Mis-sold Home Learning College Course??

grizzly1911

Hazukison wrote: »

Just an update, I decided to call HLC and of course unsurprisingly there was no reference at all to any emails that I'd sent, so I politely bullsh*tted my way out of it saying I'm following a different career path now, He then (Pretty much) proceeded to tell me how much a terrible I was saying how someone else could have had that position in there "limited" (I call bull on that) placements!

Now I've just ordered a book off amazon and downloaded the iPhone app to see how I get on with that for a few months! I feel as tho I had a lucky escape tho.

What book and what App?

leon_stfc_82

Quick update, have started reading the book.

Looks OK and so far no grammar issues.

Emailed my tutor and yesterday at 05 September 2011 15:27
and in fairness he replied at Mon 05/09/2011 15:46

swifthorn

I Was looking at doing a distance course, but I done a bit of research and my head still didn't think it was trust worthy.
My local council do a fantastic adult education centre with a class any night you fancy (At different school/centre, which means travelling a little) so I want for that.

I had heard some really bad views of Skills Train, and the fact that they are using a different name and run a "Computer Games" courses, like Game Art and Animation is just stupid, trying to con all the teenagers and naive parents. Terrible.

grizzly1911

just had another phone call to see if I was still interested - 12 months after I thought I had killed the calls.

leon_stfc_82

I'm worried, why am I quite happy with it so far!!??! :eek:

Hazukison

grizzly1911 wrote: »

What book and what App?

I bought the latest Exam Cram book I'm only on Chapter 2 so far but I hope its all sticking in my head! I'm not sure how many pages/Chapters I should be aiming to complete per week tho!

Also I found this link on the whole HLC thing
certforums.co.uk/forums/general-comptia-certifications/43285-home-learning-college-comptia.html

wendy9119

Hi my name is Wendy. i guess we all have been there coz of HLC. i am getting prepared to face court soon. Firstly i would like to tell you more bout problem I am personally struggling with. Past year i applied for a SAGE course in HLC, but because of my personal reasons i had to leave UK. Before my books arrived i phone and cancelled the course. I send a cancellation e-mail as well. The books were send back straight away. But HLC had a huge surprise for me. 3rd January i received a letter from Clarity that i am fully charged for course. Amount of 1,529.84 pounds. If I am not gonna pay a full amount immediately i will receive a letter for court case. I had no idea what to do. I looked for lawyers advice, Birmingham Citizen Advice Center, I basically tried everything. Seem like no one can help me. So I've send a letter to HLC. I got no response. That made me look deeper into case. I found a number of people complaining that they have been mis sold. All of them are paying huge money and each one was in similar situation to mine.

Right now i have send a really long letter with same cases examples to BBC NEWS. PLEASE IF ANY OF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO SAME THING. we can warn others. if we cant win we can at least try and fight. everyone. we are stronger together.

I am trying to get as much attantion at this case as i can in my name and all of you. I am not willing to pay home learning college and i want my case to be recorded by media. people have to see! i will try to get out of this mess but i ll make this public.this kind of schools cannot be tolerated in our community. not in england. not anywhere. we are here to study and all of us are ending up with financial problems and no education. if you can at least write to bbc and tell them your own story. do it for yourself and everyone whos signing their agreement every new day. we have to destroy those dirty liars. Thanks and wish you best luck. Dont be afraid to stand up!

MSE_Investigator

Hi Wendy



We're sorry to hear about your experience with Home Learning College, we
always take complaints from students very seriously. If possible we
would like to speak to you directly to investigate your case further.



Please don't hesitate to contact our customer support team on
customer.support@homelearningcollege.com
or call us on 0208
676 6025.



Kind regards

Home Learning College

BurntOut

And to think I was gonna purchase the CompTIA A+ and Network+ course too. After these reviews it seems not a good idea.

:beer:

pearl123

wendy9119 wrote: »

Hi my name is Wendy. i guess we all have been there coz of HLC. i am getting prepared to face court soon. Firstly i would like to tell you more bout problem I am personally struggling with. Past year i applied for a SAGE course in HLC, but because of my personal reasons i had to leave UK. Before my books arrived i phone and cancelled the course. I send a cancellation e-mail as well. The books were send back straight away. But HLC had a huge surprise for me. 3rd January i received a letter from Clarity that i am fully charged for course. Amount of 1,529.84 pounds. If I am not gonna pay a full amount immediately i will receive a letter for court case. I had no idea what to do. I looked for lawyers advice, Birmingham Citizen Advice Center, I basically tried everything. Seem like no one can help me. So I've send a letter to HLC. I got no response. That made me look deeper into case. I found a number of people complaining that they have been mis sold. All of them are paying huge money and each one was in similar situation to mine.

Right now i have send a really long letter with same cases examples to BBC NEWS. PLEASE IF ANY OF YOU ARE WILLING TO DO SAME THING. we can warn others. if we cant win we can at least try and fight. everyone. we are stronger together.

I am trying to get as much attantion at this case as i can in my name and all of you. I am not willing to pay home learning college and i want my case to be recorded by media. people have to see! i will try to get out of this mess but i ll make this public.this kind of schools cannot be tolerated in our community. not in england. not anywhere. we are here to study and all of us are ending up with financial problems and no education. if you can at least write to bbc and tell them your own story. do it for yourself and everyone whos signing their agreement every new day. we have to destroy those dirty liars. Thanks and wish you best luck. Dont be afraid to stand up!

Well done OP,Wendy and all the other posters who have highlighted this problem. It would seem that HLC is not up to standard and there is nothing companies dislike more than a bad press. Absolutely, those customers who are unhappy and are getting no results from HLC should contact the BBC or similar if it means not only warning others to a poor standard of service but also getting there money back.
At the end of the day. If you are paying for a product it should be fit for purpose!
There should be some easily recognisable consummer database on which people can check online courses to see which carry recognised courses and which are micky mouse.