Don't be Misled! Deal Direct with Jumptown/MSPC!

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.

Please don't fall for the on-line marketing scam. Jumptown does not honor gift certificates from these services. The ONLY certificates we honor are those from Jumptown, Excitations and Skydive today. People who buy from other services sometimes have to drive very long distances, because so few of the major drop zones accept their certificates. When a customer finds out he can not use his certificate and tries to get a refund he is often told there are no refunds, compromises, renewals or transfers available. Avoid all of these pitfalls and buy directly from Jumptown.

Buying directly from us assures you you will be jumping at the address we advertise in a business that has been established since the 1950's. You will be jumping out of an airplane that takes you to 13,500 feet- weather permitting (we do not cut corners and let you out lower and hope you do not notice). You will be able to find specific instructors' names and pictures on our web site with a list of their qualifications. Jumptown has some of the most experienced instructors that the skydiving industry has to offer and we are proud of our talented staff. The aircraft and facilities you see on our web site are actually owned and operated by Jumptown and are the ones you will see when you arrive at our facility.

Before you buy from a third party look for any additional fees when you are purchasing a gift certificate. There are no hidden fees at Jumptown. You can purchase a legitimate gift certificate directly through us and pay less than you will pay to buy it from someone else. Finally, you do not need a certificate to make a jump. Simply call us up and make a reservation at 1-800-890-JUMP.

More information is available here from the United States Parachute Association.