Holy shitcakes, Batman

[moonwise]

It's a good thing that I REALLY want to do the PADI scuba course on the cruise, because they said you had to buy your own mask and snorkel, and when we went out to Hunterdon Scuba to buy one, the bill came to...

$300.00

That's almost as much as the damn COURSE.

Comments

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

I can't believe they made you do that before the course - that's a lot of money if you hate it and never dive again. They can be disinfected, so it's not a hygiene issue, except for people squicked by the concept ::rolls eyes::

But having said that, when we bought ours in 2002, we spent $120 Aus for both of ours, so I think you were ripped off.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

I don't know why the cruise line wants you to purchase your own masks and snorkels. Maybe they've never heard of an autoclave. I'm sure that the stuff they have for sale on the ship is no bargain.

Well, we like snorkeling anyway, so even if we don't like scuba, we still have nice snorkels and masks. Regarding the price, I don't think it was a ripoff so much as we went to the scuba shop, so we got Professional Grade stuff. Certainly we could have gone to a sporting goods store and paid a lot less.

[tiggymalvern.livejournal.com]

we went to the scuba shop

Yeah, so did we - our PADI instructors took us all on a mass trip to one they'd arranged a 10% discount with - but since we were on the Great Barrier Reef coast, there were four scuba shops in every town. I'm sure the competition helps to keep the prices down!

Snorkelling is certainly fun, but I do wish we went to places we could go diving more often.

[arafel.livejournal.com]

Heh - the competition probably has a lot to do with it, then! There are about ten scuba shops in all of New Jersey.