Yeah, I had seen the video on changing strings, but not one on changing cables which was why I asked if they were going to put out a video, or had a procedure that owners could call up and get. Also, I had seen a caution note on pg. 10 of the 2015 owners manual that basically said that Mission recommends that all maintenance and repairs of Mission crossbows should be done by an authorized dealer. Directly below that caution note is a danger note stating that failure to comply with this requirement may cause, amongst other terrible things, voiding of the warranty. The order of those notes kind of made me paranoid that they were indirectly saying that doing your own maintenance and string changes could void the warranty, which is one of the main reasons I called to clear up all my questions.
After some pressing, the tech said that he didn't think changing your own strings would void the warranty, but that they highly recommended you take it to a Mission dealer to have them change the strings. To be clear, my local dealer is a nice enough guy, and the folks I talked to at Mission were courteous and helpful. I don't have anything bad to say about the people related to the operation, I just don't think the "You must deal with us through a dealer" business model they've chosen will work for me. It's their business though, and they should run it how they see fit.
As for the 360, It is a legitimate new bow, and is being sold at the Scheels in Minot, ND. I actually saw it when I was up there on a business trip a couple months ago (at that time it was $699), its been shot a few times to demo in the store, but is otherwise new. I've talked to their archery guy a couple times on the phone and he said they are just cutting the price to move it as it's been sitting on the shelf a little too long. He made it sound like they weren't going to carry 360's any more, but were just going to carry 320's, Daggers and Sniper lites. I don't know why that would be, but I was really just looking at 360's because I think I might need the power for Elk. If I was just woods-hunting deer like I used to down south, the Dagger would be really tempting.