Dive center staff: does your DC let you buy gear at discount?

Dive center staff: do you get to purchase new gear through the dive center at special discounts?

  • They make me pay retail price!

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I pay a little less than retail but the dive center still takes a commission.

    Votes: 10 33.3%
  • I get to buy gear at the price the dive center buys it from the supplier!

    Votes: 20 66.7%

  • Total voters
    30

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Wow. That's a pretty one-sided and extremely selfish deal. (On the other hand, $8.50 per hour is more than I often got paid.)

Of course, the staff then probably does not report any wages for income tax.

All of which is illegal.

$8.50 was illustrative but yes, it was a crap deal. I had a couple friends working for them at the time and told them as much.

You can talk people into all sorts of silliness when you're in the business of selling a dream. :wink:
 
Agree. I probably DMd a weekend OW course of at the very most 40 hours for $300CAD. Wouldn't consider working 100 hours for a new BC--I'd just buy a good used one with one course's pay.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/peregrine/

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