Just spoken to someone from Consumer Direct and she basically said Im screwed unless I could see that they are in breach of the contract in some way or another. Even then theres a 14 day period for them to come up with the goods to get out of this so unless they really really wanted to mess up, then I cant see that happening. Unfortunately, I feel my grievances are small-fry compared with alot of others on here. But my bottom line is that Ive become so angry and frustrated with this course and their attitude that I simply cant justify paying out another £800+ and continuing witht the awful sham of a course on such low wages. I really really wish I hadnt been pushed into it by their stupid rep and had considered going over the contract with someone first...We should all be able to get out of the contract just based on how many lives its ruining so far. 'For a brighter future' MY ARSE! Ive paid just over £1k for my Flash/Dreamweaver CS4 course and it has to be the worst decision Ive made of my life. I would have been better off taking a credit card and swiping it up to the £2k mark and bought a butt load of fudge or something, for the good that this course has done me: *Its damn near impossible to locate how to contact my tutor from their VLC student 'lounge' *There is no way that someone with no understanding of Adobe software would get through this 'basic' Flash course. *The course materials contain spelling mistakes, bad grammar and worst of all, exercises 6 pages long that dont actually work! *When I brought their attention to an error in one particular exercise which did not work, they replied and AGREED that it didnt work, but with NO explanation as to why!! *After trying another long winded exercise that AGAIN didnt work, I asked for help and didnt ever get a reply. *ANYONE I have ever spoken to at their call centre has always been hostile, rude and very unhelpful, the animosity is present even in emails: 'Once your statutory cancellation period has expired you are then liable for all monies owing regardless of whether you choose to study or not.' *Once you get this type of response you know theyve gone and bent you over and spanked you with a money-grabbing paddle. They dont care if you succeed or fail. Whereas most colleges would NEED you to succeed for their pass rates to gain funding, these guys bleed you dry and couldnt give a hoot what you did with their awful materials. Anyone who wants to report them to Watchdog I say go for it. Their slogan is 'For a brighter Future'. LIKE HELL!!!