Katherine

Oh, and yes I can. One shop quotes a price for, say, a £100 alti wihich includes VAT and gives a price of £120. Another shop has a brochure price of £100 excl VAT. Factually correct to say that that quoted price is lower becasue it doesn't include VAT. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

Relax. I'm saying it was left as the customers responsibility to pay the UK VAT and Import duty, which when not quoted in the headline price makes it all seem very cheap. And cheap as chips is THE number one reason why people bought from Gary rather from a UK dealer where thats all wrapped up in the quoted price. When I had to pay up the VAT & Import durty I remember thinking I perhaps hadn't got such a good deal as I initially thought. Like in the US sales tax isn't quoted in the prices on the shelves which always catches me out, get to the till and you're already committed and pay it, but you might not have made the purchase had you included the tax in your initial assessment of if the item was a 'good deal'. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

Yup, can't believe I was so stupid - luckily I got the rig I ordered, but seriously, can't believe I put the cash in his girlfriends account. Gary's prices were much lower that quoted elsewhere - obviously the quotes from UK dealers included VAT, enough margin to cover paying for their shop, staff overheads, UK tax, import duty on the rig etc etc. Gary's prices did not. The number one reason why people (myself included) were so happy to buy from Gary despite any misgivings and unease about the set up was that you could have your rig delivered to Peris or whatever and then paying the UK VAT and import duty was your responsibility. Hindsight is a wonderful thing eh? Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

QuoteYou can poke a hole in it with a normal writing pen and then rub it together and the hole will disappear.Quote I've seen them do that too, it is really cool! Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

Right, so UPS just gave the rig to someone waiting outside the apartment with no ID? Sounds like the dealer shouild have persued his claim against UPS. Really sorry Eric is getting screwed. The dealer got screwed over all that time ago, which does suck, but is it really the ethical thing to do to now screw over some poor guy who bought the gear in good faith? Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

kind offer, but don;t worry about it!

nah, its all in now. never mind, i've never heard of anyone having it done anyway. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

scotch-guard? is that some kind of stain resist thing? you didn't tell me about scotch-guarding! Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

Think Gary is talking about my rig... I also happen to think it looks pretty good I just got my vector with the split lightning pattern with red and black either side and white as the stripe. I would recomend Gary as a dealer, I had no probs at all with him and he was very helpful. Don't listen to the doom sayers about the white - just don't fall over. The white will get grubby, but should still look cool. I think your 1st and 3rd designs are the nicest. Your 2nd one looks like an icon Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

http://www.ukskydiver.co.uk/cms/forums/viewforum.php?f=87 Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

It's finished but I've not got it yet, hopefully it looks like this... Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

Excellent, it's worth a try, many thanks. Do you know about being current with jumps though and is there an expiry or refresher time where you'd beed to re-train? post on the uks forum www.ukskydiver.co.uk and you will get answers specific to the uk which will be more use. short answer, you will need to retrain. you never had a uk a lic so are still a student and there a strict rules regarding students currency. people over on uks can give you the exact regs. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

limited time for jumping? why not try the tunnel If I want to get better at 4-way but can't really afford the time away at the weekends to go to the DZ, then the tunnel is a much better option (40 mins of coached 4-way in one eve for £100 each) For 3 months after xmas I'm not rally goign to be able to get out to the DZ, but Iu can still take part by doing 1 night a month in the wind tunnel. Some people try wind tunnels and don't like it, other people love it as much as skydiving (you can go up!). Personal preference. And it is sociable, you sit around and chat when you aren't flying. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

its not been that bad. i've been to the dz 3 times this year and jumped on all 3

not exactly, but kind of yes. on you driving test iin the uk you are asked basic maintanance questions like how to check the air pressure in the tyres, oil level etc Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

try skate shops rather than shoe shops, thats where i found it. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

Not so true if you would then go backwards. I think I downsized pretty sensibly, student kit on RAPS, 280s loaded at what, 0.6 or something? (with kit on 150lbs) Then about 4 jumps on a 200, 30ish on a 190, 30ish on a 170 then my own pilot 150 at 90 jumps loaded at 1.03 lbs/ft² according too the wingloading thing on my profile. and here I plan to stay. I really don't think loading at 1.03 was excessive at 90 jumps, and it isn't now at 140 jumps. Howeer, if I hadn't had free uni kit hire, I would probably have bought a 170 after about 20 jumps on the 190. I think the attitude you describe isn't totally as prevalent as you immagane. at my dz a few people about the same level as me (all much heavier males) were saying be very cautious on a 150 (although they were oftern loading their 170s much higher). I haven't actually seen anyone off student status go racing for small canopy (although I havn't been around very long). Perhaps economics of renting a rig while downsizing is the real issue. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

maybe maybe not. if you are trying to get your pcking certificate and not just a logbook endorsment you need to do basic maintanance like 3 ring maintanance and learn how to do the tangel test. then need someone (instructor or rigger) to actually do the test with you. probably not easy at a busy dz. learning form loads of different people in small chunks can get confusing with everyone having their own slightly different method. getting it all from one source in one go could work out a lot better for some people. no. not for A license. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

office for mac is great, no compatability issues usually for mac->pc->mac. sometimes in powerpoint, an image that displays fine on my mac won't on th uni pc's - gives a bix saying the pc needs a quicktime tiff compressor or decompressor or something, so just make sure pics are in jpg if that could be an issue. office is the only thing on my mac that crashes, esp when copyingfrom powerpoint slides to word or vice versa, but i have a way old version (2002) so am sure thats all fixd by now. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

we had one this year join and do her traiing, but she hasn't been back. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

i agree with what others have said - go for the closest one. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

depends what kind of drugs and how they are adminstered, iv, no way, pillls maybe. Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

from the UK, so different liability issues i am sure... but we had to do a massive risk assesment. I basicly coppied it from the BPA, then the union changed all the risks to 5x5 (death x likely) so i had to go in and explain that a cut away DIDNT reult in certain death

the old one kind of had a target thing though Leeds University Skydiving Club www.skydiveleeds.co.uk

and really cold, hurt worse if you get kicked in the face...