PADI: How do I cancel my certification?

[Nwcid]

You are NOT a member. You have a card that says you completed a class or classes. The only way to revoke that is have a stroke and forget it all, yet the fact remains that you still took and passed the class.

The cards are not a membership or a club. They are proof of completing and passing a class. If you dont want them throw them in the trash and quit diving...............

 

[cosminadi]

FYI... What gear you got and how bad you want rid of it....

Already got rid of my gear, did not have much as I prefer renting than paying airline fees and lugging that around.

 

[Damselfish]

You can become a member of the "PADI Diving Society" (pretty much a magazine subscription) - and you can cancel that.

Certification isn't a membership. It didn't make you a member of anything, any more than a drivers license makes you a member of...I dunno, actually.

 

[Jim Lapenta]

But you do not become a member. You are not a member of the state you live in just because you have a driver's license from it. You bought a card that says you got training to scuba dive. You didn't purchase or enroll as a member in anything.
And as for the computer failure. NO you do not trust your buddy unless you know them as well as you know yourself. The computer fails the dive is over. You give the thumb's up and ascend. Yes it should work when you rent gear. But even if you own it yourself it may fail. That's why you have a back up computer. It sits squarely between your ears.

You are not a member of PADI. Never were.

 

[Hoyden]

Cut your c-card up and never dive again. You will be all set.

 

[cosminadi]

Jim, you are correct. Did not accuse just the shop. Part of the fault was mine: I broke the first rule, your equipment is defective, you surface. However, the boat already left to the pick up point, and I was not in the mood to wait for Coast Guard in the open ocean. I signaled the DM, and he OK'ed to keep track of time. We did the stop on the way up, he was OK, I was not. He was a nice guy, and better fit than me. Simple as that. Oh, and "it can't happen to me, DM is my dive buddy, I'm AOW and 25+ dives, it's safe".

 

[lowviz]

First and foremost, your initial un-edited post stated that this was an insurance issue.

So you give your agent a signed, notarized, letter of risk exclusion. This means that your insurance company will not pay for any diving-related issues. Done.

How is it that the primary issue got edited out and now we are only left with PADI-bashing?

 

[cosminadi]

Cut your c-card up and never dive again. You will be all set.

Thanks, I will mail it back to PADI with thanks and return receipt, as proof for my insurance company.

lowviz, apologies, I edited it when people called me a troll, now edited back so this thread would make any sense. By no means intended to bash PADI or the dive shop.

Good luck to everyone. Stay safe. Did not intend the spoil the fun for you. It's just not my cup of tea anymore, hope you understand why.

 

[Nwcid]

Thanks, I will mail it back to PADI with thanks and return receipt, as proof for my insurance company.

Good luck to everyone. Stay safe. Did not intend the spoil the fun for you. It's just not my cup of tea anymore, hope you understand why.

Even if you do that you still took the class and have the learned knowledge from it so you will always be a scuba diver yet maybe not in practice. The card is simply a way to prove to others that you passed the class.

A more logical option would be to discuss with your insurance company what they would like from you. I know it sounds silly but it makes no difference if you send the card back or throw it away or cut it up. You still took the class and passed.

 

[cosminadi]

Even if you do that you still took the class and have the learned knowledge from it so you will always be a scuba diver yet maybe not in practice. The card is simply a way to prove to others that you passed the class.

Correct and thanks, except you need a card to dive with a dive shop, and it proves I have no intent. They will, of course, not cover me if I change my mind and go out there on my own, certified or not certified. Just like they may not cover me if I jump off a plane, parachute or no parachute.