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As a dive shop owner I am very interested in how the public views internet gear sales. Is there truly a cost savings? Do you feel the equipment is safe? Can you get it repaired if it breaks. How do you handle the warrantee service? What happens if you bring gear purchased on the internet to be serviced at a dive shop? Etc. Etc.
I'll take these one at a time:
Is there truly a cost savings? - definately
Do you feel the equipment is safe? - Same stuff as you get at an LDS, so why not?
Can you get it repaired if it breaks. How do you handle the warrantee service? - I send it back to where I bought it. I buy only from reputable dealers, and have never had any problems with returns, exchanges (for sizing) or repairs. My LDS sends repairs out, anyway.
What happens if you bring gear purchased on the internet to be serviced at a dive shop? - No problems with anything I bring in. A lot of my gear is used and/or brands they do not carry.
I should say that I will buy at my LDS when they have what I want at a fair price, but they cater to once-a-year warm-water divers and do not carry what a diver who gets his kicks diving wrecks in lake Michigan needs.
I am not the one who needs mental help. I just need to vent.
Carmella Soprano
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