Why bother with training?

Scubaroo

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• Feb 13, 2003

• #1

...when you can just buy the certification.

Someone in Australia spotted this on eBay...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2710427653

 

Butch103

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• Feb 13, 2003

• #2

just go to the local business supply store and buy the cert and use your own home 'puter to print and ta da..... a cert, but remember in reality the dive shops don't look at your paper cert ( I have never got one), they look at the plastic card...(When they look or ask) :bonk:

 

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MikeFerrara

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• Feb 13, 2003

• #3

LOL... I think they are selling the wall certificate. But...I'll bet I could get big money for certifications if I didn't make people earn them. It seems the faster you can do them the more you make.

 

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• Feb 13, 2003

• #4

No problem. Now that we no longer have mastadons to assist with natural selection...the human race will self select using stupidity. Anyone with the arrogance to trade training for a purchased cert...will die quickly and with any luck they won't leave offspring carrying their non viable genes.

 

Lead_carrier

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• Feb 13, 2003

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Did you notice that the cost of shipping and handling was $4.00.... It must come already framed and via FedEx.

 

RICHinNC

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• Feb 13, 2003

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If anyone ever finds out who bought it...I would love to take out an insurance policy on them...at my expense...I am the beneficiary.,...and....do they have a cute girlfriend or wife????

There's always an up side if you look for it!!

 

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dc4bs

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• Feb 13, 2003

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At the very least, they should do us the courtesy of dying in some hilarious way...

We can always use more laughs.

Be alert! The world needs more lerts!

 

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MikeS

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• Feb 13, 2003

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It’s obvious based on the starting price, only three dollars, that this practice is not sanctioned by PADI.

 

JDostal

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• Feb 13, 2003

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That's kinda funny...I've never seen one of those certificates before. The only thing I have ever received is a card for any of my certifications.

 

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• Feb 13, 2003

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Sounds like another shining example of an Eye Dee Ten Tee Problem (or I D 10 T for short)