diverdan
Maine,#2Consumer Suggestion
Tue, December 14, 2010
Dudes I went to AquaNauts back in summer of 2008 and graduated. You cant blame the school for what the students do on their time off. I know I kicked it hard when I was in Pattaya. And yes on occasion I showed up hung-over for training. But so What!
Yes pattaya is known for its sex buisness. dah, why else would you come down here. At Aquanauts we blazed it on some good weed everynight and had a good time so what? The staff was cool on us coming in a bit hung over. .I never hurt anyone. course smoking weed before you dive and work is bad i say this because im not stupid, If yuor a chick yeah you get shafted down here a bit, what do you expect its like a shovanistic country and the thai people just look at girls like sex objekts. and like the part about only us brits get good treatment yeah no one likes americans so what.
Its ignorant to think that the staff should be your mother and father down here you come down and do what you want too. Smoke weed, have crazy sex parties. that is all up to you. as soon as the boat docked we blazed up the staff was cool cause its our time not for them to say anyting to us. The staff has nothing to do with what you do on yoru time. They are even nice enough to givbe you time off if your too stoned or hung over the next day so what.
Give it abreak and leave aquanauts alone. this is a good school and losers like this complaining guy need some serius atitude adjuostments.
Aquanauts Dive Centre
Pattaya,#3REBUTTAL Owner of company
Mon, December 13, 2010
This anonymous user has posted this same thing twice. You can read our reply at the other posting.
divefordollars
washington,#4Consumer Comment
Sat, November 27, 2010
I came across this review online and was shocked to see the reaction the owner had to an honest consumer complaint. I have personal knowledge of your company having attended your school and used your services in the past.
It was completely wrong for you to try and blame Kalebs Parents for your shoddy service and broken promises.
You never answered any of the complaints Kaleb posted, I have been on Scuba Board and your company does shamelessly self promote. You sir, do troll the site and sell your shoddy wares there.
You don't mention how unpleasant Pattaya really is. You don't mention that a fair amount of your students do go there for the Sex industry.. Diving Second.
And Kaleb is correct if your a woman you will be treated with disrespect. you're in a sexist, female unfriendly country and given Pattayas sex industry, the locals think all foreigners are either buying or selling sex.
The diving sux but that is not your fault. I have been on your boat getting high off the alcohol breath of your students, who come in hungover and s**t tired for diving. You don't care because you already have their money.
Kaleb's parents had legitimate complaints, that PADI found in your favor is no surprise.. Hello!! you sell a ton of s**t for them. Do you think they were about to cut off their own nose. Come on Aquanauts for real.
Why not mention the other complaints you have had in the past including police reports from former students.
Your attempt at misdirecting and not answering the complaints posted by a former student only shows that the complaints are legitimate and true. And you trying to disparage persons who are not even complaining on this site, simply show you to be immature, unprofessional and a "CAD"
Aquanauts Dive Centre
Pattaya,#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Thu, November 25, 2010
It's unfortunate to see Kaleb writing this here, as it seems there's a bit of revisionist history making going on. When Kaleb completed his training with us, he actually wrote a glowing review and provided a photo to accompany it.
He's the except from the article and the link to his full writeup, in his own words:
Aquanauts is a shop I would recommend to any diver who is looking for a once in a life experience. Whether it be the dive sites you visit on a daily basis, the high quality of training you will receive while diving with these elite divers, or the experiences you will have while in their area, Aquanauts is by far the shop to go to.