Dust bowl may be on to something, when I had the imported auto parts store I kept energy bars on the counter and they sold great because guys would start on a project and skip meals till it was done, mothers would buy them to shut the kids up.
As for the rust proof stainless steel tools, watch out for the leatherman style ones, the pivot pin usually isn't stainless and they won't open. Trident makes a good stainless scuba tool with most of what you will need.
If you could stock your dive shop...
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 06:43 AM
Definitely stock the junk food. That way, between classes and pool sessions (provided your shop had an on site pool like mine does) the students can snack.
I love to look at the little things, like clips and gadgets and stuff like that. I don't look at the expensive things because I'm still paying off my last big purchase.
I love to look at the little things, like clips and gadgets and stuff like that. I don't look at the expensive things because I'm still paying off my last big purchase.
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 09:13 AM
Well you all can come take a class with me then! I always bring goodies, for the exact reasons many of you listed. In dive_addict's and my last class we had a young gal who told her Dad that she really liked our class, because there were always goodies! 
My favorite good goody to bring? Swedish Fish!
My favorite good goody to bring? Swedish Fish!
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 12:03 PM
I might be from the wrong part of the country but I've never heard of Swedish Fish. What are they?Well you all can come take a class with me then! I always bring goodies, for the exact reasons many of you listed. In dive_addict's and my last class we had a young gal who told her Dad that she really liked our class, because there were always goodies!
My favorite good goody to bring? Swedish Fish!
I know what a Moon Pie and RC cola is - now that's snackin'.
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WHO DAT!!!!
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 12:14 PM
Swedish fish are a soft and chewy fish shaped candy with a strawberry flavor! Yummy
Reported history:
"These candies are made by a swedish company called Malacoleaf. The company was originally known as Malaco and was founded in 1905 in Copenhagen, Sweden. They started making licorice in the 1920's, and swedish fish in the 1950's. At that time the fish were imported from Sweden. Recently (1990's) the production of Swedish fish was begun in Canada, where it remains to this day. Interestingly, Malacoleaf also makes Sour patch kids." (source: some dude's blog)
Reported history:
"These candies are made by a swedish company called Malacoleaf. The company was originally known as Malaco and was founded in 1905 in Copenhagen, Sweden. They started making licorice in the 1920's, and swedish fish in the 1950's. At that time the fish were imported from Sweden. Recently (1990's) the production of Swedish fish was begun in Canada, where it remains to this day. Interestingly, Malacoleaf also makes Sour patch kids." (source: some dude's blog)
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 12:31 PM
I know what you mean Nicolle, I find myself browsing everytime I'm in a dive store, even if I know all the inventory by heart. I'm a sucker for ID books, clips and slates. And stainless steel double enders and bolt snaps. Gizmos in general, as it's easier to find money for small items than big, and certainly less painful!
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 12:33 PM
Printed reviews! Reviews of local dive boats. Reviews of gear, both magazine's and normal people's (yes, that was on purpose). Reviews of dive sites. Reviews of travel companies and agencies.
Posted price lists. This is perhaps my biggest pet peeve of dive shops here. Trying to figure out what it's gonna cost me to get my _____ certification/training shouldn't be like waiting for them to choose a Pope.
Posted price lists. This is perhaps my biggest pet peeve of dive shops here. Trying to figure out what it's gonna cost me to get my _____ certification/training shouldn't be like waiting for them to choose a Pope.
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 12:39 PM
Swedish fish are a soft and chewy fish shaped candy with a strawberry flavor! Yummy
Reported history:
"These candies are made by a swedish company called Malacoleaf. The company was originally known as Malaco and was founded in 1905 in Copenhagen, Sweden. They started making licorice in the 1920's, and swedish fish in the 1950's. At that time the fish were imported from Sweden. Recently (1990's) the production of Swedish fish was begun in Canada, where it remains to this day. Interestingly, Malacoleaf also makes Sour patch kids." (source: some dude's blog)
Thanks - I've never seen them before.
Take an SD trip - See old friends you have never met before!
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. - Jean-Paul Sartre
I feel the urge, the urge to submerge! -ScubaHawk - Raptor of the Deep !
WHO DAT!!!!
Every existing thing is born without reason, prolongs itself out of weakness, and dies by chance. - Jean-Paul Sartre
I feel the urge, the urge to submerge! -ScubaHawk - Raptor of the Deep !
WHO DAT!!!!
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 04:58 PM
Glad you clarified the swedish fish thing, I was invisioning something like pickled herring!!!
Edited by dustbowl diver, 29 September 2005 - 04:59 PM.
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 05:28 PM
YIKES and blech!
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 08:36 PM
Ditto! But my Mom and Dad loved them. I guess I didn't inherit that gene from either of them!YIKES and blech!
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Posted 29 September 2005 - 08:52 PM
To me it doesn't matter what I see in a shop, as long as its full of inventory! There is nothing that will send me back out of the door than a diveshop that looks empty as soon as you walk in.
There is a new shop here near me that has a huge shop, but I can walk in and see everything in 30 seconds or so. SO much wasted space.....
He has maybee 5 BC's and 6 wetsuits... What a joke! Maybe 3 AL80's used....
Give me SOMETHING to look at.... Old bottles found on shore dives to pictures of the people in their new drysuits that you have sold.
The good photographers talk about composition, ie, everywhere you look in the picture, something catches your eye to cause you to focus on it.
In my opinion, a diveshop should be the same way.
The more stuff that catches my eye, the longer I will be in your shop, and the longer Im in your shop, the more cash Ill drop.
Dave
PS, have a coffee pot too!
There is a new shop here near me that has a huge shop, but I can walk in and see everything in 30 seconds or so. SO much wasted space.....
He has maybee 5 BC's and 6 wetsuits... What a joke! Maybe 3 AL80's used....
Give me SOMETHING to look at.... Old bottles found on shore dives to pictures of the people in their new drysuits that you have sold.
The good photographers talk about composition, ie, everywhere you look in the picture, something catches your eye to cause you to focus on it.
In my opinion, a diveshop should be the same way.
The more stuff that catches my eye, the longer I will be in your shop, and the longer Im in your shop, the more cash Ill drop.
Dave
PS, have a coffee pot too!
UH-HUH
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 08:59 AM
and here I thought a frig with cold beer was a good idea.....PS, have a coffee pot too!
It's Winter time - you know you're a diver when you're scraping ice off your windshield INSIDE your vehicle...!
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
Once in a while, it is good to step back, take a breath, and remember to be humble. You'll never know it all - ScubaDadMiami. If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve - Lao-tzu. One dog barks at something, the rest bark at him - Chinese Proverb.
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 10:27 AM
YIKES and blech!
Umm, pickled hearings. O there goes my german ancestory talking again!
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 11:06 AM
how bout a nightclub sports bar beach dive shop. thats the ticket.
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