There is no arguement that buying online new or used can save a diver significant amounts of dollars. The real question becomes whether the LDS can survive in this age of online sales.The new business model for the LDS has to be based on equipment service, air fills and training. It seems to me that any shop that turns away a customer looking to have gear serviced is a shop that won’t last long. Equipment sales and diver travel services are at to small a margin today to be considered reliable sources of income that can keep the doors of most LDS open but are a necessity to promote continued training.