Mel Moncrieff
Contributor
My wife and I signed up for a local trip diving California's Channel Islands with Bluewater Photo (a great trip!) Three days before the trip we realized that our steel tanks were 1 month out of date. These tanks were purchased new 2 and 4 years ago respectively, and have been kept well maintained and inspected yearly. We went to a local dive shop and explained our situation. The total cost for our tanks ended up being $257.00. This seemed very excessive! According to the shop, both tanks needed to be tumbled, and they added a $45.00 charge to each tank to have the valves serviced--something they said was required when tanks needed tumbling. One tank also needed to be hydro'd. Does this seem reasonable and necessary? We feel as though, once we explained our situation, the shop took advantage of us.