Sounds like for a few people I really hit a nerve.
Nothing in the opening post says don't go for value -- this is all about going cheap -- and yes, there is a huge difference.
I suppose what really got me going was this thread --
http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/co...6362-compressor-air-testing-cost-who-use.html -- the guy had purchased and rebuilt a compressor and now was bitching about the "high price" of testing his air. Don't get me wrong -- there is nothing wrong at all with shopping and determining that X is offering a good deal -- perhaps the same thing as Y but at a lower price. But, really, bitching about the high cost of testing the air in a compressor you just rebuilt? Really, is one's life honestly that cheap?
A huge problem for people entering this activity is that they really don't know what a good value is. Maybe, in fact, the $99 Living Social Coupon deal is a great value, but maybe it isn't. As some have written, doing one's homework is the key.
But there still is no reason for "Doing It Cheap" as opposed to "Doing It With Value" -- for they are NOT the same thing.