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Before I start with updates and things happening I need to rant...and it's been a while so bear with me...We are a dive centre, we actually sell the goods that we have purchased through our suppliers (so we are not selling 3rd party items!), we actually do all of our servicing in house from regs to cylinders, we run a full range of courses in house.... why do we charge more?Firstly we don't operate from our garage, garden shed or home we have a high street store that actually stocks dive stuff. Secondly when we charge £550 for a course the first £92 of that goes to the government in the form of VAT... if you are a one man band then you probably won't be paying this, so extra money for them - less for those with a dive centre. Thirdly I don't believe that in this country you can really complete confined water sessions in open water - yes it's cheaper for those one man bands because it means they don't have to pay £60-£80an hour for pool hire...we do!I've been in the dive industry for 20 years...but I do question how long you will see dive centres that do everything existing... If a one man is only selling courses they don't care where someone buys kit (and it's unlikely that they recommend the ''local' centre) so it's likely that people will buy online..if there's no point stocking kit then there is no point having a dive centre... Air fills are a by product of us needing to fill our own cylinders without a shop then your not going to offer it... so that leaves servicing well if your not selling kit manufacturers are reluctant to sell you service kits so that's gone...so effectively you just become a dive centre that sells courses...thats not the game I want to play....so if you continue to support your mate because he has offered you a great deal on a course don't be surprised in the near future when the dive centres are fewer and father between...Rant over!! ... See MoreSee Less

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