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If this is a real idea that is being considered by the state then they can
Last edited by Sludge; 02-24-2009 at 08:41 PM.
I'll second that.Originally Posted by marinediver
If this is a real idea that is being considered by the state then they can
Last edited by Sludge; 02-24-2009 at 08:41 PM.
$300 for a ONE use license???
Darn!! What the heck does that include??
Better include use of rebreather, sorb and bailout tanks with appropriate mixes...
Who dreamed this idea up???
NO WAY!!
Dive safe,
Celia
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No this is not a "real idea" being considered by the state. Just me trying to get some real info for an economic research project i am doing. BillIf this is a real idea that is being considered by the state then they can
"With regard to cave diving, the great thing is to be carried where you could not have imagined you would ever be, and then to come back alive."
"Wilderness. The word itself is music." Abbey, Desert Solitaire
It's just a poll <lol> please answer according to your willingness to pay to do the dive. On several occasions i have paid a boat captain $200 just to drive me out to a wreck off pensacola and i live there. Others have paid well more than that (the average total expenditure is about $500) to do two open water type dives on the Oriskany. Bill
"With regard to cave diving, the great thing is to be carried where you could not have imagined you would ever be, and then to come back alive."
"Wilderness. The word itself is music." Abbey, Desert Solitaire
Hey Andrew, you know contingent valuation...actually most of the poor gue slobs in the end pay well more than that for the meager dives they get helping to push the chosen few to the summit. You also know the siege approach to mountaineering i would imagine. BillGood one!
Will they be charging the GUE guys $300 per dive?
That's rhetorical... but since I went there, I'll tell you what - I'll pay $300 if they also charge the GUE guys. Hell, I'd pay it and not do the dive!
"With regard to cave diving, the great thing is to be carried where you could not have imagined you would ever be, and then to come back alive."
"Wilderness. The word itself is music." Abbey, Desert Solitaire
I chuckledNever heard it put that way.
Bill, the difference would be that the boat captain isn't telling you what dives you can do and how to conduct them. I know that both of us purchase the annual to the systems just up the road from Weekie, and in my mind that's great value for the dollar.
I would consider paying $300 for an annual up at the WKKP stomping grounds, but it would have to be 24/7 unlimited access for me to commit that kind of money.
As a friend of mine said to me "I'm sick of hearing people ***** about diving Wakulla, you can a) get the training through GUE b) sneak it like everybody else c) petition the state to let you dive it"
I haven't dove Wakulla, but there is nothing IMHO that's worth $300 in either system. Maybe we should change the CDS/NACD cave signs to "there's nothing in this cave worth paying for"
Just my thoughts as always.....
Safe diving,
Rich
The boat owner has to cover the fuel costs, boat maintainance, and he is trying to make a living or make some scratch.
As others have stated, people pay taxes already.
I would love to dive Wakulla one day, I'd pay $200 for a guided dive but i my eyes that would be for the guide and his/her time, not for a license to dive it.
Hey Rich, Thanks...the boat captain does tell most divers what they can and can't do, ie. no decompression etc. Yes there's consumer surplus (what you called value) to be had from the boyscouts (that is we actually pay less then what we were willing to pay) and the wmca for that matter near Wakulla. I know you understand consumer surplus as you are always mentioning it when we talk about actual price vs retail price on cee gearBill, the difference would be that the boat captain isn't telling you what dives you can do and how to conduct them. I know that both of us purchase the annual to the systems just up the road from Weekie, and in my mind that's great value for the dollar.
I would consider paying $300 for an annual up at the WKKP stomping grounds, but it would have to be 24/7 unlimited access for me to commit that kind of money.
As a friend of mine said to me "I'm sick of hearing people ***** about diving Wakulla, you can a) get the training through GUE b) sneak it like everybody else c) petition the state to let you dive it"
I haven't dove Wakulla, but there is nothing IMHO that's worth $300 in either system. Maybe we should change the CDS/NACD cave signs to "there's nothing in this cave worth paying for"
Just my thoughts as always.....
Safe diving,
Rich
"With regard to cave diving, the great thing is to be carried where you could not have imagined you would ever be, and then to come back alive."
"Wilderness. The word itself is music." Abbey, Desert Solitaire
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