Good deal on AL80's?

[scubatoys]

You can buy brand new AL80's with current hydo, etc from a store (Divers Direct) for $ 139.00. Why gamble?

There was a pretty big price increase from the manufacturers to the stores a while back, and everyone had to raise their prices. Of course blamed on the price of metals... And DD is now at $159...

Someone else had the math pretty accurate, even with our pricing, and your SB 10% discount, figure about another $17 or so to ship each tank (have to know your address for exact numbers - but that's a ball park) You'd probably be just over 300 bucks for 2 of them... so depending on what your hydros cost - you'll save 100 bucks buying those... as long as they are the newer tanks, like I said before... not the old luxfers - it's really not a bad deal.

 

[volyblmn]

Turns out they're Catalina tanks and aren't made with the 6351 alloy that caused all those problems. Thanks for the comments.

 

[wvjohn]

Hey gang - looking at the same issue - local guy has 2 AL 80s and a AL 90??- what is the standard way to split the risk/cost, also they are about 60 miles away - asking 75 each b/o

thanks!

 

[ekewaka]

There was a pretty big price increase from the manufacturers to the stores a while back, and everyone had to raise their prices. Of course blamed on the price of metals... And DD is now at $159...

Someone else had the math pretty accurate, even with our pricing, and your SB 10% discount, figure about another $17 or so to ship each tank (have to know your address for exact numbers - but that's a ball park) You'd probably be just over 300 bucks for 2 of them... so depending on what your hydros cost - you'll save 100 bucks buying those... as long as they are the newer tanks, like I said before... not the old luxfers - it's really not a bad deal.

Divers Direct has low shipping rates. $13.99 if your order is over $200, and they don't charge extra for tanks. I bought 4 AL80s from them about two weeks ago, and I only paid $13.99 for shipping.

 

[shoupart]

I found a really good deal back in December- a Midwestern dive shop directly invited me to his site to see his fantastic deals, and so I found one.... tanks for $0! So I ordered a couple, got the order processed, received the confirmation email, and then the wrote back to say it was a mistake, he was reneging on the order, but said if I really DID want some tanks, he'd make me a good deal. I told him that was bait and switch- that he can't lure me to his site promising stuff like that, and then go back on the advertised price after the order was placed.
Lame!!

 

[scubatoys]

Divers Direct has low shipping rates. $13.99 if your order is over $200, and they don't charge extra for tanks. I bought 4 AL80s from them about two weeks ago, and I only paid $13.99 for shipping.

Yes, if we are shipping to someone close to us - in texas, ok, etc... the shipping would be lower. It just depends on which UPS zone they are in.