ten bucks says the bfmg claims to be an ex-Navy Seal.

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From: "Ben Wiseley" <wiseleyb@ya*.co*>
To: <5thD_divebuddy@li*.co*>; <info@bu*.co*>;
<info@si*.co*>; <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; <quest@gu*.co*>
Sent: Friday, April 06, 2001 6:54 PM
Subject: Seattle Dive Shop Warning


> New Seattle Dive Shop Warning
>
> I would advise people in the Seattle area to steer
> clear of the new dive shop across from Seacrest!  No
> matter how convenient they are.
>
> I'm not usually one to trash a dive shop but I felt
> this story should get out about the new dive shop (I
> believe it's call Diving Supplies but the place was
> such a mess that I couldn't tell for sure) across the
> street from Seacrest in West Seattle.  I've tried to
> confirm the name but can't find them in the phone book
> or on the net... they only opened last weekend.
>
> Today I went to meet a friend at Seacrest and was a
> bit early.  Since my doubles were down to 1400psi I
> thought I'd check out the new dive shop across the
> street and top off the tanks (even though we were only
> going to be diving to about 60 feet).
>
> The place is kind of strange.  They have a mix of
> pretty bad scuba gear as well as commercial diving
> helmets and other oddities.  It's a total wreck of a
> shop (unlike the new FifthD place in Issaquah - very
> nice job).
>
> There is a big fat mean guy who (I think) runs the
> place and a younger guy who gets yelled at by the big
> fat mean guy.  The big fat mean guy (bfmg) apparently
> had never filled doubles before (so why is he selling
> commercial diving helmets?).  After lecturing me on
> Nitrox for a while he did the usual and tried to fill
> through both posts but couldn't get that to work (even
> though he was spinning knobs like my tanks were some
> type of foose ball table).  I told him that most
> places just do it through one post and leave the
> isolator open.  He tried that (on both posts) and
> couldn't get it to work.  He then started getting
> pretty irate (he yelled some more at his assistant -
> who was visibily embarrased by his actions at this
> point).  I told him I was late (I had to meet a
> friend) and that it wasn't a big deal... I could
> easily do the dive with 1400psi.  I was trying to
> leave gracefully.  He'd have nothing of that and
> continued to mess around with the tanks.
>
> It was getting scary (he was talking about taking
> things apart) so I grabbed the tanks, disconnected
> them from the tank torture booster machine and told
> him I was leaving. "do I owe you any money?".  He
> said, "no - I didn't touch your tanks " (i.e. I'm not
> libel for you if you dive with these unless you let me
> take it all apart)  "you shouldn't dive with these - I
> shouldn't let you take them".  I took them and left.
>
> He chased me out of the store saying "You're in a
> hurry to go diving, you're going to hurt yourself.
> You're tanks are broken."   I drove off.
>
> I parked at the fish and chips place near beach two
> and went over to tell the story to a Silent World guy
> who was doing some training.  I normally bring my
> tanks to them because they're the closest shop to me
> and figured my tanks were fine because they'd filled
> them just the other day.  The next thing I know BFMG
> has followed me over (I'm hard to miss in my bright
> orange vw bus) and is asking people around the parking
> lot where I went.
>
> I went back over to my van and he started ranting
> again... saying he was going to call the police and
> the fire department.  !!!Psycho warning!!!  He was
> waving around some manifold like a lunatic saying that
> his equipment worked on that one and he was convinced
> my manifold was "broken".
>
> I didn't go diving: mostly because I was afraid to
> leave my van topside.  Just to make 100% sure
> everything was on the level I brought the tanks over
> to Andrews new FifthD store in Issaquah (which is
> really nice).  He thought it was pretty funny, spent a
> long time adjusting my gear, giving me pointers
> (because, so far, I've "learned" everything on the
> net), topped off my tanks and refused to take any
> money.  Thanks Andrew!  I feel horrible that he
> wouldn't take any money but I'll pay him back by
> buying a HID and doing some training with him in the
> future.
>
> Anyway - just thought that the Seattle crowd should
> know about this wacko.  I've met some really touched
> people in this industry but he definitely takes the
> cake.  I'd love to hear any other reports on this
> shop.
>
> -ben
>
>
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