[Advert] New Dive Shop in Stansted, Essex

"Keith Lawrence" <false@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:40a39dc3$0$58822$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk.. .
> "rich" <rich@nospam.co.uk> wrote ...
>
> > Still begs the question regarding PADI Dive Clubs doesn't it??
>
> You could always ask them...
>
> K
>
>
Are they a branch of simplyscuba?

I ask becuase the website navigation method, products and prices are
identical

G

"Jason" <jason.usenet.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote ...

> > I don't /think/ so, but I do know they are using a
> > generic packaged shop system and want to move to
> > their own web site...

> No it's definitely a redirect to simplyscuba. If you have a
> look at your privacy settings, you'll probably see a whole
> bunch of cookies that have been bounced because they originate
> from a different site.

Nice one Jason! A slightly bigger "hint", now that I've checked, is the
source page frameset...

<frameset rows="135,*" frameborder="NO" border="0" framespacing="0">
<frame src="shop-online-top.htm" name="topFrame" scrolling="auto"
noresize>
<frame
src="http://www.simplyscuba.com/whitelabels/2dive4/cgi-bin-ss/diveshop.cgi"
name="mainFrame" scrolling="auto" noresize>
</frameset>

Kind of gives the game away doesn't it

I know they've been operating their own school from home for a year or so
and have now decided to go for their own shop. When the guy said "we're
using somebody elses online shop" I didn't know it was that literally I
just don't know, maybe SS do a kind of reseller deal for the smaller
operators much like the ISP's do.

Still, the main point being there's now a shop near me without the minimum
40 mile round trip I've been doing for years. Pity they don't do Nitrox so
the haul down to Kent Divers is still on

Does anybody know what happened to the Braintree shop BTW?

Keith L

> <frame
>
src="http://www.simplyscuba.com/whitelabels/2dive4/cgi-bin-ss/diveshop.cgi"
> name="mainFrame" scrolling="auto" noresize>
> </frameset>
> I know they've been operating their own school from home for a year or so
> and have now decided to go for their own shop. When the guy said "we're
> using somebody elses online shop" I didn't know it was that literally
I
> just don't know, maybe SS do a kind of reseller deal for the smaller
> operators much like the ISP's do.

They do - the 'whitelabels' bit in the link relates to the reseller bit -
its on the Simply Scuba website somewhere, you can have your own shop, but
run by them mostly but you can add some of your own stuff too.

David

"Keith Lawrence" <false@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:40a3e730$0$58816$5a6aecb4@news.aaisp.net.uk.. .
> "Jason" <jason.usenet.nospam@ntlworld.com> wrote ...
>
> > > I don't /think/ so, but I do know they are using a
> > > generic packaged shop system and want to move to
> > > their own web site...
>
> > No it's definitely a redirect to simplyscuba. If you have a
> > look at your privacy settings, you'll probably see a whole
> > bunch of cookies that have been bounced because they originate
> > from a different site.
>
> Nice one Jason! A slightly bigger "hint", now that I've checked, is the
> source page frameset...
>
> <frameset rows="135,*" frameborder="NO" border="0" framespacing="0">
> <frame src="shop-online-top.htm" name="topFrame" scrolling="auto"
> noresize>
> <frame
>
src="http://www.simplyscuba.com/whitelabels/2dive4/cgi-bin-ss/diveshop.cgi"
> name="mainFrame" scrolling="auto" noresize>
> </frameset>
>
> Kind of gives the game away doesn't it
>
> I know they've been operating their own school from home for a year or so
> and have now decided to go for their own shop. When the guy said "we're
> using somebody elses online shop" I didn't know it was that literally
I
> just don't know, maybe SS do a kind of reseller deal for the smaller
> operators much like the ISP's do.
>
> Still, the main point being there's now a shop near me without the minimum
> 40 mile round trip I've been doing for years. Pity they don't do Nitrox so
> the haul down to Kent Divers is still on
>
> Does anybody know what happened to the Braintree shop BTW?

The Braintree dive shop http://www.divecare.com/ moved from the industrial
estate into the town centre!!

So you have to park your car in a car park and lug cylinders across town.

Just not going to happen with a twinset, so I go to Chelmsford now.

Adam


>
> Keith L
>
>

On Fri, 14 May 2004 07:38:51 +0100, "Adam Walker" <adamwalker@nospam>
wrote:

>The Braintree dive shop http://www.divecare.com/ moved from the industrial
>estate into the town centre!!

They had to, the industrial unit they were in was a special discounted
unit for start up companies, they were already nearly a year over the
max stay period

>
>So you have to park your car in a car park and lug cylinders across town.
>
>Just not going to happen with a twinset, so I go to Chelmsford now.
>

Exactly the reason I stopped using them, although for me it always
seems to be two twin sets and at least a couple of singles, it's just
not physically possible. They must have lost a fortune because not
only have they lost the gas income but more importantly the "while I'm
here I just need...."

Keith we go all the way to Kent Diving when there are two Nitrox shops
in Chelmsford?
--
Pete

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On Fri, 14 May 2004 08:51:19 +0100, Pete Melbourne
<psmvsl@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>Keith we go all the way to Kent Diving when there are two Nitrox shops
>in Chelmsford?

That should have been why go alll....
--
Pete

news 'at' melbourne 'dot' me 'dot' uk

On Fri, 14 May 2004 08:45:11 +0100, Pete Melbourne
<psmvsl@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

>On Thu, 13 May 2004 16:28:36 +0100, rich <rich@nospam.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>Still begs the question regarding PADI Dive Clubs doesn't it??
>
>Aren't PADI dive societies always associated with a shop anyway?

not always..

"Pete Melbourne" <psmvsl@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
news:rau8a0hfb0vs74f47564fslff1poi20huq@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 14 May 2004 07:38:51 +0100, "Adam Walker" <adamwalker@nospam>
> wrote:
>
> >The Braintree dive shop http://www.divecare.com/ moved from the
industrial
> >estate into the town centre!!
>
> They had to, the industrial unit they were in was a special discounted
> unit for start up companies, they were already nearly a year over the
> max stay period
>
> >
> >So you have to park your car in a car park and lug cylinders across town.
> >
> >Just not going to happen with a twinset, so I go to Chelmsford now.
> >
>
> Exactly the reason I stopped using them, although for me it always
> seems to be two twin sets and at least a couple of singles, it's just
> not physically possible. They must have lost a fortune because not
> only have they lost the gas income but more importantly the "while I'm
> here I just need...."
>
> Keith we go all the way to Kent Diving when there are two Nitrox shops
> in Chelmsford?
> --
Or one in the one in Enfield would be quicker. I think there was one in
Hertford as well that doing Nitrox.

On Fri, 14 May 2004 15:50:39 +0100, rich wrote:
>
>>Aren't PADI dive societies always associated with a shop anyway?
>
> not always..

I believe it was a special dispensation for the UK. Independant
instructors are allowed to set up their own chapters.

Jason

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"Daniel Taylor" <daniel.taylor6@ntlworld.com> wrote...

> > Keith we go all the way to Kent Diving when there are
> > two Nitrox shops in Chelmsford?

> Or one in the one in Enfield would be quicker. I think there
> was one in Hertford as well that doing Nitrox.

Are the ones in Chelmsford while-you-wait? I stopped using the Enfield shop
for a few reasons, one of which was "leave you tanks, come back in x days
time...", which of course meant TWO journies! Same problem in Ipswich (where
I sometimes work). So that's why I've been running up and down the M25 to
Kent Divers, they will Nitrox fill your tanks on the spot.

Alternatives welcome, although with a shop in Stansted I feel a few J's and
a personal filter coming on if they aren't doing Nitrox soon

Keith L