LOG-SPLITTER
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I wonder if the re sale value will be compromised after the market is flooded?
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Vicente:Up here in NorCal Atomic dealers are scarcer than hen's teeth.
Plus the Atomic page lists several supposed dealers in my area, that have actually been out of business or dropped the product years ago. I feel all alone...... I have found Dolphin Scuba in Sacramento that can do the service on my Z1 though.
Now if I could go buy the Z2 or M1 I want off an e-tailer, and have it factory-warrantied, I'd be happy.
LOG-SPLITTER:I predict that the atomic line is going to go down hill from here fast!
They will be saturating the market and the atomic line will eventually loose there exclusive name. A very sad day for us atomic owners.
Im going to sell mine because I see my regs loosing deprecation fast !!
awap:Did you buy your regs as an investment or to go diving???? I'm not sure I understand your objection to Atomic's attempt to make its product more widely available.
ippy01:This is all whistling past the graveyard for many LDS's and some manufacturers. Trying to erect & maintain artificial channel barriers against larger market forces (price competition, more efficient distribution methods, price/feature transparency, etc.) is futile. In the not too distant future the customer (remember them?) will be able to buy what they want the way they want to buy it. The dive industry is many years behind other industries who long ago figured out: let the customer pick the channel. Of course, some excellent LDS's will figure out how to thrive in this new world -- but make no mistake: full internet sales of ALL products anywhere, anytime is coming.
I never really thought that Z1/Z2 was over priced. I did get mine for far less than MAP but that doesn't change the fact that it is less than many comparable regs.fishb0y:Somehow I don't think that the over-priced Atom regulator will be any cheaper online.