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In a message dated 4/17/00 10:37:49 AM Central Daylight Time, diveman@gc*.ne*
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I worked a deal with the lifeguards so they could fill empty spaces in my
classes for free... boy did that ever pay off! Every single one of those
guys (close to 100 in my year there) bought gear and kept coming back for
more.... created some very loyal customers. (Hmm, this is beginning to touch
on the economics thread...that didn't work well with other types of folk,
but the lifeguards were great.)
>>
This is a great idea. When my father was in the navy he stopped in a diner
with his uniform on, and they feed him for free. When he opened a restaurant
that ran for 12 years it stuck with him. He feed anyone in a uniform for
free, except local on duty cops do to the fact that it would not have looked
right. However they did get free drinks, i.e., coffee and soda, no alcohol
lol. Maybe you and other dive shops can extend this idea to military divers.
One of the men on my dive team is an ex navy deep saturation instructor.
He was a navy diver for 22 years, and one of the best divers I have ever met,
yet his navy certs seem worthless. except to us, our sop allows navy certs.
As far as fire station air, once again, a lot of stations use grade E
air. For fun dives that's the best you need, and that's the best you will
ever get at a padi 5 star joint.
Thank you
Jason Miller
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