I posted my initial impressions on another site, and I will post them here as well:
"Bear Archery is a joke if they say they are re-committed to even entering the traditional market. The representatives seemed almost insulted to have to be there. They really are NOT interested in hearing anything about what WE want, and one of them flat out told me "we are not custom bowyers". So far, in my opinion, their "committment" is not only a joke, it is a blatent slap in the face and an outright insult to our chosen hobby."
"I'll admit, when I saw the green glass on one, the red riser on one, and the red stripe in the takedown, I got pretty excited.
UNTIL I picked one up.
I almost flat out dropped it. What a piece of dung.
At this point....NO CLUE what we want.
And when I tried to express my thoughts....a blank stare right through me.
They have blown the "first impression" with me, and I don't think making improvements on that "first impression" are even a passing thought.
VERY DISAPPOINTED. "
They need to hire a person from our ranks and basically give them "Carte Blanche" to take the division where it needs to be.
Having an on site consultant from our ranks ( a few come to mind) with some legitimate design authority could rocket them to the head of the pack, but there is no way they would even listen to such a suggestion.
They were truly out of their league at Denton Hill. Outclassed by every booth there not only in product, but in personnel, customer service, attention to detail, interest in improving their product, and a general knowledge of the genre.
Fred would have either fired or not hired all of them in my opinion.
In the original post of this thread, the word "vomit" was used. Very appropriate if you ask me.
Also, tons of people who were not there have asked to see pictures in several threads on the web. My suggestion is to be very cautious about posting them if you have them. It is quite likely they may sue you in court for copyright violations for even posting a picture without THEIR authorization. They made this very clear to some folks trying to help them and suggest a few things.