Cave Summit Silent Auction Oct 12th 2013

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Originally Posted by nakatomi

That is fantastic. Congratulations to Dive Rite for saving the day and for this outstanding gesture!

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Agreed, Oliver. Well done, DiveRite.

So DR gave away four regs?

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Originally Posted by a64pilot

So DR gave away four regs?

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It appears that they gave one set for the $400-something from the silent auction (almost giving away.) The details of the other arrangement have not been made public.

I want Curt and the organization to keep the second set and raffle, draw, etc the items for another/the next of their more than worthy events as was the original intent.

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Originally Posted by DaveP

I returned Jon Bernot's (Dive Rite) phone call and they wanted to make things right (even though DR did nothing wrong). I sent my PayPal money directly to DiveRite and tomorrow I will have a beautiful new set of Dive Rite XT side mount regulators delivered to my front door.

Thank you Dive Rite!

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I am very happy this had a happy ending Dave! Dive Rite is a GREAT company and a great sponsor!

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Originally Posted by jebernot

I want Curt and the organization to keep the second set and raffle, draw, etc the items for another/the next of their more than worthy events as was the original intent.

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NOTHING could be more worthy than giving a old fat guy, whose stage regulators are Calypso IV's and whose O2 regulator is a SAS, some new regulators.

This topic started in such a fashion as to make a new diver wonder what he was getting into - not very high road! But I do like how it turned out. This is why I like Dive Rite and part of why I always ask myself "does dive rite make one?" when I consider buying new gear.

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Originally Posted by math

This topic started in such a fashion as to make a new diver wonder what he was getting into

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Welcome to cave diving, ain't none of it political :)

Glad this worked out for Dave. (For the record, I'm friends with Dave, a guy who would give the you the proverbial shirt off his back). Bowen handled this very very badly, and I hope he finally learns from his mistakes...

Wow..... This is how professionals transact a deal? I will never spend another dime on any draws regardless of how worthy the cause is.... I'm surprised that this didn't devolve to "yo' be needin to call 1-800- axe Gary" SMH