CDF Course

[hankster123]

hi there. i also took a course from cdf . i was sold the course by an extreemly fake pleasant man who new i was self employed and struggling , but because my wife was working he arranged the finance in her name(in fact he said i would have the course for free if she was not working)to cut a long story short i paid the first installment and started the course,then my wife stopped working and my work was non existant so i looked at the credit aggreement with a view to cancelling.on the green copy -the only piece of paper i was given, it stated on the front that details of how to cancel would be sent, having no other paperwork i rang cdf to ask about cancelling . the lady said i should first write to the college and ask them to cancel the course which they refused, i then rang back cdf and pleaded with them to cancel the course stating that i had 4 children, could not make the mortgage payment let alone pay the course fee, after this conversation they sent me an income and expenditure form to complete which i did, clearly showing that it would be impossible to pay for the course. (Infact it showed that I could pay them £5.00 per month which I would have to cut back by this amount on my food shopping) Could anyone please help/advise me have i any chance of getting out of this???? Thanks

Edited September 14, 2008 by hankster123

[animal_lover]

I'm not to sure hankster123. if you start your own thread in the students section of the forum more people will beable to see it and give you advice. Don't worry your not alone. It took me over a year to get mine cancelled. But as i say there are alot of fantastic people on here who now there stuff so keep your chin up

[GuidoT]

Hankster I will move you to your own thread.

 

I have given your thread a title if you want it changed let me know.

Edited September 16, 2008 by GuidoT

[animal_lover]

If it's ok can you change the thread name please GuidoT, and if it's ok with hankster.

 

CDF are the Finance Company that provide the "funding" for the course, The company that sells the course is Skills Train. If you could put them in the title instead and then Hankster should be able to get more help and advice from all the great people on this forum. Thanks AL

[hankster123]

can anyone help me ???????

[animal_lover]

Try sending a PM to GuidoT, Asking to change the title to Skills Train Course as CDF are the financing company not alot of people will know who they are.

 

You will definately get more replys then, Not many people like Skills Train.

 

I'm enrolling back into college to do the same course i was "doing" for FREE and they wanted nearly £3000.00 to do it.

 

I hope you can get it all sorted

[studentdebtsRme]

It's not likely if you took out credit, you can withdraw from the course but you will still be liable to pay the credit company. I had a similar experience with the OU in my more naive days. You may be able to get a reduction but it's highly unlikely they will write it off. If neither of you are working you would be eligible to go on courses with the local Adult Continuing Education centre. Keep looking for jobs, hope you both get one soon.

[stevewah]

same here 2 pluming rep.s came to me. had to do a test at my house they help me fill it in as i was finding it hard.could not do it on my own . then said i would be £80 month and then signed me up for 3 years . 3 months later recession kicks in . work stop coming in i got hit with late payment charge for 4 months. all i could aford to pay was £20 a month. they said this was no good. and said that i could not continue doing my coursework unless i paid £40 i know that dont seem like much more but £20 is a lot more in my house since work slowed down . it has now been past over to debt & revenue services now. just dont know what to do they helped me do the test. that must be rong. just feel like i was tricked in to this . is there anything i can do ???

[bonkers123]

see "train4tradeskills problem" thread on this forum for more people with this problem

[citizenB]

This thread is now in "Training & Apprenticeships" forum

 

It is purely an administrative move.