Never have I bungee jumped... Too stupid to dangle there while others pull you up. Puts too many variables in to other's hands to be comfy with it.
And yes, I was jumping for the thrill of it. But I packed my own chute, and made sure the reserve would deploy if I needed it. There was very little I depended on anyone else for... Piloting the plane was about it. I maintained all my gear, replaced what I needed when it needed to be replaced, and bade sure my quick releases worked correctly on every third jump. Testing, replacing, maintaining, packing my own gear is much safer than people that do it once in their life on a weekend. You don't know WHAT condition your pack is in, nor how well it is even packed for that matter.
I maintained my gear so well, that with over 100 jumps, never did I need to cut and pull the reserve. Hell I even learned how to fluff deployment so it was a little easier on my . . . ahem. . . harness area. Decelerating form 100+ to just under 30 in 1-3 seconds can be a little painful.