| People always ask whether its best to buy your dive | | | | expensive shops in shopping centres or prime land |
| gear from your local dive store or go on-line and buy. | | | | compared to having a warehouse in some business |
| Here are some of the pros and cons of doing | | | | district. |
| business with both a shop or on the internet: | | | | On-line stores will normally have a wider range of |
| Buying from the Internet may not give you the | | | | goods than you could find at the dive shop but on |
| guarantee that you would receive from your local | | | | the other side you can feel the equipment and try it |
| dive centre. This in cases may be true, but with a | | | | on when at the shop. Nothing is better than feeling |
| simple check you can eliminate this worry. Most | | | | how your buoyancy control device (BCD) will feel like |
| Internet sales from reputable dive shops on-line will | | | | to check how the sizing of the jacket and how many |
| give the same guarantee as any Local dive shop. | | | | clips for accessories. Buying on the internet you will |
| Internet purchases will not be able to provide many | | | | only be guessing the size unless you have tried on |
| of the necessary services that are required to your | | | | the Buoyancy control device in the shop and you |
| diving gear. These special touches with servicing and | | | | then buy cheaper on the internet. |
| giving local knowledge on whether the gear is suitable | | | | Therefore both have there plus and negative points |
| for your local conditions can only be found at the | | | | but today you will find that a lot of local dive shops |
| dive shop near your dive location. How ever if you | | | | are now selling gear on-line to increase there sales so |
| dive overseas or elsewhere then his will not be | | | | you can have the best of both worlds. |
| important to your needs. | | | | Diving solutions is one such company that sells stuff |
| From the other side the Internet or on-line store will | | | | locally though a shop and yet have a wide reach |
| explain that we are buying something and we should | | | | though the Internet by selling though the website. |
| get the best deal possible for our equipment. Internet | | | | This is the common way that most dive shops now |
| shops have the advantage of low over heads hence | | | | do business to maintain their competitiveness in |
| they can give competitive pricing. They do not have | | | | business. |