Consumer Alert!

Don't be Misled! Deal Direct with Skydive Suffolk Inc.

In the recent months many web sites have popped up selling gift certificates for skydiving. They appear to be representing a skydiving center in your local area and make wild claims that they have hundreds of skydiving schools across the country and you are dealing with the reservation center for all of them. The truth is that there is no nationally owned chain of skydiving schools. They are nothing more than an internet and telemarketing company adding additional markup and confusion to a fairly straight forward process. An alert consumer will notice that these services have multiple websites that look very similar, are very general in their information and they all steer you to a call center in a Southern state. They will not tell you their location, but will say, yes we have a skydiving center near you. Their websites have names that sound like they should be a skydiving school local to a major city or state, but they look very much like several hundred other websites with similar sounding names. Conversely, all calls and clicks to 1-800-SKYDIVE go directly to privately owned skydiving centers conveniently located near major metropolitan areas. You always deal directly with that skydiving center and never with a middlemen.

Please don't fall for the on-line marketing scam. Skydive Suffolk does not honor gift certificates from these services. In fact, NONE of the major skydiving centers in our region accept these certificates at this time. People who buy these on-line certificates usually have to drive surprisingly long distances, because there are so few skydiving centers accepting them. When a customer finds out that he can not use his certificate at one of the major centers, and then tries to get a refund, he will find that no refunds, compromises, renewals, or transfers are available. There are no local office staff or real skydiving instructors with whom to speak, and all communications are with telemarketers in a far away state.

When customers arrives at one of the small part-time schools that will accept these certificates, they often have to wait all day because their certificates are given a lower priority. Their jumps are usually performed one person at a time from a small, single engine aircraft that goes to altitudes of only 9 or 10 thousand feet. The unwary consumer pays more and gets less for his skydiving experience. Skydive Suffolk can always take groups of friends on the same large, twin engine aircraft, and we always go to 13,000 feet or higher. Get the most for your money.
Call 1-800-SKYDIVE.…757.539.3531

Only Skydive Suffolk gift certificates are accepted by Skydive Suffolk

Don't get scammed! Use the information listed below!

THINGS TO LOOK FOR:

Look for a business address - Skydive Suffolk is located at the Suffolk Executive Airport. You will find us listed in most major phone books. ( 757.539.3531 ) We will tell you our location and welcome you to stop by to see for yourself why Skydive Suffolk is the biggest and best dropzone in the region ! The online certificate sellers will not tell you a location until you have made a purchase.

Look for specific information about their Instructors. Skydive Suffolk has some of the most experienced Instructors that the skydiving industry has to offer and we have their names and pictures on our staff page .

Look for specific information about their aircraft or facilities - The aircraft and facilities you see on our website are the ones we actually own and operate. These are not file photos or 'once a year' event airplanes.

Look for "additional fees" when you are purchasing a gift certificate. The on-line resellers have a price that appears to be lower than the major skydiving centers. After they have your credit card number, they will tell you about the additional fees, which make it more expensive. There are no hidden fees with Skydive Suffolk.

Finally, you do not need a certificate to make a jump. You can simply call us to make a reservation and put down a small deposit of $35. This deposit is refundable and transferable if you need to change your reservation. The only restriction is that you make do so at least 3 days prior to your scheduled jump date.

If you need any information that is not included here, please don't hesitate to call. Our nation wide toll free telephone number is 1.866.465.2779

Skydive Suffolk Inc.
1268 Old Somerton Rd
SuffolkVa.23434