YEH, it sucks when you see the $$ going down the drain. If you get 10 shots with the arrow first its not so bed - bullets are a dollar a shot and thats all you get 1 shot! Whereas with a bow the shots are endless ( unless you have a Robin Hood ), I tell my wife this hoping she will let me get a HH bow but NO, she says " do you think Im stupid, you're not getting another rifle either!