A friend of mine has been shooting for like 10 years and just moved to California. He went to his local bow shop and asked to see one of the new pse bows behind the counter. The bow technician handed it to him. He drew it with fingers only and dry fired it. The string is toast and a cam is bent. They told him he doesn't need to pay for the bow but he needs to pay 250 for labor so the bow can be sold. I don't know what's Worse that they are charging him 250 or that they want to sell a dry fired bow as new. What do think is the best option for this young mid 20s archer. Should he have to pay? How should he respectfully handle it.
My buddy dry fired a bow
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I would say...sue me and walk out! one time I broke a fishing pole because I was testing it's strength...the thing broke clear in half after only a mild bend. The guy was pissed but I said you shouldn't have put crap out for people to look at and walked out. There was nothing he could do and I knew it so I left, call me a little rude but I don't give a dam!
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I had a bow dry fire on me once inside of Simon Peter about a decade ago. (My Bow) Tommy was setting my draw weight with me, after a new string and tune up. I remember it was when I was switching from aluminum to carbon arrows. My release went off by itself, my trigger finger was no where near the trigger. Luckily it happened before I hit full draw, the bow was fine. I bought a new release that day, threw the old one away (it wasn't that old actually one season). Scary to have happen. I feel for your buddy but he broke it, not the guy behind the counter.
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he dry fired it,its his.....shouldnt even be a question. Man up and take responsibility for his mistake........Or maybe it was Bushs fault
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When i was growing up people had to be responsible for there actions.
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I would like to see how that works for you at the shop I go to. More than likely you would live up to your screen name
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If I owned the shop you would pay one way or another.
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Exactly. I feel for your buddy, mistakes happen. Nonetheless, you have to be accountable for your actions.
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Man up and pay the labor and parts cost. Better than paying for the entire bow. The local shop is giving him a break. Lesson learned.
Pros and cons to both opinions.
Yes, he should pay for it, because he dry fired it and he should have known the risk of pulling a bow back with fingers only.
No, he shouldn't have to pay for it because for safety reasons, the bow technician should have supplied him a draw check release.
Yes, he should pay for it, because he dry fired it and he should have known the risk of pulling a bow back with fingers only.
No, he shouldn't have to pay for it because for safety reasons, the bow technician should have supplied him a draw check release.
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At the most the guy should have to pay for the parts, the labor is the shops portion of being at fault....solved!
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he is friends with Brian, haha he's what they call special lol.
Tongue on the glass, short bus ya know lol
all retail stores have "breakage" allowances that allow them to write these mishaps off. as i understand it, even if a store puts up a sign that says "if you break it you bought it", you can actually tell the store to f off and to write it off. may be a douche move but just saying
You guys are funny. If someone walks in and has no idea what they are doing, and pulls a bow back and let's it go, what are you gonna do. You think everyone who comes in is an expert.
I think it's also real funny how some elude to punching me in the eye? I mean come on, are people on this site for real.
I can bet that most people on here who said they would pay for it, would somehow never end up forking the money over.
What would you do if your friend dry fired your bow by mistake force him to pay or your gonna knock him out. What a bunch of hyprocrites
I think it's also real funny how some elude to punching me in the eye? I mean come on, are people on this site for real.
I can bet that most people on here who said they would pay for it, would somehow never end up forking the money over.
What would you do if your friend dry fired your bow by mistake force him to pay or your gonna knock him out. What a bunch of hyprocrites
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