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Offline 4dog

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family and bows!
« on: November 14, 2014, 09:09:03 am »
Dont know what happened ...been building bows for almost two years now..all of a sudden i get three orders from family for bows...all in one week...wth!!...kinda torn between the want to and the have to...if yall knowwuttimean.
"SET" is always there !!!

Offline Eric Krewson

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Re: family and bows!
« Reply #1 on: November 14, 2014, 09:48:00 am »
I quit selling bows because of the "have to" part of making them for folk, lots more fun to work on the "want to" basis.

The liability angle played into my decision as well, liability insurance is way too expensive for a hobbyist bow maker to carry. One customer mishap, an ambulance chasing lawyer and everything I worked for all my life could be gone.

Offline 4dog

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Re: family and bows!
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2014, 12:33:53 pm »
Im thinking very long disclaimer attatchement when handing over said bows.
"SET" is always there !!!

Offline DC

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Re: family and bows!
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2014, 01:01:58 pm »
I've been wondering about this. Does giving the bow away absolve you from liability? Are there any lawyers on here?

Offline PEARL DRUMS

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Re: family and bows!
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2014, 01:53:35 pm »
Nobody in my direct family gets one from me unless they haul their butt over to the shop and make it themselves, with my help and staves.
Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize we cannot eat money.

Offline Pappy

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Re: family and bows!
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2014, 05:12:56 am »
What PD said. :) :)
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Offline Gsulfridge

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Re: family and bows!
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2014, 07:02:10 am »
I've been wondering about this. Does giving the bow away absolve you from liability? Are there any lawyers on here?
Good question. I'd like to know that myself.
Greg Sulfridge, Lafollette, TN