Diving gear in Canada is really expensive....
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The rock and roll hall of fame is a joke. People in there who were not rock and roll. They should just rename it to the pop and bubble gum music hall of fame.
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Prices here in Japan are a scam; the US manufacturers just take the same product and double or triple the price. $1000+ for any BC or reg, and the only tanks available to buy are from Aqualung (wtf?) who charges $1070 for an AL80. MSRP on double 100s is $3000.
Way cheaper to buy from a US website and pay international shipping and customs.
Way cheaper to buy from a US website and pay international shipping and customs.
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I have some 8 inch stainless steel bands new sitting in my closet gathering dust ill sell for $75
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Expensive in Canada because of the "Canadian politeness tax".
(Niceness doesn't grow on trees like Maple Syrup)
See the Amazon ad's headline? It ended with the word 'tanks'.
You're welcome.
BTW- How much is $1315.67 CDN in real money
?
(See? I was dating a Quebecois because after the conversion rate she was 37 years old and weighed 110 pounds. This stuff can work to your advantage)
There is an economics and marketing lesson that explains a part of this. There is/was a lot of discretionary spending money lining the pockets of target age market divers in Japan. (They sure weren't spending it on homes or parking spaces for cars... or cars), so the recreational sector went on a feeding frenzy. Travel, lodging, associated gear... went through the roof.
My lesson: So there I was, skiing in Whistler (Canada) in April. It's raining (at the bottom, as usual, anyway). I go into a ski shop looking for end-of-season bargains- and see a used mono-ski priced at $1.99 short of MSRP Full Retail. As the owner of the shop explained to me, "All I gotta do is beat Tokyo pricing by $10". (Even the Trail Marker signs were subscripted in Japanese)
When you start competing as a buyer against others with money to burn, the prices tend to get stupid.
(Niceness doesn't grow on trees like Maple Syrup)
See the Amazon ad's headline? It ended with the word 'tanks'.
You're welcome.
BTW- How much is $1315.67 CDN in real money
?(See? I was dating a Quebecois because after the conversion rate she was 37 years old and weighed 110 pounds. This stuff can work to your advantage)
There is an economics and marketing lesson that explains a part of this. There is/was a lot of discretionary spending money lining the pockets of target age market divers in Japan. (They sure weren't spending it on homes or parking spaces for cars... or cars), so the recreational sector went on a feeding frenzy. Travel, lodging, associated gear... went through the roof.
My lesson: So there I was, skiing in Whistler (Canada) in April. It's raining (at the bottom, as usual, anyway). I go into a ski shop looking for end-of-season bargains- and see a used mono-ski priced at $1.99 short of MSRP Full Retail. As the owner of the shop explained to me, "All I gotta do is beat Tokyo pricing by $10". (Even the Trail Marker signs were subscripted in Japanese)
When you start competing as a buyer against others with money to burn, the prices tend to get stupid.
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