fish_bowl
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I'm not sure if I should post the instructors name. I dont' know if that is very nice. I guess he has not really been nice to me though.
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Groundhogs suggestion appears to be the most reasonable until now.Groundhog246:If you've got 22 people and they all paid say $300 (probably paid more), then that's fraud over $5000 and could get him jail time. I'd round up written statements from everyone you know who's in the same boat and have a chat with the local cops. A quick phone call from a cop with the advice that he straighten this out or face charges might do the trick (I have seen it work). It's likely that's it not a problem sending in the paperwork, it sending in the $40 or so for each cert that is owed to PADI. If he sends the paperwork, but not the payment, he likely knows that PADI will go after him to collect. Perhaps if you bluntly asked if that's the issue and offered to pay that fee (it's better than paying to do it all over again) it might do the trick. If so, DON'T pay cash or even write him a cheque. Insist that you send right to PADI (make cheques payable to PADI).
aquaoren:........................................Padi couldn't care less .................................
What I ment was that Padi, eventhough they maybe would like to help, can not put any pressure on the instructor since he isn't Padi anymore and I don't think they would start chasing a non-Padi instructor.TDunbar:Did PADI really call you and tell you this?
Perhaps there was an implied "In my opinion" I missed.
Todd