If you can find someone in Dallas with a decent price, I will be glad to go
and pick it up but... MSRP is pretty much what you can get.  I get a
discount as a DM but only at one shop and they dont carry Suunto.

CH
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Ward" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 8:33 PM
Subject: [SCUBA-SE] Reaching out for dive computer help!


> Friends!
>
> I need help from my friends on the list.  I need a new dive computer by
> 2/16!  My old Monitor II has finally shot craps.  I leave for Belize a
week
> from Saturday.  I live in metropolitan St. Louis where we do not have a
lot
> of competition for dive gear.  I just got back from my local dive shop
> where I priced a SeaQuest (Sunnto) Vyper wrist mount.  They advised it was
> $440.  I asked what the price would be if I bought it that moment and they
> replied $405!  Not even 10% off of what must be very close to MSRP.  Screw
> them.
>
> My friends in the much more competitive dive shop markets in Dallas,
> Atlanta, Houston, Chicago(?), can any of you help me with info on the
price
> of a Vyper in your local, and the name of a shop I can contact.
>
> Another problem is that SeaQuest places serious dealer restrictions to
> protect local dealers.  Will a dealer take my phone order and send me the
> computer?  Will you help me by talking your local shop into shipping me a
> computer with a phone order?
>
> I really need this groups help ASAP.  Any suggestions are welcome.
>
> /Don
>