gilgripper
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I have to say, as a well-informed store employee of a local dive shop, I am amazed at some of the good points posted here and also the unbelievably mind-numbing idiocy.
In a free market economy, competition IS the backbone. Very true, that. Consumers will shop for the best deal possible and a fixed price is not a represntation of that. Local dive shops must not demand blind loyalty from their customers based soley on their service.
However, we will NEVER be able to compete with the Diver's Directs or the Leisure Pros of the world because they deal in high volume and illicitly acquired gear from overseas.
But the mother of all Anna Nicole Smith logic that I have ever seen on this board has to be the philosophy that "If it breaks down, I'll just buy a new one because I paid very little for it, anyway."
Let me tell you something, folks. When that half-assed, counterfiet reg that you bought goes **** on you, it's going to either ruin your already-expensive dive vacation or it will be when you're at 80 feet. Do you really want to trust your life with gear that came from an unauthorized and suspect online warehouse?
Yes, I wish I could be more competetive with prices. I hate losing good customers to online services. But in the same way that my favorite local record store can't compete with Virgin or Best Buy, I guess local dive shops will just have to either adapt or go the way of the independent owner.
In the meantime, have fun trying to get that online reg of yours serviced or repaired by the manufacturer. I can give you Seaquest's number. Tell them you got it from Leisure Pro, and then see if you can count on one hand the number of seconds it takes them to hang up on you.
In a free market economy, competition IS the backbone. Very true, that. Consumers will shop for the best deal possible and a fixed price is not a represntation of that. Local dive shops must not demand blind loyalty from their customers based soley on their service.
However, we will NEVER be able to compete with the Diver's Directs or the Leisure Pros of the world because they deal in high volume and illicitly acquired gear from overseas.
But the mother of all Anna Nicole Smith logic that I have ever seen on this board has to be the philosophy that "If it breaks down, I'll just buy a new one because I paid very little for it, anyway."
Let me tell you something, folks. When that half-assed, counterfiet reg that you bought goes **** on you, it's going to either ruin your already-expensive dive vacation or it will be when you're at 80 feet. Do you really want to trust your life with gear that came from an unauthorized and suspect online warehouse?
Yes, I wish I could be more competetive with prices. I hate losing good customers to online services. But in the same way that my favorite local record store can't compete with Virgin or Best Buy, I guess local dive shops will just have to either adapt or go the way of the independent owner.
In the meantime, have fun trying to get that online reg of yours serviced or repaired by the manufacturer. I can give you Seaquest's number. Tell them you got it from Leisure Pro, and then see if you can count on one hand the number of seconds it takes them to hang up on you.