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QuoteQuoteI just watched the video, and they mainly seemed focused on the fact that the customers didnt get their money back... Thats the same policy thats at every other DZ Ive ever been too. I mean, I saw 6 guys who couldnt do their tandems this weekend bc of nasty winds, and theyre all moving next week (I dont know what the DZO decided to do about it).
Im not trying to defend skyride, but the disgruntled customers in the video could have had that same experience at any other DZ. And I'll be honest here, I really like the jumpers I met when I jumped in TN... Outlaw field was the closest (and only really) place I could jump at the time.
Just throwing my thoughts out there.
To further, from the BBB in the posted article:
'Kathleen Calligan with the Better Business Bureau said because these kinds of experiences are so contingent upon the weather and other factors, consumers should be careful.
"These are high-risk purchases, with consumers shouldering the burden of that risk," Calligan said. "Anyone considering a gift of this nature should be very cautious before buying and understand that the elements may factor into the company's performance."'
They neglect to mention the b*tch can come back anytime she wants when the sun is out.
Look, SR has done some shady sh*t. That said, the DZs operate just like any other DZ. If they were to jump through clouds or in in heavy wind it would be 'look at that slyride DZ breaking BSRs!' if they dont for safety, you get this piece of sh*t article and you angry mob A-holes shout 'those dirty bastards are stealing again!'
I have yet to go to a dz in nearly 5 years that gives a refund to anyone for weather conditions.
The example they used in the article, the dumb b*tch went in november in TN, 'its only my birthday once!' Moron, it isn't a carnival ride. Come back again, or would you rather potentially die?
I took my sister for her first tandem in december out here in cali and we were weathered out. My entire family made the 2 hour drive. Guess who b*tched and moaned? No one. If you had the first clue how hard it is to get my family anywhere near a DZ... Our schedules didnt match again til this past July, but we jumped together and it was f*ckin great.
You people are so god damned bias you can't decipher between skyride, a dropzone, and the f*cking weather.
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-Brett
Nobody ever said in the story that she didn't go because of weather. They didn't say if the weather was good or bad that day. Just FYI.
Apologies for the spelling (and grammar).... I got a B.S, not a B.A. :)
Just a quick aside; did anyone else hear the "Montage" song from Team America, World Police starting at 0:39? I think there is an editor at WSMV who has an awesome sense of humor.
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I'll add in that Skydive Opelika, Skydive Ogden, and Eugene Skydivers all give weather refunds; no questions asked. I'm fairly certain that every other DZ I've been to also does, but since I don't know for %100 then I won't name them.
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I have yet to go to a dz in nearly 5 years that gives a refund to anyone for weather conditions.
I have never been to a DZ that doesn't. If I bought a skydive and the load didn't go due to weather, I would expect my money back.
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I should clarify that I've never seen anyone at a non-SRGC-taking dz who was pissed and made a stink about not getting their money back after a weather problem, so I suppose they either did get it back or rescheduled. My only "counter" time at a dz was helping Sandy at Pell City before ASC was there, and we were always accommodating - so much so that knowing the geography of Alabama I would never let someone drive past other dz's to get to us without suggesting another might be closer (Cullman, Opelika, etc.). I personally believe they reciprocated.
At the same time, no one ever asked for their money back that I remember either, but maybe that was because they didn't drive 500 miles to get there after they were told it was in their hometown - they didn't have to make another mislead trip. I do, however, remember the van-loads of people showing up early in Skyride's debut, who swore they talked to me specifically, and that I ran their credit card deposits already (or either they already paid in full), and it was so hard to explain to them what was happening...but that was a decade ago, back when it didn't matter, when it was an "Alabama/Georgia" problem, and not the problem of the numerous dzo's or USPA I contacted at the time. Ew, come to think of it, those were also the days when (w)rec(k).skydiving was actually looked-at by someone other than Peanut!
For that reason I want to just keep my mouth shut about it sometimes and jump wherever, and satisfy myself with the fact I "don't have a dog in this fight," but this damned conscience and idea of "wrong will always be wrong" keep showing up.![[:/]](/uploads/emoticons/dry.png "[:/]"){kind=small}
Plus, some really special people have sacrificed much more in the quarrel than I ever will, and my respect and defense for them won't go away. They've held up under such adverse circumstances and personal attacks, and still they persevere. I think they're awesome! 
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I have yet to go to a dz in nearly 5 years that gives a refund to anyone for weather conditions.
You should go to a better class of DZ then.
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The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
The only sure way to survive a canopy collision is not to have one.
Still, it's the same story over and over.
Geez, as I type this, there's an ad just to the left on this page of "Skydive in Alaska" from Skyride.
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