PST price drop

[Marcus80]

I was in my LDS this weekend and the guys at the counter told me that PST tanks were going to be less expensive than they have been in the past, according to a new pricing sheet they had received. Does anyone know if this is actually true or were these upstarts just blissfully un informed. I reasoned that maybe the limited availability of there product caused them to roll back prices in an effort to regain possible lost market share. But what do I know. Anyone have the skinny? Mark

 

[OE2X]

Why do I have the sudden urge to duck out of the way of flying pigs?

I hope this is true. I think the demand is still there though, so most of us will pay whatever price we have to.

 

[jagfish]

Does seem strange to drop prices when all the posts on this topic seem to suggest that demand currently outstrips supply...

 

[Marcus80]

It seems strange to me, too. These guys were speaking amongst themselves and were incredulous that the prices were lower, albeit on tanks that are the hard to find sizes. They didn't go so far as to discourage a purchase, just suggested that it might be wise to hold off for a while. I'm really starting to hate thinking that I have started a completely bogus rumor on my second post of all time.

 

[OE2X]

Hey Marcus,
Sorry I didn't extend a welcome to the board. Hope you have fun here. No worries if it is a rumor. Better to make posts that get us happy versus ones that makes us want to turn our computers into boat anchors.

 

[scubafanatic]

......I'm skeptical, although perhaps that new line of Worthington steel tanks has PST a bit nervous? ....at any rate, even if prices drop, the LDS may keep prices high and just increase their own profit margin, negating any savings.

 

[drbill]

PST seems to have had so many problems the past two years. I was lucky to pick up a HP120 from one of my dive buddies at a good price. I couldn't wait for PST to deliver. Will be interested in the 2005 pricing though.

Dr. Bill

 

[pgdive]

If everybody (PST, Faber, Worthington) is able to produce and ship tanks by the spring, I think there is going to be a lot more competition than there has been in years past. A lot of these tanks are going to have very similar characteristics (fill pressure, dimensions and buoyancy) and determining what the "hot" tank is may come down to price. I vaguely remember the price for the new "PST like" Fabers being lower than I expected, but I don't have the price sheet in front of me.

Paul

 

[jonnythan]

Faber doesn't have anything comparable to the E-series (high pressure tanks 8" diameter), Worthington has tanks just like the E-series, but with the same trashy spray-galvanized and painted coating as Fabers.

Sounds to me like PST tanks will still be the ones to get, and the only thing hot about the Worthingtons or Fabers will be your face when you realize how much you paid for a tank you need to scrape rust off of and touch up with paint a couple times a year

 

[pgdive]

Faber is comming out with new line of tanks that are designed by same enginner that created the PST E-Series and they are going to have the same working pressure and dimensions. Faber is handling distribution direct through a company called blue steel.

I don't know much about the worthingtons, but I don't know how you can condemm them before they exist.