Dive Shop Pet-Peeves

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ewong - 03 Jun 2004 15:30 GMT

I'm creating a "Top 10 dive shop pet-peeves" list, please post your
favorite ones.

Here are mine:
- Even if you leave a cell phone number, they don't call you if there's
a change of schedule
- You either have to show up or call to find what dives are available
for the week
- If you forget to write down the dive data right after a dive, you can
forget about it, unless you copy it from a buddy

Eddy.

--
ewong

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FreeFloat - 07 Jun 2004 05:18 GMT

> I'm creating a "Top 10 dive shop pet-peeves" list, please post your
> favorite ones.
>
> Here are mine:
> - Even if you leave a cell phone number, they don't call you if there's
> a change of schedule

Did you put a deposit down on the dive?

> - You either have to show up or call to find what dives are available
> for the week

That's normal, unless you're the only name on their waiting list

> - If you forget to write down the dive data right after a dive, you can
> forget about it, unless you copy it from a buddy

And this differs from every other dive how...?

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bullshark - 07 Jun 2004 16:27 GMT

>I'm creating a "Top 10 dive shop pet-peeves" list, please post your
>favorite ones.

<snip>

They are pretty dull.

Don't buy your dives from a dive shop.
Buy your dives from a dive boat instead and you will have less trouble.

safe diving,

bullshark

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Charlie Hammond - 07 Jun 2004 19:02 GMT

>>I'm creating a "Top 10 dive shop pet-peeves" list, please post your
>>favorite ones.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>Don't buy your dives from a dive shop.
>Buy your dives from a dive boat instead and you will have less trouble.

I agree w/ Bullshark. Thes are dive BOAT not dive SHOP issues.

My top 2 "pet-peeves" for dive SHOPs are

- Don't have the brand/model/item I want.
- Chager full MSRP retail prices.

Either of these send me off to on-line shops pretty quickly.

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TonyP - 07 Jun 2004 19:44 GMT

>>I'm creating a "Top 10 dive shop pet-peeves" list, please post your
>>favorite ones.
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> Don't buy your dives from a dive shop.
> Buy your dives from a dive boat instead and you will have less trouble.

And in NY, cheaper. I know on particular dive shop that will charter a
boat and charge the 'club' members of the dive shop more than what they
would have paid if they walked on.

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Michael Sutton - 08 Jun 2004 15:01 GMT

> I'm creating a "Top 10 dive shop pet-peeves" list, please post your
> favorite ones.

Our old "local dive shop" (now out of business and replaced with
a better one) wouldn't put prices on ANYTHING. You had
to ask the shop owner how much something was. He didn't have
a price list either, so he came up with the price off the top
of his head, so the price was different each time. Just a
pain in the butt.

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