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Correction: 5thD-X (California) Blowing Out Halcyon Products
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 5:14 pm
by Tangfish
Looks like <del>5th Dimension in Issaquah</del>
5thD-X in Monterey California is dropping Halcyon as a supplier. As a result, all their stock is 30% off till it's gone. kgdiver pointed me to
this page, describing it.
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 6:07 pm
by Joshua Smith
Gee, if you read through the explanation of why they're dumping Halcyon as a supplier, it really doesn't make you want to run right over there and buy any Halcyon stuff.
Posted: Mon May 29, 2006 7:55 pm
by John Rawlings
Nailer99 wrote:Gee, if you read through the explanation of why they're dumping Halcyon as a supplier, it really doesn't make you want to run right over there and buy any Halcyon stuff.
Sound reasoning!
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 12:34 am
by da_jab
What do they offer instead?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:31 am
by Grateful Diver
Um ... excuse me, but you folks are in error.
Being a staff member at 5th D in Issaquah ... I was quite surprised to read the above ... then I went to the Web site.
You have to understand that there are two businesses with similar names ... Fifth Dimension in Issaquah, WA ... and 5thD-X in Monterey California.
The folks who are dumping Halcyon are 5thD-X ... they're the California business owned by Mark's former business partner Andrew Georgitsis.
The Issaquah store ... which is in the process of changing its name to Pacific Rim Scuba (mostly due to the sort of confusion going on here) ... is one of Halcyon's biggest dealers, and it would've surprised me no end to see them dropping the product line.
As for Andrew, many of you know that he was currently dumped as the GUE Training Director ... and villified by many in the DIR community. As a result, he's cutting his business ties with all things DIR ... which includes the Halcyon product line. Of course, he has to find a good business reason to explain to his customers why he's doing so ... and "quality issues" seems to be an effective message.
Some of this is politics ... most of it's business. Andrew wants to promote competing business lines, which is his choice ... and a good one, to my concern. Competition provides incentive to create better products at lower prices, and we the consumer benefit.
But don't take everything you read on the Internet at face value. Every dive shop in the world carries "only the best" products ... and everything they decide not to carry is crap. Just ask any LDS owner ...
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:51 am
by Joshua Smith
Oh- OK. That was a bit confusing. So, in your opinion, Halcyon still makes good gear?
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 8:59 am
by Maverick
Of course halcyon still makes good gear Nailer. Halcyon OMS and Dive Rite are all pretty much the same ideas and Functions. Even OxyCheq Is a good one if not one of the best. I talked to mark he is not givingup Halcyon.
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 9:51 am
by Grateful Diver
Nailer99 wrote:Oh- OK. That was a bit confusing. So, in your opinion, Halcyon still makes good gear?
Halcyon makes good gear ... as do a lot of other companies out there.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Posted: Tue May 30, 2006 1:40 pm
by Tangfish
Grateful Diver wrote:Um ... excuse me, but you folks are in error.
You have to understand that there are two businesses with similar names ... Fifth Dimension in Issaquah, WA ... and 5thD-X in Monterey California.
The folks who are dumping Halcyon are 5thD-X ... they're the California business owned by Mark's former business partner Andrew Georgitsis.
... Bob (Grateful Diver)
Sorry about the confusion, I've edited the headline and the original post. So, it boils down to: Halcyon stuff is still ok, and this shop is selling their stock at a discount.