Yes, I already made the correct drawings and got prices from my shop - very much cheaper than those scumbags are letting on, only done without the sheer stupidity with which that piece of shit was "designed". -----Original Message----- From: terry michael [mailto:OEA51@go*.co*] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 9:55 PM To: Trey; grichardson@at*.ne*; techdiver; Quest@Gu*. Com Subject: Re: Re: George has done it again! Anyway, one more word out of those >assholes and I will make their scooter properly and a hell of a lot cheaper, >so I suggest these idiots not test me. End of the thread I suspect. :-) -----Original Message----- From: "Trey"<trey@ne*.co*> To: grichardson@at*.ne*, "techdiver"<techdiver@aquanaut.com>, "Quest@Gu*. Com"<quest@gu*.co*> Date: Fri Sep 07 04:51:34 PDT 2001 Subject: Re: George has done it again! > >Submersion is significantly cheaper to make. The guy is merely using my >benchmark to price, and then is not delivering the same performance. He >could get away with this because I could not keep up with orders, but now my >supply chain is secured , caught up and increased so I can produce a lot >more than before. I lowered my price several times as I found economies of >scale. > >I can make any form of scooter, and have done so. Anyone who wants to see >any of my other scooters can stop by my house and look. The one we use in >the WKPP is the Gavin design with standard internal part sizes that make >everyone's scooter and parts interchangeable. I could even make a submersion >( of course done right, not kluged ) and make it interchangeable, but then >I have to go through the risk period knowing that there might be screwups >with the flexing of the back end and nose. We solved that problem in the EE >lights by using a middle bulkhead and a hard material lid. If we used HDPE >for the lid, it would bow and leak badly. Anyway, one more word out of those >assholes and I will make their scooter properly and a hell of a lot cheaper, >so I suggest these idiots not test me. > >What I did with the current version of the Gavin is make one up and have >some of my young guns dive them it and out of deep water at our dive sites >accompanied by divers on regular Gavins and towing Gavins to see if there >would be any issues over a period of a year. When there were not, I went >ahead and produced those. While I don't have time for that kind of thing, I >sure have no problem making anything anyone wants cheaper and better and let >them take the risk ( like they are with that piece of shit) , and the fact >is that most people who buy things like that don't have a clue and don't do >what we do anyway, so there probably is not much risk. Hell, just about >anything works at Ginnie Springs or bounce diving. > >Funny who goes the distance and what they use, and funny who explores the >serious wrecks and what they use. Not a coincidence, let me assure you. > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: grichardson@at*.ne* [mailto:grichardson@at*.ne*] >Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 9:08 PM >To: techdiver >Cc: georgegivemeabreak@ho*.co* >Subject: Re:George has done it again! > > >Hey Giveme, > >At first you come out for the Submersion, and against the >Gavin. You say George is ripping people off, even though >the Submersion costs more. > >Then you claim to be a WKPP diver, yea right, and want to >stay on the team. But Gavins are the only the only >scooters used in the WKPP. So you want to continue using >a Gavin, even though you say the Submersion is superior? > >Now you have put yourself on both sides of the fence and >don't have the balls to sign your name and stand up for >either side. By your own admission you're a hypocrite. >Who would believe any of your nonsense BS? You're done. >Time to sit down. > >Grady >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. ___________________________________________________ GO.com Mail Get Your Free, Private E-mail at http://mail.go.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: quest-unsubscribe@gu*.co* For additional commands, e-mail: quest-help@gu*.co* -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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