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crowny
Hi to all, first timer on here!!
After deciding on a career change I signed up to a gas foundation course with 'access to trade' back at the start of 2010, only for them to go under. I had only attended the 2 day H & S induction before they went into administration. I did a finance deal through Barclay Partner Finance (apparrently A2T went under because Barclays removed their overdraft facility and sent them under) and they came back three months later to say that I could resume the course through OLCI. I attended the induction day but felt that the course (although both were called Gas Foundation) did not cover specific individual assesment sign offs for what was offered through Acces to Trade course and also had that confirmed by the OLCI tutor I spoke to, so I made a complaint to FOS that I was not receiving what I signed up for and that BPF were hassling me for monthly payments...
Sorry if this sounds like a life story...
Long and short after two years the FOS have decided the course is the same because of the end certificate, so BPF should not have to write off the finance deal. Am in process of appealing and showing there is a marked difference but I need a bit of help from anyone out there who is, or has, been dealing with A2T and OLCI as I notice a substantial difference in some of the course costs from some comments on here.
Any help or comments would be appreciated, I am genuine about starting up but all sounds like a bit of a con....
Cheers to all.
After deciding on a career change I signed up to a gas foundation course with 'access to trade' back at the start of 2010, only for them to go under. I had only attended the 2 day H & S induction before they went into administration. I did a finance deal through Barclay Partner Finance (apparrently A2T went under because Barclays removed their overdraft facility and sent them under) and they came back three months later to say that I could resume the course through OLCI. I attended the induction day but felt that the course (although both were called Gas Foundation) did not cover specific individual assesment sign offs for what was offered through Acces to Trade course and also had that confirmed by the OLCI tutor I spoke to, so I made a complaint to FOS that I was not receiving what I signed up for and that BPF were hassling me for monthly payments...
Sorry if this sounds like a life story...
Long and short after two years the FOS have decided the course is the same because of the end certificate, so BPF should not have to write off the finance deal. Am in process of appealing and showing there is a marked difference but I need a bit of help from anyone out there who is, or has, been dealing with A2T and OLCI as I notice a substantial difference in some of the course costs from some comments on here.
Any help or comments would be appreciated, I am genuine about starting up but all sounds like a bit of a con....
Cheers to all.
