driving out to On Target in Canton.

This is where I got my destroyer they are Awsome and defiantly don't mind spending time with you to make sure your happy

[rocky]

Things I learned about the retail service business and why I will never own another….

1. No matter how cheap your price is someone will beat it

2. No matter how good your work is someone is going to think it could have been done better

3. No matter what brand you sell it is junk to someone

4. No matter how late you stay to get the work out someone will think you could have gotten it out sooner

5. Taxes will eat up whatever little profit you make

6. No matter how much you try to help you will always make someone mad because you didn’t do enough or you did too much.

7. Even if you are open 12 hours a day it won’t be the right 12 hours for someone

The list goes on… and on and on…

Isn't this the truth.
My biggest problem is that I really love working on bows, and am grateful to the customers that really appreciate that.
There are those that can sour a guy, and seems like (possibly due to the internet), if shop A does or has something that shop B doesn't, or shop A is bigger, with more inventory than shop B, shop A is automatically better.
The box stores should be proof, that inventory volume and/or size, can't be the determining factor.

[Mike Javi Cooper]

Isn't this the truth.
My biggest problem is that I really love working on bows, and am grateful to the customers that really appreciate that.
There are those that can sour a guy, and seems like (possibly due to the internet), if shop A does or has something that shop B doesn't, or shop A is bigger, with more inventory than shop B, shop A is automatically better.
The box stores should be proof, that inventory volume and/or size, can't be the determining factor.

Rocky, I love to work on bows and build arrows too.... I just don't like most people and the retail service business is to blame..

[DoubleGArchery]

Thanks Mike, great points.

[wellingtontx]

This is bull. You should be able to sell a bow for what ever you want. We need competition between shops.

From a consumer's standpoint I totally agree. From a small business owner, I can certainly see the other side of the fence as well and apprciate the need for them to earn money to pay the overhead and stay in business.

However, money is money and the reason I took a drive to save some money when I decided to buy a new bow - especially when my local shop told me to go buy it from the "other" shop when they wouldnt price match.

dessl - sounds like you picked up a great bow. I stopped at On Target for the first time last week and they seemed like some real nice fellows. CONGRATS on the new bow !