Yup, pretty much. It's my compressor and my a$$ so I guess I can decide what tanks I fill.
Have you been scammed at the dive shop on tank service work?
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Yup, pretty much. It's my compressor and my a$$ so I guess I can decide what tanks I fill.
Sleepdr
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I'm late to this party, but recently had a very good experience with a smaller LDS here after taking in a couple LP steel tanks purchased from a SB member. They seem to be a little more "techy" than the larger competing shop, and are much closer to my home.
They do PP fills, and the owner actually suggested not spending extra money right now for tumble & O2 cleaning. The tanks are up for hydro next year, so that will all get done at the same time. It was a friendly and reasonably priced transaction, and the proprietor also took the time to do & explain a couple things above & beyond the issue at hand. I hooked up my reg last night to test & prepare for a little swimming pool gear shakedown, and was was pleasantly surprised at the SPG reading. It confirmed my impression that they might cater to a little different diving crowd from the "big guys." The air in those LP98s should last a very long time.
He's earned a repeat customer in me, and hopefully my wife will go there for her basic training. Unfortunately, one of my work partners quit, another had surgery, and another had a heart attack. My plans to do AOW/drysuit with that shop this summer got destroyed as a result.
They do PP fills, and the owner actually suggested not spending extra money right now for tumble & O2 cleaning. The tanks are up for hydro next year, so that will all get done at the same time. It was a friendly and reasonably priced transaction, and the proprietor also took the time to do & explain a couple things above & beyond the issue at hand. I hooked up my reg last night to test & prepare for a little swimming pool gear shakedown, and was was pleasantly surprised at the SPG reading. It confirmed my impression that they might cater to a little different diving crowd from the "big guys." The air in those LP98s should last a very long time.
He's earned a repeat customer in me, and hopefully my wife will go there for her basic training. Unfortunately, one of my work partners quit, another had surgery, and another had a heart attack. My plans to do AOW/drysuit with that shop this summer got destroyed as a result.
AZ-DivePro
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My bad experience is what has driven me to start a local scuba club to attempt and bridge the gap between online retailers and local dive shops. When I started diving actively I puchased my own gear including tanks. A year later my first tank needed is annual VIP and I took it back to where I had purchased it locally. This tank was a Catalina AL80 and in that first year had logged about 30 dives and still look as if nearly new. I dropped it of and expected a $15 VIP when I picked it up. Instead I was charged $40 and the tank was given a Eddy Current test. No reason was given why this tank should need this test. After find out what it was and why it wasn't needed I decided to not be taken advantage of in this way again. This is just one case where an LDS tried to take advantage there have been others. The bottom line is that most LDS are working on a business model that takes advantage of customers that could easily find what they want at a better value if it were not for the tactics used by the LDS' and scuba equipment manufacturers. In fact in other industries these same tactics would be illegal or criminal control of the industry.
Now, I run a club that has the same capabilities to service gear as any average LDS. We use the same hydro facility as all the LDS in our area but only cost our members half as much to walk away with a full, tested and inspected tank. We have our own compressor which undergoes quarterly analysis like any LDS should and our members get deals on gear from some of the larger online retailers that isn't available to the general public through the website. We don't compete with the LDS we don't have too and they can't compete with us. If they don't like it they can lock their doors we are here to service our community and do the right thing for our divers and the sport we love. This is the way the sport was and is supposed to be. Like so many profit margin got in the way an screwed things up.
Now, I run a club that has the same capabilities to service gear as any average LDS. We use the same hydro facility as all the LDS in our area but only cost our members half as much to walk away with a full, tested and inspected tank. We have our own compressor which undergoes quarterly analysis like any LDS should and our members get deals on gear from some of the larger online retailers that isn't available to the general public through the website. We don't compete with the LDS we don't have too and they can't compete with us. If they don't like it they can lock their doors we are here to service our community and do the right thing for our divers and the sport we love. This is the way the sport was and is supposed to be. Like so many profit margin got in the way an screwed things up.
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