last year i signed up for a computer course with advent, i went in with good intentions?
to do well and gain good qualifications in I.T!! unfortunately 1 month in to the course i was made redundant from my job and therefore tried to cancel the course!!! purely because i had no way of paying for it and didnt want to get in financial trouble!!!! baring in mind i had not progressed to stage 2 of the course i was on i thought it would not be a problem once i explained my circumstances, that was not the case with advent, they were very patronising and told me they would give me all the support i needed, point is i could NOT afford to pay for it no matter how much support they gave me!!! basically they had received the loan of £4,500 off barclay partner finance and didnt want to give it back!!! now a year on im in the same boat i havent touched the course since i tried to cancel 12 months ago, and the payment has gone up to £9,500 nearly 100% increase!!! advent dont give a toss about the money and i now owe barclays 9k!! i dont have that money, and me n my family are barely getting by as it is without this big mess!!! i set out to better myself and all seems to backfire on me, whilst the money grabbers at the top cant stop laughing!! i keep receiving debt collectors letters threatening with the usual and would like some good advice on what i can do!!!! plz help!!!
Public Comments
- you need to speak with the citizens advice bureau asap. take all your loan paperwork and course details along and get some free legal advice.
- The legal position is actually quite straight forward, although you will not like it. The course was available for you to attend and you entered into a contract to pay for it. You thus have to pay. I agree that you should approach the CAB (excellent people that they are), who will try to mediate a solution for you if they can but if Advent stands firm, you have no chance. Sorry.
- I will send to you my violin.
