Then the question becomes is that $200 savings worth the lack of warranty?
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Then the question becomes is that $200 savings worth the lack of warranty?
NudeDiver
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Well, let's see...if you can buy for $500 "without warranty" or "with warranty" for $700, then you're paying about 40% more for that warranty - almost half the cost of an entirely new item. That's a pretty damned expensive warranty.
5 years and 80 some dives later - my BCD looks, more or less, brand new and I've never had a problem. But I suppose I COULD have had a problem. Is it worth 40% more for that possibility?? No, I don't think so.
But even so, let's not forget that an outfit like LP usually provides a warranty of some kind anyway - so it's not even a fair comparison. Now you're paying that 40% more for something other than simply an over-priced warranty anyway.
Anti-Hero
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I buy 95% of all my gear from my local LDS because they have it in stock and I am impatient and impulsive when it comes to shopping for something I want. When they don't have it in stock, I log on to find the item since it will have to be ordered regardless of where I buy it, and online will almost always be cheaper.
Post 74 to this totally useless thread! Yay!
We've hit 75 in this meaningless mumbo jumbo thread!
SkipperJohn
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76...
How do you buy a BC without trying it on?
How do you buy a BC without trying it on?
boat sju
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Just how much good do you think trying it on in a showroom does if you can't rig it up and get in the water for a test drive. You're not going to find many shops that will let you get it wet before you buy it. Sizing is really pretty easy. Either use the manufacturer's size chart or, better yet, go with the one-size-fits-all BP & wing.
NudeDiver
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Um...when it shows up in the mail, you will have plenty of opportunity to try it on.
80....Hooray!
(Talk about a useless thread with no value. Note that the OP has jumped overboard with boredom.)
(Talk about a useless thread with no value. Note that the OP has jumped overboard with boredom.)
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