I am pretty new to the skydiving scene. My sister and friend were going to up for the first time. I searched on the internet for DZs in the Albuquerque, NM area. Of all the places on the list that I tried to contact the only one that returned my calls was 1800skyride. We were wanting to skydive during spring break, so I new I needed to plan it in advance. I searched the web and called around. I didn't mind paying more so I went with 1800skyride. The only problem is that there is no DZ in New Mexico that honors 1800skyride certificates. They list Albuquerque, Las Cruces, and about 5 other cities that use their services. Of course, I didn't know this at the time. In fact I didn't know this until the day after we were supposed to jump. The only way I found out was by finally getting a hold of the DZ in Belen and talking to the owner. I admit that a lot of this is just naivete, but my $280 is still in limbo, because they say that they will reschedule me. However, the closest place that they could reschedule me is at least an 8 hour drive. My stupidity is only matched by the greed and dishonety of 1800skyride
