What's your impression of this behavior?
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The policy at the LDS I worked at in NC was simple...NEVER bad mouth the competition. And I have no doubt that it is still the policy.
daniel f aleman
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NWGratefulDiver:
Ha! Don't be subtle, Bob.
This type of bad mouthing makes us all look bad. If this LDS owner is PADI affiliated you could make a Quality Assurance complaint against him as being a PADI member you are required to 'Not wrongfully disparage the PADI organization, PADI Members or any other dive industry professionals.'. You can email ga@padi.com to lodge your complaint.
im the manager of one of the largest dive shops in a company touted as the largest dive distributor in the world even though we are a west coast/half company. i would never even think of putting down another shop. people just dont like it. you sound like a "tool" as it were. in addition, i train swat, bomb squad and fire guys in my shop too.....big deal..most of my customers are not those people....we are all trying to make a living on what we love...in a few short words.......
"we all gots to eat"....you can do better than this guy. you really can.
"we all gots to eat"....you can do better than this guy. you really can.
Spongebobscubasteve
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MBH:
Snorkles are never, under any circumstances, cool! LOL!
waterpirate
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Welcome to the scuba community!
unfortunately the old saying rings true here, a few bad lds owner operators give the whole bunch of us a bad reputation.
Eric
unfortunately the old saying rings true here, a few bad lds owner operators give the whole bunch of us a bad reputation.
Eric
altitudemike
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I have 2 shops I use full time. One has less expensive gear (same brands) & the other has better instructors so I use both & spread out my loyalty, it also helps that they both know it so are always trying to go the extra mile for me. I also use both to vis plus my tanks & service regs.
An interesting point altitudeMike... personally I deal with one LDS for all my major purchases as I am comfortable with him...
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