Hi ,
I am having real difficulty obtaining the correct type of mask from a local dive shop. My wife (who is the diver, not me ) has had a picture of a Mares Liquid Skin (Mid) in the colour Blue Fog on her pc for a while and she also has a pic from a recent dive magazine. All of her equipment is the Mares manufacturer and she loves the new Mares 'she dives' range too.
I decided to buy this for her from my local dive shop in NYC this week. I gave them all of the exact same details as above .
I was told it was a special order and would cost an extra $25 for the delivery fee...on top of the $87.50
So in order to get the gift for my wife I paid. including taxes and shipping it cost $116
Three days later I get a phone call that it is in stock. (I actually think they had it in stock anyway ....but hey thats another matter)
I have been and picked it up wedensday night. It did not look like the one in the magazine i told the store assistant.They told me it was so I took their word.
I got it home and sneaked a look at my wifes pc and realised it was not the right mask.
I took it back tonight and the guy gave me a new second mask .
When I get it home and open the box it says Mares on the box but it also says X Vision accross the top of the mask and the following numbers 411024 BXCL BGR Maschera X- vision mid blue grey and also a bar code on the box. Nowhere does it say liquid skin (which is the type of mask my wife wants .)
I seriously beleive that the mask i have been sold is not a Liquid Skin as when I google the make and model # above all I get are dozens of websites with a cheap older model for $49 to $59. And again the words liquid skin are not mentioned on any site anywhere. I think that with the extra shipping and everything I have been conned into paying $120 for a $50 mask.
Any help would be appreciated as I do not want to take it back to the store again and begin arguing unless i know what I am talking about.
These unscrupulous dive shops are supposed to be ''the professionals " . I am just a person trying to buy a gift !!
I am having real difficulty obtaining the correct type of mask from a local dive shop. My wife (who is the diver, not me ) has had a picture of a Mares Liquid Skin (Mid) in the colour Blue Fog on her pc for a while and she also has a pic from a recent dive magazine. All of her equipment is the Mares manufacturer and she loves the new Mares 'she dives' range too.
I decided to buy this for her from my local dive shop in NYC this week. I gave them all of the exact same details as above .
I was told it was a special order and would cost an extra $25 for the delivery fee...on top of the $87.50
So in order to get the gift for my wife I paid. including taxes and shipping it cost $116
Three days later I get a phone call that it is in stock. (I actually think they had it in stock anyway ....but hey thats another matter)
I have been and picked it up wedensday night. It did not look like the one in the magazine i told the store assistant.They told me it was so I took their word.
I got it home and sneaked a look at my wifes pc and realised it was not the right mask.
I took it back tonight and the guy gave me a new second mask .
When I get it home and open the box it says Mares on the box but it also says X Vision accross the top of the mask and the following numbers 411024 BXCL BGR Maschera X- vision mid blue grey and also a bar code on the box. Nowhere does it say liquid skin (which is the type of mask my wife wants .)
I seriously beleive that the mask i have been sold is not a Liquid Skin as when I google the make and model # above all I get are dozens of websites with a cheap older model for $49 to $59. And again the words liquid skin are not mentioned on any site anywhere. I think that with the extra shipping and everything I have been conned into paying $120 for a $50 mask.
Any help would be appreciated as I do not want to take it back to the store again and begin arguing unless i know what I am talking about.
These unscrupulous dive shops are supposed to be ''the professionals " . I am just a person trying to buy a gift !!