Why oh why Diving and not kick the rock...

[H2Andy]

Yall are taking me too seriously

oh yeah? try gearing up for cave diving some time

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used dry suit: $800
canister light: $600
course fees: $1,200

knowing if you die diving you don't have to pay the credit cards: priceless

 

[heliflyer]

oh yeah? try gearing up for cave diving some time

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used dry suit: $800
canister light: $600
course fees: $1,200

knowing if you die diving you don't have to pay the credit cards: priceless

 

[maggs_the]

I just bought my first UW rig, and I'm afraid it will all be downhill from here...

I could probably manage a crack addiction for less

funny, that was the same thing i said when i started only i used the word "heroin" instead of "crack"

I got a lot of the same responses

But I cannot rant because I got into scuba two years ago and that was the first year I was eligible for the company bonus plan and we hit 180% of our goal, so not only did I have "found money" but I had a nice chunk of it!! So, I just signed it over to my local dive shop and didn't miss a beat... although, I did kinda go crazy on websites like eBay and ScubaToys and LeisurePro getting all the gadgets that I had no idea what they would be for but obviously were important because they were listed in the SCUBA sections (actually, I've been able to come up with a use for most of it:05: )

 

[WaterWayne]

...getting all the gadgets.:05: )

I'm glad I was kitted out by a good LDS (lundy, that's Mike Moore at Dive World there in Austin.) He gave me good explanations of WHY, and then WHAT, and then together we decided on WHICH. He was also the first one who told me that the same piece of gear that one can buy at Walmart will cost more if it has the word "underwater" associated with it, starting with the bungee cords by his cash register.

Since then, though, I've never left a dive shop empty-handed, even if I was just going in to check their schedule.

 

[Nailer99]

I was complaining about the cost with a gal in my AOW class. She explained to me that her and her husband had concluded that the key to a happy marriage was "REALLY expensive hobbies." I'm not sure why I find that so amusing, but I really do.

 

[downdeep]

Ok. I'm a gadget-aholic. There. I said it.
I can't even drive past a dive shop without whipping in for a clip or a book or something. I have boxes of stuff still in the packages. I could start a dive shop with the BCDs, fins, and masks - oh, the masks. It's a fetish.
I have the library of congress of dive mags and books.

It's not a hobby. It's an obsession. I'm a gear junkie!!

 

[adrenalineblues]

You mean the first time or the SECOND time I bought a full set of gear????

Never sell your gear thinking you wont return to the sport... hehehehe

No rant here though... I have always gotten more out of the sport in some aspect or another than it cost me financially...

The other nifty thing is I got a lot more SCUBA gear to play with for about the same amount of cash I spent on my skydiving rig!!!! GO ME!!!!!!

 

[1_T_Submariner]

No regrets here...Just glad I didn't take up Bass fishing.. 30K boat 45K for Truck 5K for tackle hmmmm...

 

[WaterWayne]

In trying to keep myself motivated through the local dives, I think of the value of the "wow" factor. It goes something like this: if regular fun (seeing a movie at a mall) costs x, then splendid fun (seeing a flying gurnard with irridescent wings spread in crystal, Caribbean clarity) is worth x plus an unknown but whole bunch more.

 

[Fastmarc]

How did we all manage to pick THE most expensive hobby ever?!

Does anyone else want to rant about stuff they bought but lost/broke/sold/don't need? I christen this the "Money Pit" thread (see cheesy 1980s Tom Hanks movie).

You got to be joking.
You want a money pit? Start racing (motorsports).
This sport is dirt cheap compared to what I spend on my other 'passion'.