I Guess the term "We service what we sell" would no longer apply. And the local dive shop probally wouldnt be able to keep their doors open if we all bought from ebay, unless if they were a ebay seller, but I put all my faith in my gear from the dive shop. I have looked at some merchandise on ebay and the question in my head, is this really a bargan? No warranty, being sold from someone that just aquired a lot from a forclosure or seizure which ive noticed those ads on ebay. So you go for the deal, whatever the selling price is, gotta pay shipping, now go to the dive shop Pay to have it serviced, hopefully its not junk! support your dive shop,, be safe buy from them! I actually saw a ebay deal gone bad at a dive shop, Guy walks in with 2 tanks to be filled, vip, hydro, says his friend bought a boat these tanks were on it, there was no DOT numbers on them,, dive shop says cant fill them, not gonna even bother with the vip or hydro! the tank owner wasnt happy but after a long questioning from the dive shop the tank owner gave in, bought em on ebay, after the research the dive shop did it turned out the tanks came from outside the U.S.A., this wasnt in the description of the merchandise, sad in this case a picture wasnt worth a thousand words...... Buyer Beware