[stiffwindpsr]

Took my bow into work this morning to sell to a guy.He drew it back a couple of times,liked it and we were talking price when the boss picked it up drew it back and BLAM!This is the good part:As I,m picking it up off the floor the boss says "huh,the damn string broke".Well it did break the string and blew the cam bushings out of the top cam.So,my $300 deal is now worth a plug nickel.Lesson learned.NOBODY,I MEAN NOBODY!!!!!!!!!Is allowed to draw my bow ever again without an arrow on it.I'm really pi$$ed right now,but I know it's my fault for letting it happen.So watch out for "breaking strings" fellas!!

 

[PaulyB.]

What did he do wrong?

Did he let go of the string and dry fire it?
If the string just broke while he was holding it drawn back it doesn't seem like his fault.

 

[bigrackHack]

Spectre woulda kicked him in the sack. :darkbeer:

 

[jdarcher1]

Spectre woulda kicked him in the sack. :darkbeer:

 

[rangerunner]

seems to me he didnt ask to look at it,,

 

[stiffwindpsr]

Yeah,he dry fired it and then says the string broke to save face.He was letting it down when the blowup happened.I saw it coming before it happened,but what can you say to the boss?

 

[Myk]

I would've said, "About that raise you were giving me .... "

 

[The Hood]

I bet that guy you were selling it to was happy it broke before he got it home:wink:

I would have got fired after kicking him in the sack broken string or not

 

[stiffwindpsr]

seems to me he didnt ask to look at it,,

No,he didn't ask.He just picked it up and drew it back while struggling pretty good with it.

 

[TexasGuy]

I would've said, "About that raise you were giving me .... "

Exactly!

If this guys' boss had an ounce of decency or integrity in him, he'd offer to pay for the bow.....he knows damn well that the string got away from him as he was letting-down....plus, he didn't ask permission to draw it first....

He broke it.....he bought it!

 

[Dredly]

i would have told him he now owns a nice 300.00 pile of scrap.

 

[lunghit]

Exactly!

If this guys' boss had an ounce of decency or integrity in him, he'd offer to pay for the bow.....he knows damn well that the string got away from him as he was letting-down....plus, he didn't ask permission to draw it first....

Thats what i am thinking. Your boss should do the right thing. What if it was the other way around. I am sure you would be paying one way or the other.

 

[stiffwindpsr]

Yeah,he used to bowhunt so he knows good and well what he did.But he's a damn know it all so you'll never get him to admit to it.I'll just buy another $70 set of strings,see if I can replace the bushings and then go through the tedious process of getting that cam.5 back like I had it.

 

[Greg W]

At least you have this in a good perspective. It was in a sense your fault for allowing a "nonarcher" to draw it back under the circumstances (not on a range and without an arrow nocked). On the other hand, your boss should offer to pay for at least part of it. If he doesn't make the offer, it does not speek well for him, and you should chalk it up to experience. Only you know what your current job is worth to you, but in the total scheme of life, $300 is not much. Sorry for you misfortune.

 

[stiffwindpsr]

If the shoe were on the other foot I would absolutely buy the bow for the asking price on the spot.Most of us would.But what the heck,I got another bow and I didn't like my reflex anyway.Dont sweat the petty stuff and dont pet the sweaty stuff.

 

[Myk]

I think expecting a non-archer to pay the asking price is a bit much. Besides that a non-archer has no use for it, why would you automatically get the asking price because it got broken?
But I would expect it to get fixed.

 

[resistol5000]

Make him pay for it! If he feels sorry about it, archer or not. He broke "the damn string" didn't he? He's your boss, I bet he does well and $300 is like if he'd hit somebody's car in a parking lot... just a mistake, a $300 mistake. Make him pay.

 

[SLash]

Hey guys, the boss used to bow hunt......!

Yeah,he used to bowhunt so he knows good and well what he did.But he's a damn know it all so you'll never get him to admit to it.I'll just buy another $70 set of strings,see if I can replace the bushings and then go through the tedious process of getting that cam.5 back like I had it.

Stiff, says his boss used to bow hunt so he knows what he did. What a jerk.

Hope you weren't hoping to climb the corperate ladder where you work. Cause this one will hang in the air for a long time.

Good luck.

SLash

 

[menaztricks]

Then people wonder why I stop them everytime they start drawing back my bow without an arrow.

 

[HotShot88]

Spectre woulda kicked him in the sack. :darkbeer:

:rofl: LOL, I think I would rather pay the 300 bucks then get kicked in the sack.