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At 10:21 AM 6/2/99 +1100, Mantis Diving wrote: >Billy, Hey Paul, >We had a Mares shop in Brisbane that sold one of these BCD's to a technical >student. The Right shoulder quick release had been stitched on the wrong >way round (by Mares) resulting in a total inability to tighten up that >shoulder. > >When the student pointed this out to the tech guru in the shop, his >solution was to give the student a 'galvanized clip' to put on the plastic >d-ring at the end of the adjustment strap each time he wore the BCD. The >student was to clip this on to his right hip 'd-ring'. An instructor who doesn't care turns out a student who doesn't know. What did the student do? And more importantly, who's the so-clled tech guru? >The shop concerned no longer sells Mares, but that was solely due to their >inability to pay their account in under 120 days. It's a prety screwed industry when so many retailers stay afloat on distributors' extended credit. Must be a few more like that in Brisbane, too, especially with its poor record for diveshops - what is it? 25 gone bust since 1990? >As for the tech guru's agency, ANDI is really not much >of a player these days. They never did much in Brisbane so I can understand where you're coming from with that observation. Plus the sour grapes 'cause they're succesful and you're a TDI and IANTD facility. But tech diving in general has been quiet everywhere. Barry's doing some stuff down here but nothing much elsewhere. Fewer boats running fewer technical dives out of Sydney too. But do I hear the rumblings of a second wave? >What ever happened to 'Satterfield'? Or his revelation? All in his mind, unfortunately. But don't tell me you been away THAT long. I see your web site says that you're the only dive shop in Brisbane "Doing It Right" But it also says you're teaching deep air. To 64 metres. And running deep air dives from 45 to 64 metres. Isn't 'Doing it Wrong' closer to the truth? > >Safe Diving See ya Paul. billyw -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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