wabowhunter,

Your experience is what I've heard about NW Archery before I called them myself. That's why I expected a lot better than I got and was willing to drive down south to check the place out. I settled on a Mathews bow (that actually pushed me toward Mathews a bit) so I wouldn't have been able to get it there anyway. I was pretty annoyed after that conversation and I still have that impression. That's why I said he could try going there himself. Maybe the person I talked to was just having a bad day or something. That shouldn't make everyone think the shop is awful. It just prevents purchases from one person (me). Maybe they have had a big problem lately with people coming in there for advice and then buying stuff elsewhere. If they do keep the "$25 to check draw length" policy, it's going to seriously hurt their bow sales in the long run. If the policy wasn't real, the guy could have just been jerking my chain. Either way, it's bad business and cost them a customer.