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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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.
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You break it, you bought it...
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He should pay to have it fixed, looks like the string and cam took the hit. I would assume the limbs are hood if they didn't say anything about it,but it's still a new bow and will prob be fine
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He should man up and buy the bow
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Personally not sure why a technician would let someone pull a bow back without a dummy release you can't fire. I personally would think the shop is more liable than your dumb buddy who dry fired the bow[ko]
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Yeah its a catch 22. I feel bad for him he is a young kid he doesn't have much money and this was a costly mistake. The new pse and most other manufacturers are almost all intended to be shot with a release and are super easy to dry fire with fingers. I think both parties are partially liable. I know pse would rather replace the bow than the dealer selling as new.
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Brian, the answer to this is two parts. 1st - For someone to dry fire a bow with 10 years experience he is either mentally challenged or just plain stupid in either case he should give up archery and pay for the BOW. 2nd - If he also hunts with a gun he should also give that up before he does something just as stupid with a gun and kills someone, which he could have done with a flying broken bow limb.
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Lol ^
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I hope not he needs to stay away we have enough like him who should not handle any weapon than can kill.
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RUN FOREST RUN (for the door that is ) LOL . Like someone said, why the hell did the the employee even let him draw back with no release. Shit happens, his fingers slipped. I dont see it as a man up situation, unless he grabbed the bow without a tech or salesman with him, and if he did have someone showing him the bow then I wouldn't find him liable.
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Having worked archery trade shows as a field staff member I understand how easily a 70lb modern bow could be dry fired without a release. The shop was negligent to allow him to draw it with fingers. But if he didn't have the money for the bow he shouldn't have been drawing it. If I owned a shop if you wanted to draw a bow you would need to have an arrow on it and be in front of a back stop and draw it with a release that won't fire and is for drawing purposes
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Everyone is stoned in California. [cool]
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This is kinda true ^ hahaha
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How about Ted Nugent he lives in Cali and swears he doesn't puff lol
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i would just walk out, that is why they have insurance! they gave you the bow and didn't give him a warning therefore it is their fault your buddy is free to go. It's not like he stole the thing.
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