grue 1 #1 April 30, 2007 I can't decide $50 a year for USPA, over $200/yr for Australia, and something like $300/yr for the UK. What's the deal?cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
2shay 0 #2 April 30, 2007 austrailia and uk are ridiculously expensive, but I think it is funny that everytime I get something in the mail from the uspa it is always because they want money.don't try your bullshit with me!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #3 April 30, 2007 Don't know about APF but with regards to BPA: 1) the USD is in the pan at the moment so instead of 1.2 $/£ its 2.0 $/£ - makes the sums we pay for membership look twice as bad as they actually are. 2) we get a hell of a lot more for our money - like $4,000,000 personal liability insurance - that's the bit that costs us the money, (as in $200 of the $300 total goes towards insurance). 3) there are vastly more skydivers in the US than in the UK and Oz - more people means more buying power and more people to spread the running costs around. 4) the cost of living in the UK is much higher than in the US and people are paid more, thus it costs more to run the organisation. 5) BPA membership is obscenely expensive. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jurgencamps 0 #4 April 30, 2007 Quote I can't decide $50 a year for USPA, over $200/yr for Australia, and something like $300/yr for the UK. What's the deal? Are you an australian citizen? If yes, you are not insured by the USPA if you skydive outside the USA. Jurgen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jakee 1,500 #5 April 30, 2007 Quote5) BPA membership is obscenely expensive. Unfortunately I can't remember exactly how much my first BPA membership cost me 4 years ago, but I am fairly sure that it was less than half what it is now. So yeah, obscenely expensive.Do you want to have an ideagasm? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #6 April 30, 2007 Man, if you wankers are going to complain about the prices in Australia and the UK, MOVE to the US!! "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Armour666 0 #7 April 30, 2007 Quote 3) there are vastly more skydivers in the US than in the UK and Oz - more people means more buying power and more people to spread the running costs around. I dont buy that one In canada we have less jumper then Uk yet we only Pay $89.00 Canadian and get $2,000,000 Liability coverageSO this one time at band camp..... "Of all the things I've lost I miss my mind the most." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
riggerrob 643 #8 April 30, 2007 All forms of aviation are ridiculously cheap in the United States. Sad thing is, most Americans do not appreciate how fortunate they are. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skinnyshrek 0 #9 April 30, 2007 Quote Man, if you wankers are going to complain about the prices in Australia and the UK, MOVE to the US!! I did, you don't hear me complaininghttp://www.skydivethefarm.com do you realize that when you critisize people you dont know over the internet, you become part of a growing society of twats? ARE YOU ONE OF THEM? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 34 #10 April 30, 2007 Quote Quote Man, if you wankers are going to complain about the prices in Australia and the UK, MOVE to the US!! I did, you don't hear me complaining You're complaining all right, I just can't hear you. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CanuckInUSA 0 #11 April 30, 2007 QuoteAll forms of aviation are ridiculously cheap in the United States. Sad thing is, most Americans do not appreciate how fortunate they are. Hence why you won't see me whining about $22 full altitude jump prices again. Try not to worry about the things you have no control over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bob.dino 1 #12 May 1, 2007 My guess would be having the admin costs spread across 30,000 skydivers instead of 2,000. Why don't you email the APF and ask them? They're very good at responding to queries. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
grue 1 #13 May 1, 2007 Quote My guess would be having the admin costs spread across 30,000 skydivers instead of 2,000. Why don't you email the APF and ask them? They're very good at responding to queries. I'm still waiting to hear back on what they're going to do about "Everyone gets their bags opened and manually searched before some commercial flights" shit going on in the country cavete terrae. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordRatner 0 #14 May 1, 2007 Quote1) the USD is in the pan at the moment so instead of 1.2 $/£ its 2.0 $/£ - makes the sums we pay for membership look twice as bad as they actually are. That doesn't make sense... or I'm reading you wrong. If the pound is worth 2 US dollars, then that means the brits are really paying $600 US dollars for a membership, making it twice as bad, not half as bad... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mr2mk1g 10 #15 May 1, 2007 No, you missunderstand. BPA is about £150. At today's exchange rate that's pretty much exactly $300. Use an exchange rate from say 2002 and suddenly BPA only costs $200. Use other more "normal" exchange rates and you get a much lower cost in dollars than you do with today's exchange rates. Thus the present exchange rate makes the cost look going on twice as bad as it actually is. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pincheck 0 #16 May 1, 2007 QuoteQuote 3) there are vastly more skydivers in the US than in the UK and Oz - more people means more buying power and more people to spread the running costs around. I dont buy that one In canada we have less jumper then Uk yet we only Pay $89.00 Canadian and get $2,000,000 Liability coverage do you guys now who your insurer is or have you got a online site ? Billy-Sonic Haggis Flickr-Fun Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
