Beware of scammers
This year I had a stunning event, I got to the exhibition "Golden Dolphin". The event is really stunning, air flight 20000 rubles, accommodation in a cheap hotel 2500 rubles per day, etc. , etc. It stuck in the memory in general.
I walk, wander around the exhibition, meet old friends, meet new ones, the usual process. And then I see a man sitting, very important looking, with an almost golden teapot, where it says “cognac”, and a pretty girl is running around.
The man's name is Viktor Kuznetsov, and the girl's name is Veronika Teternikova, and they offer a MIRACLE for divers, called the Marseille dive boat
Interesting. Hooked. We talked. At first glance, nice people, according to them, the boat is just a FAIRY TALE. Being in Egypt, it runs on almost all routes. I asked about the price, a really affordable fairy tale. And the place on it is decent, as many as 26 passengers enter. Attractive option. Interested, took the coordinates.
Winter has passed, spring has come, and it's time at the dive center to plan an autumn safari. I remember Marseille. I call and make a deal. It turns out everything is busy, but they will find an empty week for me. There is an empty week in mid-September, from 11 to 18. .
It's too early, we usually go in October, but the yacht is a miracle and you have to agree.
We sign a contract, make the first deposit and wait for autumn.
And then, like a bolt from the blue, a not very pleasant event happens on board the yacht.
Who knows, he knows. I think the owners of the yacht have nothing to do with it, a lot can happen in life. But the Egyptian authorities and a chamber called . CDWS are launching investigations and proceedings. The boat is not released from the port, or rather, they do not give a license or something like that, I didn’t go into it exactly. I start to worry, I call Victor, Veronica, and they say “it's okay, dear, we will solve all the issues, there is still a lot of time before your safari. ”
Reassured. But time is running out, and you need to make a second deposit before August 11th.
From August 3 to August 10, I am leaving for Baikal and on August 1 I call Viktor.
"How are we doing there? " I ask
“All according to plan, ” they say.
"What's wrong with the boat, have you got a license? "
"Not. But if Marseille is not given a license, we will definitely find a replacement for you. ” - they answer.
“When is it better to make a second deposit, before Baikal or after? ” I ask.
"Ah, it's okay, come back and bring in. " Victor answers.
We dive on Baikal, but our hearts are somehow not calm.
We return home, I call again and again “Everything is fine, we will provide you with a boat. ”
And such a song, the whole of August.
I ask - "When is the second deposit to be made? ".
“You will come to the boat and bring in the rest, ” Viktor Kuznetsov replies again.
August 31, Lera Ludwig (wife, partner of Kuznetsov) calls and says
“Unfortunately, we will not be able to provide you with the Marseille yacht, as well as find a replacement. ”
And this is 10 days before the start of the safari!
There were thoughts to disband the group and return the money to people.
But the return of tour packages and air flights will be with heavy fines.
Who will compensate them?
I start looking for a boat from Kemerovo.
It's funny - they can't find it in Hurghada, but I'm looking for it from Kemerovo!
Options begin to appear, and in the end I find - a good boat, but due to the short remaining time before the safari, the cost of the charter is much higher.
Well, let it be, the safari should take place, especially since we don’t have so many divers and you can’t hit the dirt in the face.
X hour comes, September 11.14-00, when the transfer from Marseille should arrive.
But, there is no one. Since August 31, no one picks up the phone on any of the telephone numbers, Egyptian, Moscow. Calling is useless. Well found a replacement.
But what about the deposit?
Don't know. Is it possible that people working in such a field as diving, where it is very difficult to earn a positive reputation and the trust of people, both clients and professionals, can be exchanged for a deposit.
Or maybe this is not the first time?
Or maybe they make money doing it?
In principle, this information is posted for WARNING . .
So that Viktor Kuznetsov, Lera Ludwig, Veronika Teternikova no longer have the opportunity to collect deposits, and then not provide anything and return the money.
And also with the hope that maybe people's conscience will wake up or there will be people who know the aforementioned, talk to them and a miracle happens, the deposit will return.