Advent Training Gone bust... what now??

inmypocketnottheirs

oscar997 wrote: »

i was doing my course with advent training and i havent pay anything yet to anyone but barclays send me a letter saying that they looking for another provider and i call dem and i told them that i dont need any other provider because i cant trust anymore and they told me but u still have to pay the full amount because we have already paid advent training and when i did my contract it was pay after one year o the persone that i spoke to said to me if i have all the money in cash i can just pay all and not to go on loan with barclays because i will end up paying a lot more so i had my money and now barclays said that i own all the money and if i take or if i dnt take the course they provide me i still have to pay to them so i dnt nkw what to do i cant pay for something that i havent done anyone help please ooo and now i cant found my agreement and i cant read what do i have to do can anyone send me a copy of the agreement so i can read please help me thank you very much

Could you please re-read and punctuate your post so that it makes sense. We can then try and help.

inmypocketnottheirs

macca78 wrote: »

Not sure if this is any help to those of you out there but have found out that both of the MD's from Advent also run another company cld Advent (2) Limited Mr Ashley Jones and also Mr Andrew Richard Allchurch, by all accounts this company seems to be doing very well from what my sources say. I am now thinking of reporting this to the CIB for investigation, I really dont think that either of these two should be able to get away with what they have done to me and to thousands of other students. Something needs to be done!!

I wouldn't worry. I dont think any organisation will have any thing to do with training and Ashley Jones and Andrew (AKA Ivor) Allchurch.

conbee70

I myself have been a victim of the wrong doings of the directors sales persons ect.. at advent IT. I Have been working in IT for three years until last may I lost my job. Everything I know was self thought by investing in myself by buying Microsoft and Comptia training books. I spent hours after work reading and studing a second had computer I bought as I read the books. After I was made redundant I found out that my misses was pregnant and I did everything in my power to find a job having my MCP,A+, ECDL, City & Guilds and MCTS brought nothing. The frustration of applying for 20jobs a day for 6 months with no luck with a baby on the was almost killed me. That was when I saw advent I explained that I was already IT Qulified and that all I need is a Job. I was promised the world by the sales person at advent. I was told they will find me a job within 6 weeks if I signed up, desperation kicked in and I jumped at the offer. They took a loan on my behalf via BPF and I waited. Soon after everything was approved I tried calling Advent with no respond. I called everyday for weeks with nothing. I knew some thing was up and when the 8 weeks past and no respond I fell into a state of depressing and felt suicidal. Couple days later my misses lost our first baby when we went for a scan and my life have never been the same since. I don't know what to do where to turn to. I pray to God everyday that those responsible for the destruction of people lives like myself and others suffer. I hope they all die of cancer I hope they die in a car accident driving their flash cars and I hope they feel what it is like for an average man to lose everything especially a Baby due the the stress and frustration they caused.



ONE IS ONLY DEFEATED IF HE STAYS DOWN AFTER A FALL.....

inmypocketnottheirs

conbee70 wrote: »

I pray to God everyday that those responsible for the destruction of people lives like myself and others suffer. I hope they all die of cancer I hope they die in a car accident driving their flash cars and I hope they feel what it is like for an average man to lose everything especially a Baby due the the stress and frustration they caused.



ONE IS ONLY DEFEATED IF HE STAYS DOWN AFTER A FALL.....

What a nice person you are.

aron80

cjclegg wrote: »

Hi there, I signed up with Advent on a 1 year interest free through Barclay's partner finance, I have received 2 letters stating the obvious. The reason I am writing this is due to the fact that I do not wish to take another course, especially if I am not the person deciding on the provider. Since signing on the dotted line I have been laid off and gained further employment at a much lower rate of pay, hence if Barclay's can force the agreement I will be entering into an IVA the date the first payment is due.
This is not what I want to do, what I would like is to tell Barclay's where to go and walk away from my agreement with Advent. As far as I am concerned, I signed an agreement with advent, I never approached anyone for finance, it was done on my behalf by Advent to try and get me to sign, Advent are now no more, therefore I should be able walk away from this agreement.

If anyone is the same situation, i.e. Not yet started paying for their course please get in touch as I believe we should be able to refuse any/all alternatives put forward by Barclay's. All input and help would be openly received.

Hi, I am in exactly the same position as you, but with a plumbing course at access2trade careers. The loan is due to paid by july. I have sent 2 letters and 1 email to them so far saying I do not want to have an alternative provider they choose for me, and I am not obliged to as nowhere in the contract does it state this. I am just waiting at the moment to see what bull they feed me next

malchus

I am in exactly the same situation as you, I haven't paid anything yet. I've only sat one exam, and because of trust, i no longer wish to be forwarded to another IT provider. What can we do?

aron80

malchus wrote: »

I am in exactly the same situation as you, I haven't paid anything yet. I've only sat one exam, and because of trust, i no longer wish to be forwarded to another IT provider. What can we do?

When I first heard access2trade went bust I called Barclays who were absolutely useless, they couldn't answer my questions and just told me to wait for more info. So I sent them the first letter saying 'you are in breach of contract regarding section 75' etc.. Then they called saying they are not in breach as they are looking for another provider, then said they didn't know if I can refuse it or not... f'cking !!!!'holes. So I sent them another letter saying they are still in breach and I am not accepting another provider as I am not obliged to do so.

Luckily I passed 1 exam too, ha!

That letter was sent on saturday, so am just waiting at the moment, will keep you updated.

cjclegg

aron80 wrote: »

Hi, I am in exactly the same position as you, but with a plumbing course at access2trade careers. The loan is due to paid by july. I have sent 2 letters and 1 email to them so far saying I do not want to have an alternative provider they choose for me, and I am not obliged to as nowhere in the contract does it state this. I am just waiting at the moment to see what bull they feed me next

Thanx for getting in touch, much appreciated. I have read people mentioning section 75, which i cannot find in my contract. The thing that is spinning around in my head is, if Barclay's expect me to pay the money back then I want something from it and I DON'T mean another provider. I say we demand the full amount in hard cash, drop the training and pay them in turn with the money which is rightfully ours if they try and keep us to an agreement which was arranged through another company (Advent)..... This whole thing stinks.... I have called The Sun today and am waiting for a call back from the person dealing with this case. Time for some more bad publicity for our wonderful banks..... Anyone would think they were hard up, but yet again, it is us, the general public who they are allowed to RAPE repeatedly at there will......... NO MORE.

aron80

Can't really see the Sun saying much about this, it's already been all over the news ages ago and now no one who isn't involved is bothered. I have been thinking of all the options Barclays can do, and they will not give us the cash (as a personal loan) because they've already given access2trade or advent the money when we signed up. Of course we all know it's Barclays fault for stopping the cash flow to the course providers, and they know we have the right not to pay or have our money back, but will they say that? No, they will somehow wriggle their way out of it.

malchus

aron80 wrote: »

When I first heard access2trade went bust I called Barclays who were absolutely useless, they couldn't answer my questions and just told me to wait for more info. So I sent them the first letter saying 'you are in breach of contract regarding section 75' etc.. Then they called saying they are not in breach as they are looking for another provider, then said they didn't know if I can refuse it or not... f'cking !!!!'holes. So I sent them another letter saying they are still in breach and I am not accepting another provider as I am not obliged to do so.

Luckily I passed 1 exam too, ha!

That letter was sent on saturday, so am just waiting at the moment, will keep you updated.

thanks a lot!