Certification Problem-PADI hologram

[Hillmorton Scubie]

To bring you up to speed
I did a OW referal certification in Cozumel and was told that I coluldn't send in my PADI PIC without a PADI Hologram stuck in it.
This was because in the Caribbean they are stopping the sharing of books by enclosing one hologram per study book.
When I got home I spoke to PADI and they confirmed that they would be able to issue me with my OW c card if I sent in a copy of the receipt for my OW book.
Fortunately I had kept it. The c card has now arrived.

So-If you are doing a referal in the Caribbean area,make sure you keep your receipt for the study material.-unless you have a PADI hologram.

I wonder what would have happened if I had trashed the receipt.

 

[Rick Murchison]

To bring you up to speed
I did a OW referal certification in Cozumel and was told that I coluldn't send in my PADI PIC without a PADI Hologram stuck in it.
This was because in the Caribbean they are stopping the sharing of books by enclosing one hologram per study book.
When I got home I spoke to PADI and they confirmed that they would be able to issue me with my OW c card if I sent in a copy of the receipt for my OW book.
Fortunately I had kept it. The c card has now arrived.

So-If you are doing a referal in the Caribbean area,make sure you keep your receipt for the study material.-unless you have a PADI hologram.

I wonder what would have happened if I had trashed the receipt.

You'd have had to raise your voice.
Rick

 

[jviehe]

To bring you up to speed
I did a OW referal certification in Cozumel and was told that I coluldn't send in my PADI PIC without a PADI Hologram stuck in it.
This was because in the Caribbean they are stopping the sharing of books by enclosing one hologram per study book.
When I got home I spoke to PADI and they confirmed that they would be able to issue me with my OW c card if I sent in a copy of the receipt for my OW book.
Fortunately I had kept it. The c card has now arrived.

So-If you are doing a referal in the Caribbean area,make sure you keep your receipt for the study material.-unless you have a PADI hologram.

I wonder what would have happened if I had trashed the receipt.

Call the dive center and tell them to send you a hologram or a reciept? Its their responibility to know the process. Im sure they could have taken care of it. Personally I dont trust divers to send in their PICs. I do it for them.

 

[Blackwood]

One is required to buy a book to obtain a PADI C-card?

Any particular reason beyond the obvious (i.e. to make them spend money) that students can't share, etc.?

 

[undefined]

Another point worth noting - at least as of last summer (and according to the shop I dive with, still current) - couples can send in a single hologram so long as they send in their PICs in the same envelope.

 

[ZzzKing]

We complete AOW in Belize in November. The forms asked for a sticker and the only one included was the standard PADI sticker. No mention of a hologram and I didn't know any better. I cut the standard sticker down to fit and stuck it on there. Received my new card in the mail last week but I was worried for a while after reading some posts on here.

 

[Beboandles]

One is required to buy a book to obtain a PADI C-card?

Any particular reason beyond the obvious (i.e. to make them spend money) that students can't share, etc.?

indeed my wife and i had to purchase 2 books during our ow class.we were required to take chapter review exams and tear them out and give to the instructor.in hindsight i guess i could have asked if we could photo copy the exams but i get the feeling that this is another revenue generator for them and probably would not have allowed it.

 

[GA Under Water]

you can buy One copy of the OWD CD-ROM and get 5 certified from it.

 

[all4scuba05]

Another point worth noting - at least as of last summer (and according to the shop I dive with, still current) - couples can send in a single hologram so long as they send in their PICs in the same envelope.

So if I live in Utah, and have 3 partners, and they're all men, and we all take the course with one book, can we do the same? or will they discriminate against us because we're not monogamous and straight?

 

[oly5050user]

indeed my wife and i had to purchase 2 books during our ow class.we were required to take chapter review exams and tear them out and give to the instructor.in hindsight i guess i could have asked if we could photo copy the exams but i get the feeling that this is another revenue generator for them and probably would not have allowed it.

the knowledge reviews are collected as a "cover yer ***" liability reason by most instructors..certified divers are required (standards)to have ready access to their text book so as to use as a reference at anytime..