07-05-2005, 01:32 PM
[quote name='Jazman' date='May 6 2005, 04:20 PM']Because there is a fairly small spearfishing fraternity in Victoria, the gear tends to be expensive compared to say Queensland - the same is true of SCUBA equipment, apparently it has to do with water temp down here in Vic ie/ the water is colder, less people dive, so less people buy gear, so Vic dive shops make the gear more expensive so that they don't go bust (although lots still do!).
SO the best way to get a real bargain is either to buy your gear while on holidays in Qld or NSW, or to order your gear from a shop based in Qld or NSW and get them to post it down. That's what I did with my SCUBA gear a few years ago, and ended up getting a set of gear that would have cost me $2000 in Victoria for less than $1200...including postage!!
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thats a great tip there jazman, could you tell me what the names of the dive shops are because I'm going to go banannas and by a heap of ###### that I've been meaning to get for years.
Also jazman, do ya think another rubber on my spear gun will make it much more powerful or is it more of a hinderance than anything? How much more powerfull are the bigger guns because I'm a bit disapointed in my spear guns power and acuracy at the minute.
SO the best way to get a real bargain is either to buy your gear while on holidays in Qld or NSW, or to order your gear from a shop based in Qld or NSW and get them to post it down. That's what I did with my SCUBA gear a few years ago, and ended up getting a set of gear that would have cost me $2000 in Victoria for less than $1200...including postage!!
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thats a great tip there jazman, could you tell me what the names of the dive shops are because I'm going to go banannas and by a heap of ###### that I've been meaning to get for years.
Also jazman, do ya think another rubber on my spear gun will make it much more powerful or is it more of a hinderance than anything? How much more powerfull are the bigger guns because I'm a bit disapointed in my spear guns power and acuracy at the minute.