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From RockRat2008: most dive shops are located near water so you have much more competition from already established shops with a loyal following
You would think but 3 shops in Point Pleasant NJ within walking distance of the docks and a shore dive used by instructors for training failed.
One I liked and my son got certified there, not sure what happened.
One was mainly a fill station with some point of sale but he didn’t seem interested in stopping work on some handicrafts to take care of customers. This was owned by a shop in another town that got a reputation for pumping water into tanks, not maintaining their compressor and everyone stopped using them. They are gone too.
A third had a stupid bussiness model, you had to be a member first, I went in to buy a mask and he wouldn’t talk to me! He’s gone!
There is now a fill station in the back of a bait shop.
There was another shop about 10 miles away I stopped using when then went ScubaPro only and wouldn’t service the Oceanic regs they had sold. I believe they are gone too.
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