ArtVandelay
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Alright, I got my Junior Open Water cert 20 years ago. It was a big deal for me at 12 years old. Unfortunately I was unable to continue diving after that due to financial reasons. I was on a Cruise last week in Cozumel and took the girlfriend on a beginners dive excursion. I was immediately reminded how great it is. I found a local dive shop that deals with SSI and they will trade in my Junior for the full C card after a scuba skills update. I am looking to take a few specialty courses from them as well. My question, while there the shop owner told me of a package deal since they are a ScubaPro Platinum Dealer. The package consisted of the MK25/S600 Reg with the Knighthawk BCD with Air2 Regulator already on it. The going price was $1400ish. Now the package deal part was if I bought those two together he would throw in a Subgear XP-3H computer for free. Also I would receive the free lifetime parts package from Scubapro. After tax it would be $1580 out the door. I tried pricing the components myself online and it seemed like a good deal. All 3 from scuba.com was $1800ish, and I had a hard time finding them anywhere else. I am the buy once cry once type. I realize that computer will work, but I think the display is kind of small and would probably replace it down the line. I have all the other basics still from 20 years ago mask, snorkel, boots and fins, and they still fit. Please throw me some advise. Also I apologize if this is in the wrong section. Thanks!