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Dear DropZone community members, My name is Robert Prevost, I am the Founder & CEO of www.RacingSchools.com. My company was founded in 1996 and is an authorized sales agent for over 70 of the best auto racing and high performance driving schools in the world. We are a reputable business that maintains solid relationships with all the major auto racing school owners in the US, Canada and Europe. In mid 2005 we came across a website that none of us had ever heard of: www.Thrillplanet.com . I was immediately suspicious as the photos used on the site were mostly "lifted" from my own website along with copyrighted text. I immediately contacted the company to find out who had authorized them to use photos taken from our website and which racing school operators had agreed to allow them to sell their school programs. Naturally I received the same run around as every customer that has ever had the misfortune of dealing with this criminal enterprise. It quickly became obvious to me that this company was defrauding consumers as I could find only one lone racing school operator who knew about these guys and that's because his dad accepted their hot air balloon certificates. This school operator soon refused to also accept Thrillplanet's worthless vouchers because they had lied to him too many times in just a couple of months. I had my attorney send Thrillplanet a cease and decist letter and posted warnings on my website's home page. That quickly resulted in their attorneys contacting me and threatening me with a lawsuit. I challenged them to find any false statements posted on my site regarding their clients and I never heard from them since. Paper tigers at best. As of today, nearly two years after our initial inquiry, Thrillplanet continues to operate unscrupulously and defraud consumers daily. I have been in touch with the kind folks at PASkyDive as well as the representatives at SkyDive Arizona and their attorneys to offer any assistance we can offer in getting rid of these parayas on our two industries. I welcome any Drop Zone operator to contact me with any comments or feedback you may have regarding these deadbeats. I hope my efforts to stop these people will also have a positive effect on your efforts to do the same. The ultimate solution is to make sure none of your Drop Zone operators accept their worthless certifcates. None of the auto racing school operators do. All the best,