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Within 5 miles (8 kms). After that its about 75 miles before I have any other selection.

I think you are going to find yourself a bit light, at least at first. Diving in the Great Lakes (I see you are from Michigan, so I am making a bit of an assumption), has some unique challenges that will be new to you - the water is darker, quite often you will be descending on a line where you...

I too speak from experience - I am in sales, and in an industry where a very large percentage of the customer base refuse to look past price. It is also a very competitive industry that isn't the greatest paying so my competition (who are general less experienced and have less training on...

Or how about take a leap of faith that not all your customers are price sensitive but instead are just looking for a good deal. Put together a package that promotes your store by transferring some of the extra income that you could capture from the better wholesale price to other parts of your...

Ok, I'm curious - can someone explain what harm MAP/MARP is causing to consumers? If the answer is higher prices for gear - my view is then buy another line of equipment. If the answer is it allows unsuspecting new divers to be taken advantage of by unscrupulus LDS staff and owners - you...

If you get blown out but need to get a fix - we are diving in Hidden Lake (Detroit River area) on Sunday. Leaving the shop in Chatham at 8 am. All are welcome but if you could give us a heads up so we can make sure there is enough food for everyone. This is an awesome site to do new gear checkouts.

I'm sorry, I don't agree. We are on the opposite side of this issue and you are probably as likely to convince me of your point as I am to convince you of mine. I will give you an example of what I consider to be price fixing. In Canada, there is a system of supply management on certain...

Thanks for the input everyone - we haven't made a decision yet and probably won't until mid-July or so. As we get closer I will probably be in touch with many of you to get more info on some of your suggestions. Not that I am ignoring you but if I start this soon then I'm not sure if I'll be...

Since you asked - I'll be straight up: I am a PADI instrcutor that teaches for a shop. However, I am not paid for my teaching services in any form (monetary or via equipment "key-man" pricing).

I guess that makes the two of us very different consumers. Myself, I put service, knowledge and the relationship with my LDS ahead of price (probably because the next closest LDS is 60-75 miles away). I can respect your POV since you have decided not to put value in the same area that I do. So...

So by your reasoning the only thing that should be important is price? Who cares about quality of instruction ... whoever is cheapest should survive!!! I will repeat - if you make your sale on price then you will loose it on price too. If you don't have the ability to be creative enough to move...

Off - just checked out your website (granted I only looked at the training section). I was impressed - the information is presented in an easy to read format, you have the costs explained with what is included and the FAQ does an excellent job of reinforcing the information and at the same time...

I disagree that MARP and MAP are anticompetitive. If it allows more shops to continue to exist and forces them to find other unique ways to be competitive (say, service & knowledge & training - :shocked2:). Then that is beneficial to the diving community ... at least for the segment that isn't...

Off the wall - I must admit that I would be leary about doing business with you. Not saying that I would since the geographical distance is a hinderance if my opinion. My concern is with how you mix the the facts regarding economic theories. I believe at one point you claimed that MARP was...

Care to explain this one a bit further? If there is air/gas in your tank that is pressurized, even when you have water sitting at the valve opening (trapped by the first stage), when you open your valve the ai/gas is going to push the water away from the opening and it won't be able to enter the...

Maybe I'm just a little thick on this but I don't consider what AL and SP do as price fixing. As has already been mentioned the retailers have entered into a contract that has had all of the conditions of dealership spelled out. If SP, AL, Mares, Cressi, Genesis, etc. all got together and...

First off - congrats on taking your time to build up the experience to dive this wreck. Many of the dives that have ended poorly had lack of experience in the conditions as a contributing factor. As far as gas supply - my suggestion would be to have some sort of redundant gas supply. This...

I have to work so I won't be there although if we get a pile of rain tonight then I might be free in the afternoon. Sounds like its warming up some ... vis still stinks though

Enjoy your dive - hopefully better then last weekend. I dove Port Lambton, had 41 degrees and vis was around 5'.

Assuming we are talking about high performance regs - two freeflowing second stages will not empty your tank any faster. The reason being is that the limiting factor for air escaping from a freeflowing first stage is the opening in the tank valve and not the second stage. That said - I do agree...