In South Africa, there is one official reseller of PADI products, there is a massive price difference that Independant / freelance instructors pay for PADI products, and what dive shops pay, for a product that cost the same to bring into the country.
Independant instructors in a way subsidise the profit margin for dive shops, giving dive shops a unfair advantage when marketing th same product.
PADI international, not only knows about this, but actively incourages this practise, to in some way force you to open a PADI resort to get fair pricing.
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