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I actually discontinued my subscription as have many other people who actually know the full story. Now lets see if we actually get our money back (I know - don't count on it!). My problems included one issue never being sent and we all know when the last issue was actually delivered. On top of the unprofessional administration the articles for the most part belong in some gossop rag and not in a technical diving magazine. Being as the owners of this magazine have alot to gain from selling classes you will never see truly technical information within it's publically accessable pages, just continued product advertising under false pretenses. Just look at the content so far this year: -Each issue has several articles pushing their rebreather that in any other mag would be under the heading of "paid advertising" with no articles about any other system even though four other manufacturers actually started shipping this year - including real news about how some of these systems have actually been used for some truly technical exploration. -An article about cave diving that details and promotes genuinely dangerous techniques (thet even put a small disclaimer at the end to cover their butts legally). (I especially liked the photos of cave divers in OW gear including snorkles) -Various other articles that once again could only be described as blatent advertising for their agency. -Dare I even mention the dribble in the latest issue. That insulted the intelligence of anybody who knows the real story (and even many who don't). I have talked to several people lately who know almost nothing of the WKPP or its outspoken leader who were offended that thay were being charged for this garbage. I personally don't feel like paying $7.50 for basically one man's tribute to a lost friend and a bunch of biased personal attacks against a very successful dive group in Florida because they spoke out against a dangerous practice that the publisher of this rag is making alot of money from, thats really all there was in that issue. (George can go a little over the top sometimes but his messages are right on the money - alot of people have learned quality info from him that improves safety and reduces diving expenses) At 12:01 PM 10/29/97 -0800, Jeremy Downs wrote: >Isn't everybody? > >At 11:45 PM 10/28/97 -0500, john.r.strohm@BI*.co* wrote: >>Well, the much-delayed "Third Quarter 97" issue arrived today. >> >>I am pretty disappointed. >>-- >>Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >>Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. >> >> > >-- >Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. >Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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