Gen San Chris
Contributor
I believe that Certification Cards should be necessary in order to buy the High Pressure bits of scuba Equipment, this includes Regulators, Tanks and even BCD's. The other stuff including computers I think is OK but the seller should always be careful who he sells gear too!
I run a small dive Shop in the Southern Philippines and I am very strict on who I sell gear too, even at times I check Certifications as they are easy to reproduce here!
Every few days I have people wanting to borrow or buy the scuba "gadgets" as they only want to dive shallow to see something! When they show so much knowledge of the equipment even with a card I am always careful and usually do not entertain them at all!
In my area, there are always stories of lost Japenese Treasure from WW2 and many people want to waste their time looking for such! I do not believe in the treasure stories so they do not get gear off me! I have even had Police and other officials trying to get me to rent gear to treasure hunters but even to them I do not comply!
I am sure that in the USA, to sell gear to none divers could put the seller and any other person in the whole dive industry in dangerous situations with the fine lawyers especially in the case of an accident so I, a Brit, do not take chances and do not sell or rent to none divers!
I run a small dive Shop in the Southern Philippines and I am very strict on who I sell gear too, even at times I check Certifications as they are easy to reproduce here!
Every few days I have people wanting to borrow or buy the scuba "gadgets" as they only want to dive shallow to see something! When they show so much knowledge of the equipment even with a card I am always careful and usually do not entertain them at all!
In my area, there are always stories of lost Japenese Treasure from WW2 and many people want to waste their time looking for such! I do not believe in the treasure stories so they do not get gear off me! I have even had Police and other officials trying to get me to rent gear to treasure hunters but even to them I do not comply!
I am sure that in the USA, to sell gear to none divers could put the seller and any other person in the whole dive industry in dangerous situations with the fine lawyers especially in the case of an accident so I, a Brit, do not take chances and do not sell or rent to none divers!