Where do you folks have your Regs serviced?

[redacted]

Those are the retail prices. I've since verified that from two shops for those regs. Do you have retail numbers from another shop that differs from those???


I read between the lines. Any reasonable person can see it there in the snark.

I called 3 local shops for kit prices for Mk25/S600/Air2.

Mk25 was most expensive with price from $24 to $30. The 2nd stage kits run about $20 each. Looks like they do not have an established retail price.

While those prices are a bit higher than what I wouild pay, I would not call them a ripoff. I can buy o-rings for most regs for $1 to $2. The Mk25 seat is a problem because it is proprietary. I managed to buy a number of them 10 years ago for about $5 each, retail. The rivet style LP seats I found for about $2.50 each, retail. I make my own hockey puck LP seats that fit an Air2 for less than a nickle each' $35 for a Mk25 kit is quite expensive. $35 for a 2nd stage kit is a RIPOFF.

 

[The Chairman]

I don't believe it. Both shops quoted the same price. I'm going to believe them.

 

[redacted]

I don't believe it. Both shops quoted the same price. I'm going to believe them.

You, or anyone else, can check it out yourself. I called Scubaland Adventure in Austin, The Dive Shop in San Marcos, and Duggan Divers in San Antonio.,

Maybe they were giving me a special discount because I am such a good customer.

 

[The Chairman]

I guess they were. I specified retail. Both of the shops would have sold me the parts wholesale since I do my own work.

 

[redacted]

I guess they were. I specified retail. Both of the shops would have sold me the parts wholesale since I do my own work.

I was kidding. I asked about prices for service as Joe Blow. They do not know me from Adam.

Do you really believe the cost of a Mk25 kit would be the same as an Air2 kit?

 

[tbone1004]

I guess they were. I specified retail. Both of the shops would have sold me the parts wholesale since I do my own work.

is that not backwards from what would logically make sense from a business standpoint?

 

[YukonJack]

Alright guys, I was just asking as a new diver how all this stuff works. No need to get riled up. Lets just relax and say that my questions were answered. I appreciated all the good info and the strong positions, because that is what we are about. Agree to disagree!

Greg

 

[PfcAJ]

Alright guys, I was just asking as a new diver how all this stuff works. No need to get riled up. Lets just relax and say that my questions were answered. I appreciated all the good info and the strong positions, because that is what we are about. Agree to disagree!

Greg

You must be new here.

 

[RayfromTX]

Is that the New Mexican way of saying "simmer down boys!"?

 

[The Chairman]

is that not backwards from what would logically make sense from a business standpoint?

I don't follow you. I'm great friends with both of these shops. In fact, both are here on SB. They would probably sell to me at their cost. I respect them too much to do that. Retail is a tough field and few outside of it understand it. The idea that a dive shop charging retail on a repair is somehow a "ripoff" is ludicrous to me.