Advent Computer Training (Barclays Partner Finance)Info and discussion thread

[Sticky1]

Barclays Clydesdale 0844 811 9000

[benann]

apparently the company they bought the books off went to get there books back because they were owed so much money went to the mews and found all their offices and rooms totally stripped clean which implys that they had plenty of time to get the stuff and scarper so may be the police should investigate these mugs because where is all the money

[Frazzo]

Sorry if this has already been posted but, has anyone seen the BBC news update re. IITT - don't know the ins and outs but it is something I suppose BBC News - IT students 'could finish course'

[benann]

i've just noticed advent have took the notice off their website! hmmm !

no they havent its still there just looked perhaps google should kick them off they are still advertising for places

[supernova]

hi we have been 'done over' too. i have been advised to write a letter to barclays partner finance. but what i would like to know is how i would go about it. does anyone know of any templates or can copy and paste one on here.

thanks in advance.

[iam-the_god.of+hell=fire]

hi we have been 'done over' too. i have been advised to write a letter to barclays partner finance. but what i would like to know is how i would go about it. does anyone know of any templates or can copy and paste one on here.

thanks in advance.

 

this is a template i found

Consumer Direct - 1 Consumer Credit Act 1974 - Template letter for use when Goods and Services have been bought on credit

[supernova]

hi thanks for replying so qwik. i fpound this one too but it didnt look right because we havent bought an item. or maybe i just dont understand it. confuzzled me a little :? :-|

[Jekkers]

You have purchased a product.

 

In this case, the product was a service. You are not being provided with the service.

[iam-the_god.of+hell=fire]

hi thanks for replying so qwik. i fpound this one too but it didnt look right because we havent bought an item. or maybe i just dont understand it. confuzzled me a little :? :-|

 

this is the template people from the facebook group are using. yeah does seem a bit confusing lol. we have bought a service which has not been provided :twisted:

[pvincent]

Blog with info:

 

Advent IT Training [problem]

[MARTIN3030]

The templates are ok,you just need to tinker with the wording-it still serves the purpose.

[Jekkers]

Blog with info:

 

Advent IT Training [problem]

 

 

 

Crap.

 

So I am not protected by the law?

 

What are the chances of me getting my money back or at least stopping the monthly payments under Hitatchi?

[MARTIN3030]

Can you confirm that your agreement came under CCA74 ?

How much have you paid ? How much is outstanding ?

Have you still got a copy of your original agreement ?

[Jekkers]

Can you confirm that your agreement came under CCA74 ?

How much have you paid ? How much is outstanding ?

Have you still got a copy of your original agreement ?

 

Excuse my ignorance, but what is CCA74?

 

I have paid about about 2 thirds of 4.7k

 

And yeah I have all my paperwork still.

 

The most frustrating thing is having been almost done paying, and then having the rug torn out from under me. After struggling with such bad service in the first place. It's so unfair.

[luke100390]

Can you confirm that your agreement came under CCA74 ?

How much have you paid ? How much is outstanding ?

Have you still got a copy of your original agreement ?

I have a bit of paper that mentions the CCA74, I took the loan out in November 2008 with the deal i had to pay the £4,950 within a year which i managed to pay it fully by November 2009.

 

So my loan has been fully paid, Im only halfway through the 1st A+ Essentials book.

 

I also have a copy of the 3 bits of paper from Barclays.

[lc1989]

Good evening all,

 

Another unhappy Advent Student about to moan. Its a very difficult situation for all, myself i was in process of training on the Master CIW Website Designer program with Advent, costing £4750.00. Like they have said to us all, quote. ' we can complete at our own pace, at our own time '

obviously not. After taking all the time to complete the A+ essentials pre workshop material and setting my self for the two workshop dates i get home to find this e-mail and have the midlands BBC broadcasting the fall of the company. GUTTED. Like all we are all left standing trying to find a way to turn and find a positive way out of this. The IITC are on to it trying to find a solution saying that students should be able to complete the training with another accredited training provider from the IITC, but again what saying this wont happen again???

 

luckily enough i paid my £4750.00 pounds of another way rather than baying back barclays partner finance with there stupid amounts of APR shoved on top totaling a pay back of nearly £10,000 !!!! i went into barclays secured another loan with alot lower interest rate and got them to pay barclays partner finance the £4750.00 and then me owe barclays the money totaling a paypack of £6500 max. so i dont know were this stands as by the looks of it does barclays partner finance owe barclays or would i have to still pay off the loan with barclays??? confused ??? help

[Jekkers]

Am I the only one who thinks that telling us we can complete our training with another accredited training provider just isn't good enough? I do not want that. I have had a crappy experience almost from the beginning, (except for the people who ran the classrooms sessions) and now that I have no chance of getting a good service from the company I signed up for, I want out.

 

I should be able to decline the offer of tutoring through a different company.

[lc1989]

Hi jekkers,

 

I must admit to you the service from Advent was not the best a company could provide a customer that has just shoved £5,000 in there accounts, but carnt rearly comment on the classroom experience as wasnt able to attend due to work commintments but was going to within the next mounths offering. you should though as you say be able to get out of this mess along with everyone else the way that suits you. its just a real tricky situation and you also should be able to decline alternative training if found to cover the course that you were studying.

[pvincent]

Am I the only one who thinks that telling us we can complete our training with another accredited training provider just isn't good enough? I do not want that. I have had a crappy experience almost from the beginning, (except for the people who ran the classrooms sessions) and now that I have no chance of getting a good service from the company I signed up for, I want out.

 

I should be able to decline the offer of tutoring through a different company.

 

I think legally you/we have a right to do that. The issue is that Barclays are in breach of contract the way things stand currently.

 

They are trying to remedy that (and avoid paying out) by providing you with another training provider (or saying they will).

 

Joint legal action is the way to go I think. Strength in numbers

[rbarnes]

I still can't believe we all received an announcement via email from the following address [[email protected]]. The address hardly looks professional! I'm glad I quickly check my "junk mail" folder each day as this is where the email ended up.

 

Russ

[MARTIN3030]

CCA74 = The Consumer Credit Act 1974

 

We are waiting for someone to post up here a copy of their agreement to look over.

In some cases lenders have recourse under section 75 of the Consumer Credit act.

For others,it will be a matter of trying to get money back from the administrators but Advents biggest creditors would probably get the first bite of the cherry,and as yet its not known what assets and capital remain for any liabilities.It will take some time for this to be established.

[lc1989]

rbarnes,

 

same here mate, dont usually look at the junk, wish i hadnt now. Not the way rearly to inform students.

[lc1989]

Im looking at my agreement now it reads as follows;

 

the consumer credit act 1974 lays down certain requirements for your protection which you should have complied with when this agreement was made. if they are not, we cannot enforce this agreement without getting a court order. the act gives you a number of rights:

 

you can settle this agreement at any time by giving in notice in writing and paying off the amount you owe under the agreement which my be reduced by a rebate examples indicating the amount you have to pay appear in the agreement

 

if you recieve unsatisfactory goods or services (Jekkers) paid for under this agreement you may have a right to sue the supplier, us or both.

 

if the contract is not fulfilled, perhaps because the supplier has gone out of buisness, you may still be able to sue us

 

if that helps at all, or would a full scan of the documents need to be posted???

[MARTIN3030]

Scan would be good if not too much trouble-remove any personal identifiers.

[Jekkers]

Im looking at my agreement now it reads as follows;

 

the consumer credit act 1974 lays down certain requirements for your protection which you should have complied with when this agreement was made. if they are not, we cannot enforce this agreement without getting a court order. the act gives you a number of rights:

 

you can settle this agreement at any time by giving in notice in writing and paying off the amount you owe under the agreement which my be reduced by a rebate examples indicating the amount you have to pay appear in the agreement

 

if you recieve unsatisfactory goods or services (Jekkers) paid for under this agreement you may have a right to sue the supplier, us or both.

 

if the contract is not fulfilled, perhaps because the supplier has gone out of buisness, you may still be able to sue us

 

if that helps at all, or would a full scan of the documents need to be posted???

 

 

Thank you for typing that out.

 

So, to get my money back, I will have to sue?

 

Sigh

 

Any chance Hitatchi will make a good will gesture, or am I just wishfully thinking?