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I guess the perceived risk has been dumbed down but I doubt on sky diving boards, that people buy their kit from eBay and just take it for a jump the following weekend.
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Errrr, totally unrelated. A more appropriate analogy would be buying your Sony Model XYZ laptop from the Sony Shop for £2000, or your Sony Model XYZ laptop from Tesco Online for £500. Both exactly the same, both with identical warranties, both made in the same place at the same time. Only difference is who you buy it from - makes absolutely no difference to safety. If it went wrong then you might have to post it back to Tesco Online, where as you could drop it into the Sony Shop yourself - but Sony Shops aren't that common so maybe £5 worth of petrol to take it there (same as a dive shop), which is about the same as postage. Both will then send the laptop off to someone else to fix it (same as with many regs, etc), so the delays in doing that are identical.
When I shop at Tesco I probably get baked beans cheaper than if I went to a corner shop near me. But I don't compromise on quality, I don't get Tesco Value beans, I'd get Heinz beans in either place - I just don't pay the markup of the less efficient retailer. No compromise on quality or safety!
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Nice that someone reads my posts and understands what i'm saying
I did try to escape this thread a while ago, but people keep asking stupid questions without having read what i've actually written. So to summarise:
I DO NOT object on principle to people using their LDS.
I DO object to being told I should use a bad LDS just because it happens to be local.
I DO try the LDS's when I move into a new area.
I WILL use the LDS when it is convenient, when they stock what I want, and when their prices are sensible.
I WILL use the LDS for air fills etc when I need them.
I WILL NOT use an LDS purely "to support them" if I know I can get a better deal elsewhere.
I DO NOT believe this is disloyal or anything like that - shops offer a range of services, and should not expect every customer to use them for all-or-nothing.
I DO NOT believe any dive shop in the UK would give its customers an ultimatum of "use us for all your kit purchases, or we won't do air fills or servicing for you.
I AM NOT concerned about shops closing in the future if I don't shop there - if demand exists, there will be other options.
I DO accept that a loss of LDS's may increase prices in the long term (although that's in no way a guarantee).
I DO NOT believe that is a good enough reason to pay significantly higher markups today.
I ONLY shop around to find the same or better products at lower prices.
I DO NOT compromise on safety in any way by buying online.
Any more questions, please ask someone else!
David