scubapig52
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Good job Sugarshane , you are the best the people are really morons
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Dive-aholic:The future is in the Internet. Just because courses will be introduced through the Internet doesn't mean that there will be no need for instructors. There has been on-line education for over 20 years now. Major universities are offering on line classes and degrees. I'm not just referring to U. of Phoenix, but also several universities throughout the nation. Look at Rio Salado College. They are now offering an on line nursing program. You still have to complete the clinical rotations in person, but the didactic stuff is done on line. That's what PADI is doing. Not all people need to sit in a classroom to hear an instructor spout off information that they can read in a book. Some people do very well with independent study. For those that need more instruction, the traditional method is still available. And there is always the confined water and open water sessions. That's where I get across the information I think is really important.
As for your comment about the ocean being a challenge, I've done some dives in the lakes that have been much more challenging than some of my ocean dives. You won't train in the lakes because it's so dangerous and then you come on here and state the ocean is a challenge and you only allow your instructors and DMs 10 lake dives. Which is it? Is the ocean more challenging or the lake more challenging? Send your divers out the lake and let's see them dive with anyone here in this forum and see who is stronger, or better yet, why don't you come out.
Scuba Board does build up the divers here, the divers who come here with an open mind looking for help and advice. Those who come on here portraying that they know everything there is about diving and they are the best and safest and everyone else is dangerous...well, why would we want you around?
scubapig52:You know I would love to give the nice people of scuba board lots of positive feed back but ,there are so many fools that can't see the truth , the real connection of on line scuba is to buy pass the scuba stores and do the pools and open water at the resort not at the the local dive stores any PADI store owner should see that. Its called vertical marketing and PADI is on there way .. we better learn to get along or about 24 months scuba will have a real different look and not a good one , we can change the world but not like this .....try to work together
scubapig52:Good job Sugarshane , you are the best the people are really morons
pinkladydi:my only negativity is with PAUL and his business practices, he double billed me so since 1988 I have been advertissing that
sugarshane:man this is fun to listen to. Obviously you guys don't know the difference between scuba schools international and scuba sceinces inc. you all get caught up in the letters. Scuba schools international is only interested in one thing and that being making money and screw the diver. scuba sciences is all about the safety and well being of their divers. You wanna buy gear on the internet fine but when it breaks down and you cant get it fixed cuz it dont have a warranty then just "save some money" and go buy you another one, WOW how ignorant is that? you guys are a bunch of haters. leave it to the az people to cry, and moan.
scubapig52:You know I would love to give the nice people of scuba board lots of positive feed back but ,there are so many fools that can't see the truth , the real connection of on line scuba is to buy pass the scuba stores and do the pools and open water at the resort not at the the local dive stores any PADI store owner should see that. Its called vertical marketing and PADI is on there way .. we better learn to get along or about 24 months scuba will have a real different look and not a good one , we can change the world but not like this .....try to work together
4- No i actually have not spoken with tina or james about this matter specifically. not sure what if anything it would have changed but i didnt. every time i talked to someone about it it was a random call from them and not sure who it was. I guess i just kinda figured that the person on the phone giving me a hard time and telling me i needed to "figure something out" was put in the position to call me because he was knowledgable as to how things worked and could accurately portray scuba sciences opinions and customer service to the customers being contacted... maybe that is putting to much faith in a person on the phone. but i just assumed thats what was going on. then i started to look around online and find i am not the first person to have these issues. so in conclusion its not a isolated incident it seems to be common practice by someone or people there (by my experience not tina or james).
Paul I think your right to an extent, noone ever said PADI was not just about themselves and a marketing behemouth at that. The eLearning program only truly benefits PADI in every conceivable scenario. I think this will basically make any referral program irrelevant for the most part. Those who consider taking up the sport intent on doing their checkout dives at a resort destination will no longer have to complete their class and pool locally. I don't know what percentage of students this applies to, you and the other shops would certainly know this better than I.scubapig52:...the real connection of on line scuba is to buy pass the scuba stores and do the pools and open water at the resort not at the the local dive stores any PADI store owner should see that. Its called vertical marketing and PADI is on there way .. we better learn to get along or about 24 months scuba will have a real different look and not a good one , we can change the world but not like this .....try to work together