Re: Archery Supplies Lowermainland
Originally Posted by
dutchie
Wyane at Big Game archery works out of the basement of his house. Talking to him his house is paid off. He is making huge money. He charges $130 for arrows that you can buy at Wholesale Sports for $98.95... ohh wait... he charges to cut them down too. WSS and BGA pay the same price and they buy from the same rep.)
His employees are him and his wife and his son (sometimes)
Boormans ownes the building they are in. They charge huge money for thier lessons and they are very very biased. they have limited staff and thier overhead is very low.
I agree with the overhead of larger stores but Boormans and Big Game archery are poor examples of high overhead.
Big Game Archery is a the best store if you do not do research on what you are buying. Wayne is the most knowlegdgeable and best at what he does... Bar None.
If you want to talk about high overhead Chilliwack Dart and Tackle... Reaction Outdoors... Hubs...
The funny thing is... I have Porcupine Creek's price list. (Thier Distributor) I know what they pay... if you only knew what 12 X-Weaves cost... or the Gold Tips cost... you would feel violated.
Supply and demand does not change when he has to order everything in from Calgary. Then that falls into Pocupine Creek's lap. (they prepay all of the shipping, so a shipping is expensive excuse can not be used.)
EX- G5 Montec - $56.99... Wholesale Sports 39.99... dealer Cost... any one want to guess? the number starts with a $1x.xx...
I am not ragging on Wyane... becasue he is a extreamly knowledgable guy and very pleasent person to talk to (most of the time) and he is a straight shooter... I just have a very big problem with people getting raped because there is no competition.
Dutchie
Dutchie ... while I know excatly what you are talking about ... You have to remember that Buddy whats his name that works out of his basement sells what 15 bows a years ...ish... lets say less than 100 dozen arrows a year .... some other supplies here and there ....Broadheads mostly, a few rests, couple sights and other supplies
bows are not a a high mark up item .. I Know what most factories put their stuff out for ... and most of the factories set a MSRP ... and dealers that sell less than that lose their dealership (many down south play that game via online sales.... some have been caught and sued over it... contract issue)
But to make a modest living ... buddy in the basement needs to sell higher than say WSS because of sheer volume ... plain and simple ....
if buddy lowers his prices then he would do more sales ... probally not since he doesnt have the infrastructure to hold the stock ...
Oh and FYI ... Porcupine creek, Monsens and bow river Distributors ... each have at least 2 tiers of pricing based upon the volume that the dealer does ... At least they did last I checked Porkys and Monsens have 3 actually
Granted I havent been around the industry a long time ... but have spent alot of time in differant scale of shops in the past 11 years and picked up on these things
A true Archery Nut
Willing to help and answer archery related questions to the best of my ability ...all you gotta do is ask