2011 Scuba Swap Details

Ontario Underwater Explorers’
20th Annual Scuba Swap and Sale

Dates & Times:

April 16, 2011
Saturday
9:00 am–3:00 pm
Main event
April 15, 2011
Friday
6:00–9:00 pm
Equipment drop-off

Venue:

Etobicoke Olympium
590 Rathburn Road
Etobicoke, ON M9C 3T3

More below on:

Admission
Selling at Scuba Swap
Participants
Prizes
Volunteering

Admission
$5.00 — children under 12 free, when accompanied by a paying adult.

Visitors’ Tips:

Re-entry free with the hand-stamp
Please be ready to show receipts for the purchased gear at the exit
Large bags and bulky coats not allowed – lockers available in the change room (large for $1 coin, small for two 25¢ coins)
Come early for best selection – discounted prices on selected items after noon (details on pricing below)

Selling at Scuba Swap
Register your gear and we do the selling!

Equipment drop off and registration: Friday 6:00–9:00 pm, the Olympic Lounge upstairs
Unsold equipment and money pick-up: Saturday 3:30–4:30 pm, the gym downstairs

Pricing
We encourage pricing the items aggressively for sale. Pricing experts available to help you determine the appropriate price, but the final decision is the seller’s. Two prices can be specified:

Initial price
Discount price – if the item does not sell by noon, you can opt to have its price lowered

Neither price can be under $5 – please bundle smaller items together.

Fees

Registration fee: 50¢ per item, minimum of $5.00
Commission: 10% of the value sold.

* More on fees on the FAQ page

Participants
OUE Scuba Swap gathers a number of organizations, dive stores and sponsors (see the side bar for the 2010 participants). Our goal is to promote SCUBA sport — if you would like to participate in the future swaps, please contact us and we will do our best to accomodate.

Prizes

The Swap visitors enter the draw for a variety of free gear donated by participating Dive Stores. In 2009, we we were happy to start offering special prizes from independent sponsors.

We are thrilled to offer again a very special prize — a week long SCUBA cruise in the Bahamas*, value up to US$ 939.00, courtesy of:

Blackbeard's Cruises has carried more divers in the Caribbean then any other liveaboard company. Price, adventure and camaraderie are the reasons. Blackbeard’s slogan is “Twice the Fun, Half the Cost” and they live up to it.

Scuba 2000 from Richmond Hill is joining us again and sponsoring with Ikelite/JVC Underwater Video Camera and housing, Sherwood Solaris BCD (size M), Akona 2 piece Cold water wet suit (ladies 13/14), Catalina 80 aluminum tank, TUSA RS110 Reg, Momentum Men's Dive Watch, PADI/Scuba 2000 Log Binder, Chris Kohl's 'Great Lakes Diving Guide' and four McNett Dive Care Kits - valued at over $2500...

With over 25 years in the business, an easy-to-get-to location and open during the hours that suit the customers, Scuba 2000 brings a wide variety of products, specials and discounts to divers in Ontario.

We’re pleased to welcome our new sponsor, Groundhog Divers of Kitchener, ON. They are bringing two valuable prizes: an Akona Roller Camera bag and a St Moritz Coral Sea Dive Watch, valued at over $600!

Founded in 1983, Groundhog Divers has been serving the Kitchener-Waterloo, Cambridge, Guelph and surrounding areas, offering all levels of instruction from basic open water thru instructor as well as advanced leadership development.

Aquarius Scuba from Toronto has been with us as a vendor for a long time - this year they are sponsoring with valuable prizes.

Aquarius Scuba offers a large selection of scuba and snorkeling equipment from all the major manufacturers and in all price ranges. Their professional staff is available to help you choose the equipment that best fits your needs.

Custom Diving Services of Barrie, ON is sponsoring this years event with a variety of accesories: SI Tech Dryglove kit, DUI Rock Boots, 2 Dry Suit seal kits, Dui Drysuit pocket, DUI Drysuit Hood - valued at over $550. Welcome, Scott!

If you are in need of any dry suit service, sales or advice, Custom Diving Services will be more than happy to work with you and share their expertise and experience in the industry as well as the sport of scubadiving. They pride themselves on providing fast on time service for all budgets!

* Details on how to enter the draw and what is included on the FAQ page

Volunteering
The event is organized by the members of the Ontario Underwater Explorers scuba club who join before April. If you would like to volunteer next year, please visit www.ouescuba.com.

Contact
For more information, please send us an e-mail.