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Thanks for the help, guys. I am already reading the encly and workbook. It's lots of reading. Scary stuff. I hope i get through. Any more additional help would glady appreciated.
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baitedstorm:BTW, when I called PADI (2 days ago) they gave me a price of $150 for the IM and the lady on the phone said to go through my LDS they would be able to get me a better price than hers. Not sure if location plays a role in the price though...
gjmmotors:If in florida call Prodive, they sell enough of them that they get a decent break, and pass it onto you. If you were to buy it from joe schmo shop or a padi pro like me, it would be $147.74 paper or digital. The more a dive shop buys at a time the cheaper it gets, Padi has 7 levels of discounts.
Chances are your dive shop will also tag a few bucks onto it to make a profit off of it.
-g mount
I like the digital due to the handy search feature when looking for an answer to a standards question.
James Goddard:You didn't mention the agency? With PADI most of the testing is multiple guess so as long as you've read the material and have some common sense it is fairly easy.
Most people think either the physics or the physiology are the tough ones. IMHO the difficult exam is DM Conducted Programs. Most of the questions on this exam are not covered in any of the DM materials. PADI recommends buying the IM and you would need it for this exam, but if you buy the IM for a typical (non-rushed) DMC you will have spent a lot of money on an out of date book.
If you're trying to do one of those DM in two weeks kind of things make sure you've read all the materials, done the knowledge reviews & workbook. There is a signficicant amount of reading/writing involved and you proably won't have time to do it all.
James
sleepyhead:Thanks for the help, guys. I am already reading the encly and workbook. It's lots of reading. Scary stuff. I hope i get through. Any more additional help would glady appreciated.