cybordolphin
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The LDS that I have gone to in my area has this phylosophy.
He expects me to buy ALL of my equipment from him. He explained that his training equipment is VERY poor quality, and wants me to buy ALL of my equipment prior to my OW dives.
(not a bad idea to use REALLY crap gear for training to push your customer into buying new stuff)
He only carries a few brands. VERY few. And has a VERY small selection. None of which is the brand(s) I have researched and decided I would like to try out.
He immediately wanted to know if I had any equipment yet. And almost made me feel as though if I had all of my equipment already... that he was not interested in my business (training me).
He wants $299 for a mask/snorkel/fin/bootie set that I don't think is worth $100 from what I have researched. This he wants me to purchase from him right off the bat.
Then his full gear "packages" range from $3500 to $5000. Again I KNOW I can purchase better gear and spend half that.
So... my dilema.
What should I do? Look elsewhere for a company that has a large inventory of gear, or hope to find one that does not care about selling me my gear so much..... and will still give me quality training even if I already have my own gear or most of it?
I would rather pay more $$ for my training rather than have some guy try to sell me his crap inventory, so he feels like he is making a buck.
He expects me to buy ALL of my equipment from him. He explained that his training equipment is VERY poor quality, and wants me to buy ALL of my equipment prior to my OW dives.
(not a bad idea to use REALLY crap gear for training to push your customer into buying new stuff)
He only carries a few brands. VERY few. And has a VERY small selection. None of which is the brand(s) I have researched and decided I would like to try out.
He immediately wanted to know if I had any equipment yet. And almost made me feel as though if I had all of my equipment already... that he was not interested in my business (training me).
He wants $299 for a mask/snorkel/fin/bootie set that I don't think is worth $100 from what I have researched. This he wants me to purchase from him right off the bat.
Then his full gear "packages" range from $3500 to $5000. Again I KNOW I can purchase better gear and spend half that.
So... my dilema.
What should I do? Look elsewhere for a company that has a large inventory of gear, or hope to find one that does not care about selling me my gear so much..... and will still give me quality training even if I already have my own gear or most of it?
I would rather pay more $$ for my training rather than have some guy try to sell me his crap inventory, so he feels like he is making a buck.