Tismoi

There already is, kind of. 800-SKYDIVE is already in place. It will connect you direct to a DZ in your area, it just needs to be promoted better. And just who gets this goldmine? Not us...we're paying 150% more on advertising and keeping a web presence. If Slidell would do what I offered, which is to refer any/all people that are in their area to them, instead of taking Slimeride certs, we'd have our state Slimeride free. But, they're new and get more biz by taking the certs. It's not like we were taking their biz...we referred people for 10 or 15 bucks, like normal bird dogs do. Works out just fine for us and other DZs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aim high and you won't shoot your foot off!

http://www.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp This is the website for the Internet Fraud Complaint Center. I filed a complaint there, including all the relevant facts, aliases, domain names, included the BBB contact from Georgia and everything I possibly could. All I'm interested in is our public not being scammed and that's how I figure I can DO something about it, instead of just whining and complaining. This action of placing the SCAM ad benefits all three La. dropzones as well. My take is that it's fraud to advertise on Google under Louisiana Skydiving, yet you have NO place in Louisiana that will take your certs, and to say you have 300 locations, when there are probably less than that in the US and I know at least 100 of them wouldn't take their certs anyway. If someone is stupid enough to see a big ole 1800 SkyRide Scam ad right there next to theirs, and still pay them anyway, then they're just plain stupid. Maybe y'all DZ operators can pitch in and put a scam ad on your top Google buttons as well. At least you're putting something out there that the new public will see and hopefully at least wince at. Our website stats show 80% of or website visits are coming from Google, so that's a good start. I'm working on our Yahoo scam ad now & hope for approval in the next day or so to accomplish the same thing. Considering that they're paying $8.00 per click on Yahoo though...I dunno...crossing my fingers on approval from Yahoo... Our next step is to file a complaint with the FTC. We've actually done that before and after enough complaints were filed, an Attorney General in the company's home state sued that company and won... So, as someone else mentioned, numbers get noticed. Especially if they're from scammed/deceived public. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Aim high and you won't shoot your foot off!