Yup, I love thinking and talking big picture, however it is "macro" efforts in individual shops day by day and attaining shelf space and brand loyality that pays the bills monthly.
Major Industry Change re: Online Scuba Sales....
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Would more folks be considering scuba if the gear (and activity) were being marketed at NM and Walmart?
Midnight Star
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awap:Would more folks be considering scuba if the gear (and activity) were being marketed at NM and Walmart?
Yes and no. I think it would open our sport upto a more diverse audience yes, but would also increase the injuries and fatalities by potentially making it "too easy" to acquire and do. I've learned something as i've gotten older ... if you really want to do something, you won't mind being well taught and scrutinized as you learn. There's no room for home shopping networks here!
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Mike.
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Midnight Star:Yes and no. I think it would open our sport upto a more diverse audience yes, but would also increase the injuries and fatalities by potentially making it "too easy" to acquire and do. I've learned something as i've gotten older ... if you really want to do something, you won't mind being well taught and scrutinized as you learn. There's no room for home shopping networks here!
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Mike.
It was not my intention that such a change would effect the training requirements enforced by dive operators and gas providers.
Midnight Star
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awap:
I know
. It was just a thought that if places like Walmart and other hyper marts did mass market scuba gear, it might open the door "a bit wider" than it already is in some places. For me, i'd welcome the larger consumer base and competition to help with maxed out prices. But now that I think about it, it would be nice to buy alot of the extras (other than regulators, tanks and BCs), like lights, masks, snorkels, wetsuits - things like that there (the good quality stuff).-----
Mike.
jeraldjcook
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All they would need to do to get gas is go to a paintball store. Do the have c-cards for paintball? For someone who doesn't know any better, or know to care about the quality of the air, I don't think it would be too hard to get.awap:
jpsexton
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Actually you can buy anything you want online now without a c-card. I think the walmarts and mega sports stores would probably do a better job checking. I'll soon be 40 and I get carded every time I buy my wife cigaretts now.
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jeraldjcook:
The days of an LDS requiring a C-card before they will sell a customer scuba HW are pretty much gone. How many shops do you think would refuse the sale of an $1000+ worth of reg & computer because of the lack of a C-card?
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jpsexton:
That is because it is required, by law; not because the tobacco industry happens to think it is a good idea.
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