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I went to 5th D last week as well. They have all what GUE or DIR folks would call stroke gear. I think there are some very valid questions here, that should be addressed. I spoke to one of the fellows (forget his name) at 5th D, and he tried pushing me toward the PDIC course, which I dont want. My questions about GUE training went mostly unanswered. It was rather disturbing to me, as I am in the sales business, and normally this type of tactic is called "Bait and Switch". It is considered tacky at best, and is illegal at worst. I also found it kind of amusing to see very little Halcyon or DIR gear in a shop where DIR and GUE are supposed to be based. To be honest, Andrew may be a very good diver, but I think I will make my purchases, and seek training elsewhere. Bill Anderson The Shadow wrote: > > andrew, i find it very amusing that you could be so critical about some > other agency and make it so public on this list. you should clean up your > own back door steps first. you being a gue and dir type instructor and you > don't even practice what you teach. you teach your students to non dir ways > when you have the knowledge and power to teach them the correct ways from > the start. instead you teach them a ssi course and pdic course because they > tout buying all the wrong gear from you in their courses. by teaching it > that way you can sell way more gear and then your customers can spend more > money with you when they want to dir. i see your customers at les davies > pier doing the open water dives in stroke gear. i also see your store > functions all the stroke gear you sell your customers after they're > certified. is this personal choice or does this just make you more money > like the other stores around your area regardless of which agency they > choose to teach by? i also see you use deep air when your store goes on > trips to sechelt b.c. canada. using deep air is so strokish and when you do > it with customers that were up partying until the wee hours really kind of > makes the effects even better. maybe this is what ssi or pdic teaches > because i'm sure that gue and dir doesn't include this kind of behavior. or > is this another case of personal choice? i in know way am attacking gue or > dir. i think this way of diving, is the future of diving, but i think being > a hypocrite is even a lower form of life than being a padi instructor. at > least most of them don't know any better. gee why are you so bitter against > padi, did they flunk you in one of their instructor courses? > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.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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