Scuba Forum > How many dive shops out there employ the ‘scuba uniform’ system?
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Greg - 8/29/2013 12:52 PM
Dive shops here in Houston do the same thing. If you work as a dive master or instructor for them, you’re supposed to dive in the same gear as other dive masters and instructors. Of course it’s gear that the dive shop sells. And most dive shops in the Houston area, with the exception of one or two, frown on students using gear bought anywhere else other than their shop.


Many dive shops perceive selling gear as their main source of revenue. I have challenged this idea a couple times:



http://www.divebuddy.com/forum/28244/dive-shop-country-club-members/

http://www.divebuddy.com/blog/10912/attention-dive-shops-fear-internet/