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Having a compressor rocks. Im an hour from the closest lds, so it was worthwhile to get it. There are sites i go to 2 hours away, where i wont pass a lds.
That is a great idea, but you cant mix with it. Also only appears to be yoke.
Also, contrary to what i thought a year ago, compressor and cheap do not belong in the same sentence. There are ways to offset the cost though. I fill cascades for the local paintball shop and fill the portatorch sized o2 bottles for people.
You were never on the hook in the first place!...If that is the case, you are off the hook.
I can't speak for all dive shops, but... If you walked into one of my stores and asked me to install the transmitter, I wouldn't even hesitate. Many of our customers come into our stores to just hang out...and that is how we like it. I would want you to feel comfortable enough to ask for help, even if it included a product that you didn't buy from us. After all, a happy customer is a repeat customer! We hope.
I'll bet once you factor in the gasoline you've saved not driving to the LDS for fills it becomes much more economically feasible to own your own compressor. Out of curiosity, what the going rate for a compressor?
I am generally under the impression that I have a good dive shop, although it probably helps that I buy all of my stuff there at a reasonable price. The price is not always the cheapest, but it is close enough for me
However, I think I may just buy something online and ask them to install it just to test them out
I find that to be a bit like your wife paying for a hooker for you to see if you are faithful. 99 days out of 100, you will be and life is all good. That one time when you just know you won't get caught, you had a bad day, and you know it's victimless destroys your marriage for years if not forever. Same with tempting your dive shop to do something wrong. 99 times out of 100 they will do right by you, after all, you trust them. That 100th time, when they had a bad day, when they processed more returns than sales, when they burned down a pool pump is the day you tempt them to do you wrong. Did you play in traffic as a child?