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| Originally Posted by Odin My experience with PADI is similar. I did a DM in 1987 in Jeddah. No paperwork forwarded. Mohammed at Red Sea Divers just pocketed the money. Unfortunately during relocation back to UK I lost the "receipt" he gave me.
Red sea divers said Mohammed no longer worked there and besides being saudi wouldn't do such a thing!
So, I paid for a PADI qualification, never received anything, out of pocket by 1000 Riyals. and PADI cannot/will not do anything because the shop wouldn't produce documentation... No wonder I stuck with BS-AC!
Paul |
How was PADI to blame ? The guy fooled you into paying for something he had no intention of giving to you, you lost the only bit of proof you had and the centre had no record of the bloke doing it, do you have any other proof that the guy did any training with you such as signed log books or sections of your training records? if not then you got royally ripped off.
If you took that to court what evidence could you produce of someone being dishonest? unfortunately what you describe happens to divers more and more.
Were you the only one to get ripped off by the guy? If you were not then PADI can prove he was being dishonest by sheer numbers and do some thing on to him on the other hand as you pointed out, the locals may not be willing to put one of there own in bother, so proof must come from other ripped off divers like yourself.
If you have proof i.e. log book pages, any schedules written by the guy just as much proof as you can get it together and send it in then PADI have a duty to you to look into it and if past experience is anything to go by PADI will help you find a local instructor who will help you get certified by at minimum supplying your materials for free to your new instructor what have you to lose.