On Mar 30, 2:45*pm, James C. Simmons
wrote:
At 18:00 29 March 2011, Ron Gleason wrote:



Here in Northern UT the master rigger many of us used to
perform
parachute repacks passed away. *Two other people have been
identified,
both take a week or so to perform the job with one charging $60
and
the other charges $75.

I do not mind paying for good service, and with this only needed
to be
done twice a year with the total costs equal to about 3 tows, *
these
costs are twice the price I am use to.

I am curious what other folks pay around the country.

Thanks in advance

Ron Gleason

We have been paying $50 at ParaPhernalia in Arlington, WA

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One of our club members, Jason Kanu, is a rigger. Most of us (Valley
Soaring in Middletown, NY) either give him our chutes at the annual
safety meeting or leave them in the club trailer for him to pick up.
The first time he repacked my chute, he identified a potentially
serious problem, took the time to demonstrate it to me, fixed it and
added only the cost of the part and shipping to the price of the
repack. He also provides training in the care and use of parachutes,
both at our safety meeting and individually throughout the year. He
charged $50 for the last repack, but I've been pushing him to raise
the price to match the level of service.

Ray Warshaw
1LK