Club Champion Recommendation or Go My Own Way?

[Never3putt]

I was fit 3 years ago in Portland by CC.  I had a very positive experience with the fitting.  I did opt to buy from them, with full knowledge of the cost and expectations.  I could have bought elsewhere.  I could have ordered all of the parts and built the clubs myself.  I am not unhappy with my decision to have CC build the clubs.  When they arrived, they were to the exact specs that the fitter called for.  I'm still using the irons and putter that I bought via CC and am still very happy with the results of my fitting.  I had my driver reshafted at the same time based on their recommendation.  I was less pleased with that, but I suspect that's more me than the club.  In any case, I have since replaced that driver.

All in all, I was very happy with my experience with CC.  I've seen lots of complaints about them, mainly related to their business model on building clubs rather than the actual fitting process.  Some of the complaints that I've read seem to be more buyer remorse and based on $$ rather than the actual performance of the clubs.  Additionally, the fitting is only as good as the person doing the fitting.  

The fitter that I went to spent a lot of time with me, explaining the process, giving his thoughts and recommendations.  I did not feel pressured to buy from them.  He showed me the prices, stating his opinion of the advantages of having CC build the clubs, and let me make a decision.  He did offer a break on the price of the fitting if I chose to have them build the clubs.  I understand that this is not the norm.  I'm sure that there are bad fitters working for CC, just as there are those that are high pressure sales people that seek to upsell.  Bottom line, the responsibility to make the final decision rests with the consumer.  Absolutely nothing wrong with getting fit at CC (or any other fitter) and taking those recommendations to another builder.