fairybasslet
Contributor
Please, let's not mix apples and oranges. SB is a great place run by volunteers. I appreciate this place and have been a supporter. I know at one time it took a while to get stickers, either because of a lack of communication or they ran out...something like that, but the prospect of getting stickers was not why I gave them some $.
Even though I have had some personal correspondence with Pete, I can't say that I know him very well but I have always been impressed by his handling of things. In this case, I think he defended his friend. I think he made a mistake by not reading the thread on wetpixel before answering the way that he did, but that's just my opinion. What Pete probably doesn't know is that Robyn was at ITK a couple of years ago and he probably met her. She was my buddy and I asked her to come with me. I have known Robyn for many years and I have traveled the world with her.
She is my friend and yes, I will tend to take her side. However, her version of events has been supported by many other contestants. And I know that she was reluctant to post was she did on wetpixel and only did so after being encouraged by other uw photographers to do so as a warning about the contests run by Dive Chronicles. I know she agonized for months over what to do, and that was because all of her emails and phone calls were not returned. If they had been, I'm positive the mistake about taking AMEX would have been solved. I'm sure she regrets posting the whole story now because, take my word for it, she is anything but a drama queen. All she wants to do is dive and take photos, and she is quite good at it.
Even though I have had some personal correspondence with Pete, I can't say that I know him very well but I have always been impressed by his handling of things. In this case, I think he defended his friend. I think he made a mistake by not reading the thread on wetpixel before answering the way that he did, but that's just my opinion. What Pete probably doesn't know is that Robyn was at ITK a couple of years ago and he probably met her. She was my buddy and I asked her to come with me. I have known Robyn for many years and I have traveled the world with her.
She is my friend and yes, I will tend to take her side. However, her version of events has been supported by many other contestants. And I know that she was reluctant to post was she did on wetpixel and only did so after being encouraged by other uw photographers to do so as a warning about the contests run by Dive Chronicles. I know she agonized for months over what to do, and that was because all of her emails and phone calls were not returned. If they had been, I'm positive the mistake about taking AMEX would have been solved. I'm sure she regrets posting the whole story now because, take my word for it, she is anything but a drama queen. All she wants to do is dive and take photos, and she is quite good at it.