Do you have this discussion and transaction in writing? You should at least have some record of this payment from you bank or credit card company. At the very least send them a record of this transaction and point out that the reason it was made was to process cancellation of the agreement.

I'm wondering if many of you are using the same paydayloans company. It doesn't sound completely random. It sounds like these people are only phoning people who have or have applied for paydayloans. It would be interesting if there was only one paydayloan company at the root of this.

Hi, OK some good news is that you appear to have a credit agreement with Barclays. The fact that I had a successful case resolved by the FOS against Barclays and Skillstrain will work in your favour. I'm not sure why you believe that the FOS can't help or what response you have had from them if any. The forum-thread mentioned above has been taken down (hopefully) temporarily as a lot of people were racking up post count purely to allow them to PM me for information which goes against forum rules. Can you confirm what course you were/are doing, when you signed up, and if you are continuing to pay off the credit agreement?

I had to strip out some of the link information as I don't have a high enough post count yet.

Just an update, I have started posting specifics of my successful claim here; consumeractiongroup.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?301141-How-To-Get-Some-or-All-of-Your-Money-Back-From-Skillstrain-Train-4-Skills&p=3360792#post3360792 This applies to anyone on any of the Skillstrain courses where Microsoft, Cisco, or eSkills logos were shown on any of your sales materials. The claim was successfully made through the Financial Ombudsman Service without need for court action.

I have some good news on this. I managed to get most of my money back from Barclay's Partner Finance through arguments submitted to the FOS. I am hoping to publish the whole details here shortly. Can anyone advise the best forum on CAG to post this?