If you could stock your dive shop...
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, Sep 28 2005 01:25 PM
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#31
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 11:28 AM
Sounds like every dive shop I've seen when on warm water vacation!
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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 - 11:30 AM
I agree. There's two shops by me. One is full of stuff and I can spend an hour there. The other one has nothing. Though he did recently renovate and I haven't been back since. He said he was going to get stuff, so maybe I'll go back there.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!
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 11:57 AM
Now if Hooters opened a dive shop ............
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 12:16 PM
I think we'd have some buoyancy issues..... 
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 - 01:27 PM
My son would be there every day practicing his skills.Now if Hooters opened a dive shop ............
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 02:32 PM
Or at least you would have to figure out some new weight configurations!I think we'd have some buoyancy issues.....
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 04:04 PM
I think it just might encouage repeat business.
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Posted 30 September 2005 - 05:43 PM
not from me, thanks.
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 01 October 2005 - 12:16 AM
Nor from me. I only went to Hooters once during a GIS convention in San Diego. My employer paid for it (it was lunch with one beer). Wouldn't go back for the food or the girls.not from me, thanks.
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Posted 01 October 2005 - 04:01 AM
Ex-girlfriend and I went to Hooters in Fayetteville, AR - once. They had a sign at the door that said "Dangerous Curves Ahead" - not only were there no curves - the sign should have read : "Warning - Dips"
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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 01 October 2005 - 06:36 AM
Of the two dive shops close to me. One has very little.. a few BCD's and some small odds and ends. How they stay in business, I don't know. The other shop which I go to for everything, has everything. A couple of dozen BCD's and wet suits. A bunch of drysuits, every little gadget you have ever seen, tank fills including nitrox and trimix and on the premises reg maintanence/repair. Also they have artifacts from local wrecks on the walls and a display case filled with silver/chinaware from the Andrea Doria wreck. Neato!I agree. There's two shops by me. One is full of stuff and I can spend an hour there. The other one has nothing. Though he did recently renovate and I haven't been back since. He said he was going to get stuff, so maybe I'll go back there.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!
I personally sniff around the walls looking to see what new stuff they have gotten in and just looking to see if I see anything I need and may have forgotten about. Brass, double ended clips rule!
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Posted 01 October 2005 - 07:20 AM
Well, after reading through all of the suggestions since my last post, I would take a majority of these plus ScubaToys=winning formula. This is a lrage shop, full of gear, with knowledgable and curtious sales staff, and has competitive prices. I suppose I count myself as lucky to be within 9 miles of them here in Dallas!!!
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Posted 01 October 2005 - 07:57 AM
Snorkels! It's hard to find a decent snorkel these days. Why don't shops stock snorkels w/o bells & whistles?
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Posted 01 October 2005 - 11:02 AM
a pool with a side window that was one wall of the shop so anyone walking in could observe pool sessions.
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Posted 01 October 2005 - 11:09 AM
It would be nice to see a shop that stocked more that one brand. It's hard to believe that one brand makes the "Perfect" everything for me.
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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