MoBayDiver
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I was absolutly freaked out when my local (within eighty miles) divemaster and dive club told me during a telephone q&a session, that I would need to "pre-register" for a class before information about materials used in their class, equipment needed, or personell credentials, or even if they used NAUI or PADI instruction for their classes. They required a nominal fee for that information, after which a pre-screening test would be given to assure the instructors that I, "wasn't going to waste their time".
Now of course I am not going to use them, I will go ahead and look for one a little closer to the larger lakes in Northern Vermont. But what hurts is the fact that they have ruined it for me since it was my wife that was unsure if she wanted to try scuba. She was so turned off, and put on the defensive that she will not think of testing for at least a year or so. (That's a year that I'm gonna' be lookin' for a divin' buddy).
I trust that it isn't an industry standard to handle each potential customer with such harsh hands. And I hope that the idiots that use these tactics realize that I and others like me will spend our hundreds if not thousands of dollars elsewhere, and wome of us won't be afraid to travel over eighty miles for good service.
Let me know what you think
Now of course I am not going to use them, I will go ahead and look for one a little closer to the larger lakes in Northern Vermont. But what hurts is the fact that they have ruined it for me since it was my wife that was unsure if she wanted to try scuba. She was so turned off, and put on the defensive that she will not think of testing for at least a year or so. (That's a year that I'm gonna' be lookin' for a divin' buddy).
I trust that it isn't an industry standard to handle each potential customer with such harsh hands. And I hope that the idiots that use these tactics realize that I and others like me will spend our hundreds if not thousands of dollars elsewhere, and wome of us won't be afraid to travel over eighty miles for good service.
Let me know what you think