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Btrax - 2/22/2015 3:36 PM
[Choose #2] Enough regulation already don’t you think. SCUBA is supposed to be self regulated.
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[Choose #2] DiveBuddy.com is not the SCUBA police. Stick to your core service set.
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[Choose #3] What a great idea, but what a kettle of fish. I wouldn’t touch that idea with a 3 meter bang stick. Just because a chap was certified in 1960 whatever off the Umppa Lumpa Atoll, that doesn’t mean the Umpa Lumpians have kept a good record of it.
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[Choose #1] it would be nice.
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[Choose #3] I think it would be great. OR we could just post a pic of our certs minus the personal info that could be used for id fraud so a dive shop could look it up.
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[Choose #3] scuba certification is just money scam, if you cant tell if a buddy is competant before you get in the water, dont get in.a piece of paper means nothing
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Dutch - 12/21/2013 12:49 PM
[Choose #3] While cert fraud is not unknown, any good dive resort worker will spot his problem children within the first dive. If not, he had better learn fast.
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[Choose #2] Im in the same line of thought as LatitudeAdjustment but with only 36+ years and cards from several agencies. I keep my highest cards on my Smart Phone if needed.
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Pixel - 12/18/2013 12:22 AM
[Choose #2] I carry scanned copies of my certs on my phone. (like now my stuffs in storage) And when I go on a planned dive I take highest qualifying card with. If they want to verify they can do.so through agency. Most have online verification.
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[Choose #3] I see us all able to quickly and easily verify w our smart phone, like I did on our last dive shop. The operator asked to do it from the SSI web site before we arrived.
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[Choose #2] I don’t see dive resorts, or charters, ever evolving to the point where they would trust a website to "verify" dive credentials here. Besides if a dive site has to verify credentials online they can do it on the vendor website as easy as here.
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[Choose #2] My PADI card is from before they were numbered, my Y card has turned to dust and no one in 40+ years has ever asked for more proof.
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[Choose #2] Leave it the way it is. Just because someone holds a lot of certifications, this does not make them a safe dive buddy.
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[Choose #2] It’s funny how everything that’s done now is all based on liability. There is no way your going to confirm my certification on your site because you can’t prove who I am behind this computer screen. The liability is still with the dive operator.
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[Choose #1] [choose #1] I really see nothing wrong with adding a verification process.. I think it would be fun and it would simply add another dimension to DiveBuddy.com. I like the Idea!
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[Choose #2] I think you should just leave this as a social network. When I go diving with someone I don’t show them my card nor do I expect them to show me their card. The different dive sites take care of checking cards.
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[Choose #2] Seems like dive shops have a duty to verify with the issuing agencies, and I’m more interested in someone’s skillset than their card. I don’t need to be the dive police.
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[Choose #2] If I were making a verification, I would want it to be from the issuing agency. Seems to me one more overarching verification service could make room for unnecessary error & thus liabilities. Plus, the database requirements for this would be signif
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Greg - 12/13/2013 9:14 PM
[Choose #1] Liability issues would be a small concern, but as with anything on the internet...we’d have to have a good "terms of use" agreement. And ultimately the dive resort/charter would have to decide whether to trust/use the service.
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[Choose #2] Yea Id watch the liability and also the possibility of identity theft
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[Choose #2] If someone forgets their card, it might teach a lesson. Besides... places that might want verification probably wouldn’t have internet access standing on a pier on an island somewhere.
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[Choose #2] The legal liability you’d be taking on is IMMENSE! If somebody fakes it, you post it, a diver operator uses it as certification verification, and another diver is injured/killed while diving with this person, God help you!!!
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[Choose #3] I am not a lawyer but think this might open you up to some liability. I am not really leaning one way or another as it really would not affect me. Just my 2 cents.
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[Choose #3] online verification with PADI and NAUI is already available. Maybe starting a sanctioning body that is less economically motivated than the major choices today would help to keep the sport in control of divers instead of corporate profits.
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