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Title: What would you pay?
Post by: Boneyard Bowhunter on November 30, 2007, 08:54:00 PM
I was at a shoot last fall where a vendor was selling plane Jane arrows. They were POC and Douglas Fir. Just a clear finish with a one stripe crest. The guy was asking $45.00 a doz. I think if you can get shafts with feathers on them for that price today you are getting a good buy. But people were complaining about the lack of work for that price.
What do you think.
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Post by: robtattoo on November 30, 2007, 08:58:00 PM
That's about half what I'd expect to pay over here for finished POC arrows.
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Post by: Cherokee Scout on November 30, 2007, 09:02:00 PM
That is a very good price unless the workmanship was bad.
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Post by: oops sorry on November 30, 2007, 09:02:00 PM
I bought a dozen of the three rivers arrows. There was nothing at all wrong with them but they were plain as a dirt road. I think a couple of dark bands over stain and very thin seal. They work very well but were 70$ uncut/untipped. The short form is I would pay 45 a doz. Kinda depends on whether the shafting was well spine matched. If so, that is good to me.
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Post by: Orion on November 30, 2007, 09:20:00 PM
Today, $45 a dozen is a good price, but only if the arrows are well matched in terms of spine, and weight and have straight grain.  There's a lot of junk being sold today at considerably higher prices.  They might look pretty, but if they're poorly matched, crooked, etc., they won't fly worth a darn.
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Post by: HATCHCHASER on December 01, 2007, 12:05:00 AM
I'd buy some for that with quickness.
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Post by: WESTBROOK on December 01, 2007, 06:56:00 AM
I'd say its a good deal if the shafts are good quality.

Eric
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Post by: DEERSLAYER1961 on December 01, 2007, 07:34:00 AM
$45.00 for shafts of good quality is a very reasonable price.
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Post by: Adam Keiper on December 01, 2007, 01:39:00 PM
At $45/dozen, I don't know how they turn a profit on them.  You'd be hard pressed to buy the materials to build them yourself for that, without their labor.
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Post by: Shawn Leonard on December 01, 2007, 02:25:00 PM
Great price, if they are matched within 20 grains in weight and 5#s in spine. It cost me about $36-38 to do a dozen pretty plain myself. Shawn
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Post by: flightmedic on December 02, 2007, 06:39:00 PM
you get what you pay for, check them out before you buy
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Post by: OzarkRamblr on December 02, 2007, 08:06:00 PM
The bare shafts I buy are $35.00 a dozen, that sound like a great price for a finished arrow.