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My advice is that the potential buyer check what the real costs are, the “free parts for life” thing is often more than covered by the VERY EXPENSIVE yearly service costs, it’s often less expensive to have your gear services and pay for the parts than to avail yourself of the “free parts for life” come on.DiversDiscountFlorida:
The logic of this argument escapes me, it sounds great and convincing till you parse it careful and then you realize that it is semantically empty unless you are buying something “as is.”DiversDiscountFlorida:
I buy used book all the time, and I go to the library on a weekly basis and though I’ve been doing both for many decades I’ve yet to find “something disgusting stuck to one of the pages by the previous reader,” but perhaps we read different sorts of literature.DiversDiscountFlorida:
Frankly it is my experience that a diver who deals with a reputable and responsible “non-authorized” source usually wins in both the long and short run because they’re not playing in a game whose basic premise is that the shop is entitled to something just ‘cause its there.DiversDiscountFlorida:
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As far as price fixing is concerned ScubaPro and NASDS got whacked by California under fair trade rules back in the 1970s. The current MSP is just the latest approach to a long tradition of skating on the thin edge of illegal price fixing.
tomgrogan:
Just to be clear, I’ve never shopped at LP, in fact I can’t remember ever buying a piece of dive gear over the web or by phone. But I do resent what I see as your transparent attempt to obfusticate, you can stop with the lies, he got a warrantee, not the same one, maybe a better one, but one that suits his needs.DiversDiscountFlorida:
If I had to choose, I’d take the unreal warrantee:DiversDiscountFlorida:
STATEMENT OF LEISURE PRO LTD./LIMITED WARRANTY
Leisure Pro Ltd. warrants to the original purchaser that this equipment will be free from defects in
materials and workmanship for the same period offered by the manufacturer.
This warranty shall be limited to the repair adjustment and/or replacement at its option of defective parts free of charge except the cost of transportation to Leisure Pro Ltd. 42 West 18th Street. new york, NY 10011. Responsibility limited to actual cost of item.
When returning equipment for warranty service, all shipping and insurance charges must be prepaid and the warranty certificate should be enclosed with the proof of purchase. Please explain the problem encountered. Leisure Pro Ltd. will not be responsible for expenses or inconveniences, or consequential damages occasioned by equipment, or by breach of any expressed or implied warranty with respect thereto. Implied warranties on this item shall be in effect only for duration of the expressed warranty set forth above and after the expiration of such expresses warranty there shall be no warranties, expressed or
implied (including merchantability) on the product.
Limitations. This warranty covers all defects encountered in normal use of the equipment and does not apply in the following cases:
- If the equipment has been serviced by other than a certified center.
- Damage to the equipment due to mishandling, abuse, accident or not following operating instructions.
- INSTRUMENTS: Warranty does not extend to plastic gauge faces, rubber boots, HP Hoses, O-rings, Batteries, hose fitting corrosion, or chrome loss.
- REGULATORS: Warranty does not extend to LP hoses, swivel or hose end O-rings, mouthpieces, stress cracks due to spraying with aerosols, rubber deterioration due to excessive exposure or lack of maintenance, chrome loss, or corrosion.
- BUOYANCY COMPENSATORS: Warranty does not extend to abrasion, cuts or tears of rubber cover on LP inflator, hose end or quick disconnect o-rings, hose fitting corrosion or chrome loss, natural rubber UV degradation, punctures or cuts to the bladder material, or delamination due to exposure to chlorine, heat, or sunlight.
