Question Scuba Gaskets order - duty payment required???

[Badger7]

I get all the "just ignore it it's small and it's there for a reason" arguments, and I will, if I start seeing it more often. Just not yet.

I'll try to bow out of this gracefullly, and avoid getting overly political, but there is a difference between "you probably should have known" and "you should just suck it up and be okay with it". I'm not okay with it at all, I just expect it and buy (or dont) accordingly.

Increasing tariffs and eliminating De Minimis was pitched to the american taxpayers as a strategy for making american goods more competitive in the global marketplace and also to make importers "pay their fare share", but I don't believe that and neither should you. These tariffs, regardless of how they are packaged and presented, are just a way to help prop up the lopsided trade and federal deficit without having to actually fix any core issues, increase domestic production efficiency, reduce federal spending, or increase income taxes. Don't take this as being pro or con for our current federal administration. Both sides of the aisle have the same agenda in this regard.

 

[merc97]

For those not aware there are over 40 countries EUROPE AND ASIA their post office will not except letters or small package for the US . The reason they are not setup to accept traffics for the US and also the US GOV has not provide them with clear details on collecting traffics .

 

[Scuba-74]

For those not aware there are over 40 countries EUROPE AND ASIA their post office will not except letters or small package for the US . The reason they are not setup to accept traffics for the US and also the US GOV has not provide them with clear details on collecting traffics .

I actually saw that online as well. I put some items in the cart on some site, then when tried to check out It said "delivery to your address is not available". Well, shucks.

 

[Scuba-74]

I'll make my last comment in this thread, hopefully. And it is...drum roll...





If you are in the US, BUY ZEAGLE.

Now, that's a brand I have never had any issues with. Great product, ubiquitous kits, and...

...did you know you can remove a Zeagle yoke without a damn specialized socket ordered from Thailand?

 

[BoltSnap]

If you are in the US, BUY ZEAGLE.

I am going to buy Zeagle myself now that they have orange fins with a matching orange mask and snorkel!!!

And we don't have to pay the outrageous taxes you do, in fact, we pay nothing

 

[tbone1004]

I'll make my last comment in this thread, hopefully. And it is...drum roll...





If you are in the US, BUY ZEAGLE.

Now, that's a brand I have never had any issues with. Great product, ubiquitous kits, and...

...did you know you can remove a Zeagle yoke without a damn specialized socket ordered from Thailand?

you must not be in the dive industry.... all of the Huish brands have been extraordinarily hard to get parts for at the dealer level since Covid, I could not in good conscience recommend anyone buy Zeagle regulators, or anything else from Huish because of that. It has been an absolute nightmare to get parts kits or heaven forbid any replacement parts from them. Moreover, you can't buy parts kits from them directly anyway so if you're in the US, buy from companies like Deep6, Dive Rite, or Poseidon who are actually supporting end-user service....

 

[Scuba-74]

you must not be in the dive industry....

What gave it away?!!

No, I'm just a diver with experience.

all of the Huish brands have been extraordinarily hard to get parts for at the dealer level since Covid

Who said anything about getting parts for at the "dealer level"?

But even on that, my LDS had no issues servicing my Zeagle reg as recently as August, including a replacement part not included in the kit.

I could not in good conscience recommend anyone buy Zeagle regulators

I WISH I only had Zeagle regulators, but I have others, unfortunately.

 

[BoltSnap]

you must not be in the dive industry.... all of the Huish brands have been extraordinarily hard to get parts for at the dealer level since Covid, I could not in good conscience recommend anyone buy Zeagle regulators, or anything else from Huish because of that. It has been an absolute nightmare to get parts kits or heaven forbid any replacement parts from them.

That is not true at all, NOT AT ALL!! I have no issues buying anything from them, products or parts. This may have been true during COVID times, just like other vendors, but it hasn't been an issue with them for a very long time. In fact, it wasn't an issue during COVID either, perhaps some delays, but they were resolved within a reasonable time.

If you want to make a plug for other vendors, go ahead, but don't spread false information that is not even remotely true about vendors you don't like or don't support. Not fair and totally unprofessional.

 

[Scuba-74]

you must not be in the dive industry.... all of the Huish brands have been extraordinarily hard to get parts for at the dealer level since Covid, I could not in good conscience recommend anyone buy Zeagle regulators, or anything else from Huish because of that. It has been an absolute nightmare to get parts kits or heaven forbid any replacement parts from them. Moreover, you can't buy parts kits from them directly anyway so if you're in the US, buy from companies like Deep6, Dive Rite, or Poseidon who are actually supporting end-user service....

Here is my list of Zeagle pros, in the order of importance, to me, to prove my point:

- Octo-Z is un-screwable from the corrugated hose. What other brand offers that? I'm genuinely curious. My BC bladders live decades longer than others because of that
- Octo-Z is compatible with SP and Atomic hoses. Then again, so are their combo-inflators, but are they un-screwable from the corrugated hose?
- Same 1000, 2000, 7000, etc, part kits fit most if not all stages, without guesswork what fits and what doesn't, since I started ordering them
- These part kits are available everywhere I look
- Exceptional durability and modularity of BCs

So, what you, "being in the dive industry", have to say against that?

 

[tbone1004]

That is not true at all, NOT AT ALL!! I have no issues buying anything from them, products or parts. This may have been true during COVID times, just like other vendors, but it hasn't been an issue with them for a very long time. In fact, it wasn't an issue during COVID either, perhaps some delays, but they were resolved within a reasonable time.

If you want to make a plug for other vendors, go ahead, but don't spread false information that is not even remotely true about vendors you don't like or don't support. Not fair and totally unprofessional.

Huish as a whole had major stocking issues as recently as this summer, and they were prevalent for the last 5 years. I do a lot of work with a Huish dealer locally and it was a major struggle, they weren't the only ones but they were arguably the worst offender, this is well documented on here. It was more of a being owned by Private Equity issue than an actual covid issue, but that's a separate discussion. Oceanic was probably hit the worst out of the lot, but even getting parts for Atomics were very problematic in the US. You may not have had an issue abroad, but there was nearly no inventory at the distribution level for years, and not just on parts, new kit as well.

@Scuba-74 my issues with recommending Zeagle stem from the PE issues and Huish, it's not a knock on their products. When I am asked what I recommend, the products themselves are rarely the topic of discussion, it's all about how the brand is managed in a particular region. I have fundamental issues with the way Huish manages their brands and as such I can't recommend any of them. Obviously your mileage varies and that's fine, but Zeagle is a far cry from what it once was.