I bought a Groupon last September to sky dive. After waiting a few hours and watching 3 groups jump before our turn the skies opened up and we were told we would be unable to go. We were given a rain check. Since the Groupon had an expiration date I made sure to ask before we left, “does this rain check expire?” I was told “no.” Because of work, my wife being in nursing school and the cold of the winter we did not make it back to Triangle Skydiving Center until last week. After we turned in our rain check and were waiting for our group to be called we were called up to the counter and told that our rain check had expired. The rain check had no expiration printed on it. When I asked about the lack of expiration date on the rain check they said that our Groupon had an expiration date and that was the date the rain check also expired. They then told us that we could only go if we paid the difference between the Groupon price and the normal price. Since my choices were to let them keep all my money or pay them an extra $180 I told them that I would pay their price but I would contact Groupon and let them know what happened. That is when the real fun began. When it was my turn to go I got no ground school, yet my daughter did. My instructor told me that I did not need a jump suit or a helmet, yet my daughter did. My instructor only talked to me while we were on the ground to say “Is your harness tight enough?” On the plane we got up to 13,000 ft. and it was our time to go and he gave me brief instructions on what to do when we jumped and that we would talk about landing while in the air. Moving from the front of the plane to the back to jump my instructor pushed and pushed while my legs got caught under the bench and bent all over till we got to the door. The jump was great but we never talked about the landing. After we were under the canopy he kept spinning and spinning never being told what to do about landing. I had seen others throws their legs up and land on their butts. Right before we landed I put up my legs but then my instructor took hold of my harness, flipped me over, bouncing me onto the ground and landing right on top of me until we came to a stop. I ended up walking away with two bloodied knees and a bruised rib. They either really suck as teachers or they did it on purpose because I was upset that they extorted more money out of me. Either way they are very unprofessional so I would go somewhere else. Groupon gave me back my full purchase price so high marks to Groupon.
