Floridawannabe:I was told the long story of how important LDS are and that people like me are going to put them out of business
Hopefully sooner than later.
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Floridawannabe:I was told the long story of how important LDS are and that people like me are going to put them out of business
Snowbear:How can you know the difference??
I personally know of a shop that hired someone as a salesperson who had never dived before. This person did eventually certify. But meanwhile.... this person knew the right words and was successfully able to sell gear for the store.
How is this better than knowing what you want to buy, pricing it, finding out what the best buy is (accounting for service and availability) from an online dealer who may or may not have certified divers actually making the sale??
Sorry PF - I don't buy your arguement.
Tell me, PF - How is my example above of an LDS employee (non-diver or brand new diver or even an "experienced" diver with 30 dives who's going through the LDS's DM program ~ take your pick) who has been taught the right words to say in order to promote and sell whatever gear the store carries any different than an online salesperson doing the same thing?pilot fish:I don't feel comfortable buying life support gear that...
... MAY be sold by a salesperson that knows didley about diving...
Floridawannabe:...asked where did you purchase that equipment from. I said I bought it online, OH. Hold on, I have to ask the owner something. He came back and told me that thier insurance would not cover me using equipment not purchased at the store. We got into a long debate and I was told the long story of how important LDS are and that people like me are going to put them out of business, then what am I going to do...
Kim:I don't get this. PF are you saying that if a sales person can dive they are to be trusted? Aren't they going to try to sell you what they have regardless of what is actually best for you? Maybe I just believe that sales people are there to make a sale - not necessarily look after my best interests.
pilot fish:when you are a new diver you need advice and that advice should, I feel, come from another diver.