johnabarton

Their jumps from around 12k cost $169. I expressed to the owner that I would like the $100 difference refunded for each of us...10 jumpers X $100 = $1000. If you really are going to rip people off, at least don't let them catch you on video doing it... On a positive note I did have an excellent time and probably wouldn't have known the difference if I didnt question the fall time in the video...

So it looks like this thread has generated quite a response...I'll fill in some details. A total of 10 people jumped. We had made reservations for our group, and I think we got $10 off per person, which we applied to the guy who organized it. We are all college students, and this was a *very* significant amount of money for each of us. Otherwise, the supposed 18,000ft jump was $249, plus $90 for photo/video. We were offered oxygen if we needed it in the plane. I wasn't convinced anything was flowing. I have attached snapshots from two of the videos from separate jumps. They both clearly show the altimeter at nearly 12k seconds before we left the plane. Also, a third video also shows 12k but I havnt taken a snapshot yet. I still have to look at another two videos, but it shows a trend already. I timed the freefalls of two of the videos too. Mine was 65 seconds and my friends' was 62. Thats INCLUDING slow motion. The local elevation from sea level is 350ft where the DZ was located. I have a "certificate" that says I jumped from 18k. Real authentic like. I wanted to give the business the chance to resolve this before smearing their name all over the internet. I figured that this could destroy their reputation, and I'd like to hear their story. I was kind of torn about whether to expose their name directly...I dont want to destroy their company but they also did probably take us for $1,000. I havnt gotten a response via email, and I'm going to try to call them tomorrow. I will update with the resolution to this. And reveal where exactly this was after I contact them. Sorry I took so long to fill in some details, it looked like this thread kind of got derailed however. John

Hello all, I had my first skydiving experience a few weeks ago with a tandem jump. Absolutely amazing. When we were watching the videos (4 of my friends also got video), we noticed the videographer's altimeter was at just under 12,000 when we were climbing out to jump. She was using an Altimaster or Galaxy judging by the images. Here's my question - we all paid for a jump from 18,000ft. Do these altimeters stop at 12k or do they roll over to show 12K + number? It looked like the operating range was 17K ft from their website... I had an awesome experience, maybe I'll try to go solo, but I hate feeling like we got ripped off. Please advise. Thanks, John