YAY! Dive shop in West Seattle again!!!

ljjames · Post by **ljjames** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:55 pm

5thd @ PACIFIC RIM AQUATICS
3239 harbor ave. sw unit 1
seattle 98126

On the left side of street about a block after you get off the west seattle bridge onto harbor ave heading towards coves 1,2 & 3..

Ken G · Post by **Ken G** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 5:59 pm

It will be nice to have close fills. Does anyone know the hours of operation?

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:43 pm

It'll be awfully nice to have a place to go buy whatever you've forgotten or discovered isn't working, as well!

Wonder if Mark is going to have Sunday hours in the new location?

ljjames · Post by **ljjames** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 6:57 pm

re: sunday hours

quite likely

I think he's going to be looking at traffic flow to see what hours will best serve the community. weekends of course and some later evenings i imagine...

put in your votes and i'll pass them on...

Burntchef · Post by **Burntchef** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 7:01 pm

i vote for a long enough whip that will fill doubles in my truck so i dont have to lug them anymore then i have too

Sergeant Pepper · Post by **Sergeant Pepper** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 9:55 pm

This will be a great spot. I'm suprised that UWS didn't try to snatch it up. Nice move 5th D.

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:22 pm

Who will be running it? Are they still keeping their Issaquah location?

lamont · Post by **lamont** » Fri Aug 10, 2007 10:39 pm

Sounder wrote:Who will be running it? Are they still keeping their Issaquah location?

nope, no more dive shop in issaquah.

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 11:31 am

I hope they do better there than the last dive shop in W Seattle, which I think suffered from the fact that most people only bought air fills and replacement parts, instead of the big ticket items that shops depend on to pay the bills.

gomi_otaku · Post by **gomi_otaku** » Sun Aug 12, 2007 1:24 pm

Well, 5thD is kinda known for having a specific type of equipment that is not necessarily the norm at other shops, or is there but not known much about or promoted. I think they have a loyal customer base- and I'm assuming they don't all live in Issaquah, so it might actually serve them better here.
gomi_

Jeff Kruse · Post by **Jeff Kruse** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 9:47 am

gomi_otaku wrote:Well, 5thD is kinda known for having a specific type of equipment
gomi_

And don't forget attitude... ](*,)

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:33 am

Calvin wrote:I hope they do better there than the last dive shop in W Seattle, which I think suffered from the fact that most people only bought air fills and replacement parts, instead of the big ticket items that shops depend on to pay the bills.

Actually, Deep Fathom did pretty well ... the reason they closed was because the building was owned by the Glass company next door, and they decided not to renew the lease for the dive shop because they wanted to expand their operation. Phyllis and Jim decided they were ready to retire, rather than relocating the business.

I think it's a smart move for Mark ... I think he'll get a bunch of new business out of it (I hope so, anyway) ...

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Grateful Diver · Post by **Grateful Diver** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:34 am

Jeff Kruse wrote:
gomi_otaku wrote:Well, 5thD is kinda known for having a specific type of equipment
gomi_
And don't forget attitude... ](*,)

Yours or theirs?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 2:38 pm

Grateful Diver wrote:
Jeff Kruse wrote:
gomi_otaku wrote:Well, 5thD is kinda known for having a specific type of equipment
gomi_
And don't forget attitude... ](*,)
Yours or theirs?

... Bob (Grateful Diver)

Take it easy fellas...

Jeff Kruse · Post by **Jeff Kruse** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:03 pm

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:15 pm

...and now we're all going to play nicely again. :occasion5:

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:21 pm

Regarding the attitude comment - I think it'll be interesting to see the dynamics of a DIR shop catering to non-DIR divers looking for fills, misc. parts to fix broken issues, etc.

This is certainly an opportunity for what has been historically known as a closed group to interface and hopefully promote better relations with the rest of the diving world. I hope they'll take advantage of this opportunity and use it well.

I doubt it'll be very long before we know how it goes...

Rob Holman · Post by **Rob Holman** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 7:57 pm

This will probably alienate me, but I don't care anymore.

I would not spend a penny at 5th D.

And I use to be their biggest fan.

Sergeant Pepper · Post by **Sergeant Pepper** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:03 pm

Rob Holman wrote:This will probably alienate me, but I don't care anymore.

I would not spend a penny at 5th D.

And I use to be their biggest fan.

I don't really have a strong opinion either way, but Wow. Hats off to you, this is you my friend.... :naka:

lamont · Post by **lamont** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:29 pm

Rob Holman wrote: I would not spend a penny at 5th D.

I don't see anyone holding a gun to your head making you shop there...

LCF · Post by **LCF** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 8:57 pm

You know, strong personalities elicit strong responses. And we all have our favorite shops and people to deal with. And 5thD is not my primary dive shop, but I'm glad they are going to be on Alki, because Alki needs a dive shop. Think of the times you've forgotten something, or gotten to the dive site and discovered you brought the used tank and not the full one, or blew an o-ring when you hooked the tank up, or discovered the viz was so fantastic you wanted to do a second dive, but you didn't have any gas.

There is so much diving that goes on there that a dive shop is really needed, and I, for one, am happy one is going to be there, even if my primary business is still going to go where it goes today.

Rob Holman · Post by **Rob Holman** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:12 pm

lamont wrote:
Rob Holman wrote: I would not spend a penny at 5th D.
I don't see anyone holding a gun to your head making you shop there...

Nope. That is the beauty of a free country!

Freedom to shop where you want, and freedom of speech to talk about it!

Tangfish · Post by **Tangfish** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:19 pm

Rob Holman wrote:....and freedom of speech to talk about it!

Just watch what you say.

Kidding! Kidding! (it's an old Ice-T rap song)

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:44 pm

Rob Holman wrote:
lamont wrote:
Rob Holman wrote: I would not spend a penny at 5th D.
I don't see anyone holding a gun to your head making you shop there...
Nope. That is the beauty of a free country!

Freedom to shop where you want, and freedom of speech to talk about it!

Biting my tongue... It's so good to be American. Personally, I'm with Rob.

Sounder · Post by **Sounder** » Tue Aug 14, 2007 9:51 pm

I still think it'll be interesting to see how they interact with the non-DIR folks who come in for fills and service.