air fills

[ballfrog]

Well, considering that I can make hundreds of dollars off each tank of air, I don't complain about the difference between $5.00 and $9.00 air.

Last week, I stopped at Aquaventure to get some fills.  It just happened to be right on my line of flight, so the convienience was the main factor.  But she filled them on the spot and had a visual done before I could finish my Subway.

Contrast that with Marineland in Onalaska later that week.  Fills were "only" $7.50.  My diver stopped in on Thursday and was told "You can pick them up Monday".  After much caterwauling, he convinced them to get somebody in to fill them later in the day and bummed a tank off of me so he could continue working.  Then he figured he'd just rent some tanks for the next day.  Turns out they couldn't even do that.

I'll pay the extra buck-fifty for good, fast service.  They're likely to see me again for more air, and they'll get a good shot at selling me my next piece of gear.

It is a bit amusing that some people will drive 30 miles out of the way to save a buck on air.  I'll drive that far out of the way to make sure I don't have to "PIck them up tomorrow".