From Eric_R: How much do shops pay to PADI for each cert? [end quote

When I got my NAUI Equipment Specialty the shop asked if I wanted a card, I’m guessing when you don’t they don’t send the paperwork in and pocket the cert fee.

The bigger question is what does it cost to be an instructor and did he carry the insurance. With 300+ students it would have paid him to be legal!

True there is no law to be licensed diver, that’s why it’s called a certification but they got him for lying about it to the customer.