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Jim, well said - you are right. What does occur, however, that we do not see, is that the rally crappy instructors are on here privately emailing everyone who asks a question and trying to sell them the wrong stuff and offer instruction. Notice the number of items for sale that are exactly what the strokes are recommending, but that the owners can't get rid of. Why is that? Why is is that there are instructors out there who recommend Aquazepp scooers, lights built by transvestites, 17/17, and othr atrocities? Because we let them get away with it. Then , if we mention who these storkes are, they go crying to Lloyd Bailey or Lamar Hires saying that we are badmouthing them and the organizations should not support our projects. On Sat, 19 Oct 1996, jkg@cc*.ga*.ed* (Jim Greenlee) wrote: >The way to "learn a thing or two" and "avoid buying junk" is not by >listening to salesmen. It is by listening to the recommendations of >people who actually use the stuff, and have nothing to gain >financially from the thing that they are recommending. There are >plenty of examples of people (you and me included) who listened to >salesmen, bought crap gear, and then had to get rid of it (or worse, >eat it) when they found out what they had done. > >I don't subscribe to these lists to get sales pitches - not from >Chris Parrett, not from anybody. I subscribe to these lists to get >unbiased (to the greatest extent possible) information about the >types of diving that I like to do. If I want to read ads, then I will >buy "Skin Diver". > >-JimG > > George M. Irvine III DIR WKPP 1400 SE 11 ST Ft Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-493-6655 FAX 6698 Email gmiiii@in*.co*
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