siegelreptiles
Contributor
Hey board---looking for a little help.
Had a friend sign up for the padi online certification. It prompts you to pick a local shop when doing so so he called and spoke to one local to him and they told him it would be $170. He figured he could handle $295($170 plus the $120 online course fee) so he signed up online and started to do the course. He is about half way finished and today we decided to run over to the store so he could meet the people there where he signed up. Well, in person that $170 changed real quick. It was $170 if you bought a bunch of gear from them that he already has, if not it was $370---this is in addition to the $120 he already paid for the online course. She then went on to say it would cost him approx $70 to rent regs and bcs in addition to that as well. I then jumped in and asked her if the price at least included the 4 boat dives and she said yes, but then paused and said that boat dives were not guaranteed and that they may in fact be beach dives. The woman was short with us and we politely said thank you and left.
Seemed way out of line, and my friend is not a rich guy, but would really like to be certified and is on his way, but we need to find a padi instuctor who can reasonably finish his pool dives and 4 open water dives after he completes his online course.
Any help would be much appreciated. I have to say that it was pretty crummy the hole bait and switch deal from that store.
Had a friend sign up for the padi online certification. It prompts you to pick a local shop when doing so so he called and spoke to one local to him and they told him it would be $170. He figured he could handle $295($170 plus the $120 online course fee) so he signed up online and started to do the course. He is about half way finished and today we decided to run over to the store so he could meet the people there where he signed up. Well, in person that $170 changed real quick. It was $170 if you bought a bunch of gear from them that he already has, if not it was $370---this is in addition to the $120 he already paid for the online course. She then went on to say it would cost him approx $70 to rent regs and bcs in addition to that as well. I then jumped in and asked her if the price at least included the 4 boat dives and she said yes, but then paused and said that boat dives were not guaranteed and that they may in fact be beach dives. The woman was short with us and we politely said thank you and left.
Seemed way out of line, and my friend is not a rich guy, but would really like to be certified and is on his way, but we need to find a padi instuctor who can reasonably finish his pool dives and 4 open water dives after he completes his online course.
Any help would be much appreciated. I have to say that it was pretty crummy the hole bait and switch deal from that store.