MySkyName

You guys can all make fun and your rude and nasty comments all you want. I am trying to find out facts without having to read through every single one of these posts, but SO much of it is angry people spouting off. For once I would like someone to link me to a fact about this, not be obnoxious and make fun of me. You have no idea who I am. If this is what it is like to be a licensed skydiver, maybe it truly is not for me. I said I did tandems and enjoyed it, but yes, it does scare me to jump out alone. I dont know if I can do that. So if that is wrong that I enjoyed the thrill but dont want to make this my #1 hobby, well then I guess that makes me a terrible person. I wanted to learn more information so maybe I would consider jumping solo, but since you all came down on me so hard and nasty Im not so sure I want this at all. Someone even mentioned sexual things, sarcasm or not, that really alarmed me. Is a female safe at the DZ's or is this what guys are thinking? It is obvious that usually more men are into this, so what does this say about how you respect women in your sport? You should think about what you write, many other people see this. Why is everyone against me? I guess I will not post here anymore, will go to the womens section or somewhere where people will be honest and give advice and not rake me over the coals. Cant we all just get along?

oops sorry, typo. I did not do 47 tandems, it was 4. sorry to mislead you!

There must be someone that thought the same as me. I am sure there are people that believe all the scams, like that email about Bill Gates giving away free money. Or Budweiser will send you a case of beer. I do have a question about what that guy said about the phone number thing. Is that legally possible? I know once I had a roommate and the phone was in her name. She moved and I forgot about it and I wanted to change it to my name since I was still living there. When I called the phone company they would not do it, they wanted a social security number or other code word. So how did the owners of Skyride get the phone company to switch things? They really stole his identity somehow? If so, wouldnt they have been put in jail?? Wouldnt the phone company have rights to sue them too? I dont know how much of the stuff on this posting is right, or people talking. And here I am adding to the mess. Maybe I will shut up. But I could not understand how this could go on and on if all this stuff keeps happening?? How can they be in business all this time and still make money if all this is true?

Im not calling anyone stupid. I only think people need to be very careful when they give their credit number to anyone over the phone. Be sure you know what you are buying. Ask questions! There are TONS of scams on the internet, so just be careful is all I mean! I asked 100 questions before I did my tandem dive the first time. I did not want to hand over that kind of money to some stranger. Im sorry people get so upset over this. I was not ripped off so Im not one of the angry people.

I assure you, just a girl that likes to read the boards and enjoys skydiving. NO relation to Skyride nor do I know anyone that works there or anything about it. I have looked at the websites as people mentioned and could not understand what was all the fuss. But since I have had no dealings with them I dont know. I was only curious why people would hand over their money when they did not even know where they were going. When I originally wanted to find a place to go I read a lot online first and saw articles about this Skyride thing, but still kept searching anyway for a DZ near me. I have only done tandems, so do not have a license etc. And anyway, if I said anything here online I dont think that holds up in a courtroom. This is like a blog, you cant believe everything that is here! This is peoples opinions. It is not legal documentation. The internet can be fantasy land, at least, that is what I think.Quote

This might stir you people all up, but I can’t take it any longer. I had to post my two cents. If someone was searching for a place to skydive and they went looking on the internet and came across a “Skyride” site, and decided to stop searching right there- is that the fault of Skyride? If they tell you they are the best, the only one, blah blah, doesn’t every company try to promote themselves as the ‘one and only place to go’? If there are other DZ’s to be found, it is the responsibility of that person to search it out, use the phone book etc. Take for example if you were looking to buy new tires for your car, are you going to only look up one place or check and see if there are others around? If you call a store are they going to tell you, yea go to ABC down the road, and there is XYZ about 10 min and I think there is even 123 right around the corner from you. I think not! Next point, so say you didn’t look further, called Skyride. They say this and that, you say OK I want to reserve, where do I go to do this? If they say we can’t tell you, then YOU say sorry, you can’t have my credit card. Wouldn’t you find out first where you are going BEFORE you put your money down? Even if they did tell you where it was, look it up before making your decision!! Anyone could have done MapQuest and saw for themselves where they were going and decided it was too far or not. How about asking if they have a cancellation policy? Have you ever booked a vacation with a travel agent? They don’t give refunds at all and you book that stuff months ahead of time. What do they do- force you to buy travel insurance if you want to change your mind. Do you all think that is a scam too? So with all this said, how many people out there simply were not smart enough to ask more questions before they gave up their credit card number? I can only speak out on what I read, nothing personally has happened to me to be upset with Skyride. If it was that bad a place, I can’t imagine people would gladly go jump there or even work there. Ok folks, you can reem me a new one now.