This is my second high school diplomaPenn Foster has been great! You know you have to pay so pay your billsEvery school is not perfect and you can’t let one persons action destroy a whole schoolThe school is great for people who want to get their diploma and move onPeople are mad because they have to payThat’s why they give bad reviewsThis school is great and has helped me a lotGo to the school and see for yourself! They care and they really help you!
I signed up for classes, and never took the classes I went on disability and tried numerous time cancel this service and they kept charging me for classes I did not take I only took an assessment testI asked them about program and cancelling the service again They informed me that it would be $to cancelThis was in January I have an email to that effect I asked to send me the bill so that I could pay They sent me a bill for $ I asked them to send me the correct amount of $and again no response Then I received an email in my telling me it was a courtesy and it was only for January That was not stated in January and I still did not receive the statement to pay the bill and as I told them I could not get on the student portal Now they have sent to collections for over a thousand dollars Of course they cannot respond because it is in collections
Penn Foster has been trying to collect a debt with a collection agency by the name of *** *** *** I have disputed this debt as I did not attend the course with Penn Foster
I am so upset with myself over deciding to try this schoolI had been doing okay with everythingAnd then work got so crazy and I didn't have time to do this anymoreThey told me I could cancel for $And by the time I called back a couple weeks later to do this, they put me into collectionsAnd now I have a collections bill of $1500, and have no clue how I am going to pay itI would not ever recommend this 'school' to anyoneEverIt's a scam
I was enrolled in an Associate's Degree program where they allowed me to pay a low monthly fee per semesterI finished one semester and paid that off in full; or so they told meI then proceeded into my second semester when I fell into some personal issues and had to put off my schooling, I had called and let them know, I made payments when I couldI worked out a payment plan with themOne day they locked me out of my account and when I called the school they told me that my account had gone into collectionsI then called the collections agency and they told me in order for the school to give me access back to my account I had to make a certain amount of payments on time to themSo I did just thatI then proceeded to call the school and they told me that I was given information and in order for me to gain access back to my account and continue my education, I had to pay the full amount offThe full amount they are telling me I owe is the price for the semestersThat wa
Penn foster charged me and sent me to collections for the full amount of tuition for the legal secretary course even though I dint finish even half of the courses,I had originally started the medical billing and coding course and didn't finish that courseThey only charged me for he classes I had taken and not the whole course so I don't understand how they can take me to collections for the entire legal secretary course when I didn't do even halfDo I understand I need to pay for the classes I DID take? Yes I doBut not the full tuition and certainly not to collections
I started Billing and Coding Class with very high expectations.I completed a couple of classes and then went to do the
test.I passed everything.Well one night I started to do a test.I DID'NT COMPLETE TEST WENT IN TO SAVE MY ANSWERS AND WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING ALL OF MY ANSWERS WERE DELETED.I CALLED TO COMPLAIN NO ONE LISTEN TO ME.I STARTED TO DO ANOTHER TEST AND FINISHED ANSWERS DELETED AGAIN.I HAVE A VIDEO OF THE INCIDENTS.MY DAUGTER ALSO WITNESS THESES INCIDENTS EARSED SCHOOL WORK.I REFUSED TO DO ANYMORE CLASSES AND ACCOUNT WAS SENT TO COLLECTIONS.PENN FOSTER DAMAGE MY CREDIT AND I'M TURNED DOWN FOR OTHER LOANS
Hello the complaint I have with Penn foster is that they are trying to collect an amount from them when I did not even once use there serviceDid not take any exams at allI have proff of thatIf someone can please help with this matter I'm pretty sure this is not legal what they are doing will be getting legal advise soonI'm in collections right now getting calls every day by their collection company they use asking me for bank information over the phone this is not rightfor service I never even used onceSigned up paid the sign up fee and that's it never went back to website for anything you can't believe even proceed unless you pay more so I do not understand how I'm in collections for $
I became behind in my payments while I was going through a nasty separation, I spoke with very nice woman who helped me get on a payment plan She said once I completed the payment I will have the option to complete my self paced programDue to the my separation I was without internet for a few months at most When I tried to login I wasn't able to complete any of my classesIt is upsetting that I took the time to pay off my balance for my program I find it quite strange that a student who paid of their class in full wouldn't have the option to complete it Or at least possibly be given a time restriction on how soon the student would have to complete the course once paying in full
I am filing a complaint now about my daughter *** *** *** diploma she never receivedMy daughter started the high school program September 16, and finished late March of this year, now please be aware when you finish a course you are scored then you go to the next lesson, *** finished her courses graded and went through when she finished the program they emailed her congratulations and then sent her a count down to graduation tracker! The excitement we both felt was a amazing! She had a pretty rough time at her school so this was a big deal and she was graduating a year earlySo about weeks later we receive a letter from Penn foster saying thank you for doing the program and paying in full but you failed and at this time the “board” has decided to not present you with a diplomaWell I was beyond livid I contacted the school and spoke with Brian B***, this man is rude, unprofessional, and honestly could care less of our situationHe said and I quote “ it
They don't tell you everything you will need before you get startedThey list printed textbooks as an option, then tell you they have went digital after you payThey said I would get my printed textbooks when I reached a certain section but they are still digital
Hello, I signed up for a course at pen n foster October 14thOn October 29th I decided that I wanted to cancel the classI called twice to cancel and was hung up on twiceI sent three emails to cancel, and to stop the automatic paymentsThe school went ahead and took the $payment anywayThe school is ignoring me and not canceling the courseI want the $back in my account and I want the class canceledI will never recommend this school to anyone,seems you don't have the freedom to back outCan you please take care of this situationThank you, katrin a suibielski
Currently, have a contract with company That states I can cancel within days after the first day of opt-in The Company offered a rebuttal of cancellationper contract, I must only inform them via mail, email or telephone The cancellation should have been taken care of with the initial request.This has happened to me multiple times with this company They continue to bill my card on accounts I have emails that show I have requested these changesAlso peers that I have recently recommended to them have the same billing concernsThe company is not canceling contracts of individuals who opt out within daysSomething is fundamentally broken To name a few of the accounts (different People) with the issueAlso links to course work were broken, something was said about their system upgrades at the time, but not my problemasked specific questions with signing up about previous account status and eligibility
I was discharged from the military on June 1, due to back issues , I decided to do an online course with Penn Foster for Veterinary Assistant
I have completed all my required course work with the exception of the externship which I am unable to perform due to my back injury I have refused to make any payment until I either received my diploma and take my veterinary assistant certification exam or get full refund of the money I paid out Please Note I did state to them that I have sustained a back injury while I was deployed overseas After all this they sent my bill to a collection agancy ,which note was paid in fullI checked my credit report due to this reporting dropped my credit score and Penn foster refused to remove it from credit reporting by *** *** and ***
I recently ran my credit report only to find out that my score had decreased significantly due to there being multiple collection accounts on my *** report, all referencing Penn FosterI'm in the process of purchasing a home and have since had to stop searching all together since I can't even obtain a pre-approval letter from how much my score dropped because of thisI reached out to Penn Foster inquiring on these accounts and what to do to get this correctedI was instructed to send in a copy of my drivers license and social security card so that they could investigate and remove these erroneous accountsThe representative stated that because of their erroneous nature they would be removed very quicklyHowever, due to these accounts not belonging to me I don't feel comfortable just sending out a copy of such delicate/confidential information to any random company and need to have this corrected as soon as possible without having to send in personal documentsIt really is no
I have been checking my credit reportI noticed *** *** was on my reportI Disputed this count with all bureausTrans union deletes the countWhen I called *** *** to ask why you removed me from trans union but not from Equifax and Experian they have no answerThey ask me to seen a copy of my Identification, social security card and a notarize letter copy of my diploma from stating that I was not the one that applied for a diploma in Once I sent all that, they now saying they did receive my informationOnly item they have is the letterThats In possible to not get all informationSo I called back to resend the items and now they not answering me
I signed up for *** *** School in February and was very eager to get back to studyingAfter using the online service twice I decided that I didn’t like the programI called to cancel my serviceI have not used or even signed in to itThey do not lend money Afro I chose to do monthly paymentsNow they have placed my account in collections for $1,Why do I still owe this when I cancelledDo not use this service for they are not a real school and are not accreditedThey are frauds and will mess up your credit
I sent by certified us postal mail on June 2016/Friday Clearwater Florida post office
(tracking # *** - two [2] money orders [***} to Penn Foster Career School
payment processing Boston Ma payable to:
-penn foster career school [$150.00] one hundred and fifty dollars [tuition}
-penn foster *** hours [$50.00] fifty dollars for purchase of *** hours/*** training- travel/tourism
Tracking confirmed on 20/6/16/Monday mail sorted/complete in Boston Ma postal unit
school id # *** on both {***} money orders
On 21/6//Tuesday it has not been posted onto my student account
The penn foster school was notified end *** *** *** *** *** *** ** ** *** ***., Clearwater Florida ***, student id #***
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I signed up for an online grooming certification course on 04/13/I started the course that same day, after completing the first "study unit" the program offers (this unit just goes over basically HOW to use Penn Foster's online program, how to get help if needed, etc)After completing the first unit, I tried to start the secondThe second lesson will not load on my computer (which meets all necessary hardware requirements as listed by Penn Foster)On 04/13/I started trying to contact Penn Foster for assistance to get the program to workI have spent the last week trying to get tech support or a Student CARE supervisor to contact me back to resolve this issueEveryday since the 13th I have been told that I would be contacted the next day or with in hoursThe information I have gotten from various employees with Penn Foster has been VERY inconsistent, each person I talk to tells me a different storyThe only consistency has been, every one of the staff members has told m
my name is *** *** I am taking small business management course currently but can not get in to do my work due to them saying I have an account with them already for the same program I am taking nowI don't feel I should have been able to return to the school if I already had an account with them to begin withI would like something done ASAP
This is my second high school diplomaPenn Foster has been great! You know you have to pay so pay your billsEvery school is not perfect and you can’t let one persons action destroy a whole schoolThe school is great for people who want to get their diploma and move onPeople are mad because they have to payThat’s why they give bad reviewsThis school is great and has helped me a lotGo to the school and see for yourself! They care and they really help you!
I signed up for classes, and never took the classes I went on disability and tried numerous time cancel this service and they kept charging me for classes I did not take I only took an assessment testI asked them about program and cancelling the service again They informed me that it would be $to cancelThis was in January I have an email to that effect I asked to send me the bill so that I could pay They sent me a bill for $ I asked them to send me the correct amount of $and again no response Then I received an email in my telling me it was a courtesy and it was only for January That was not stated in January and I still did not receive the statement to pay the bill and as I told them I could not get on the student portal Now they have sent to collections for over a thousand dollars Of course they cannot respond because it is in collections
Penn Foster has been trying to collect a debt with a collection agency by the name of *** *** *** I have disputed this debt as I did not attend the course with Penn Foster
I am so upset with myself over deciding to try this schoolI had been doing okay with everythingAnd then work got so crazy and I didn't have time to do this anymoreThey told me I could cancel for $And by the time I called back a couple weeks later to do this, they put me into collectionsAnd now I have a collections bill of $1500, and have no clue how I am going to pay itI would not ever recommend this 'school' to anyoneEverIt's a scam
I was enrolled in an Associate's Degree program where they allowed me to pay a low monthly fee per semesterI finished one semester and paid that off in full; or so they told meI then proceeded into my second semester when I fell into some personal issues and had to put off my schooling, I had called and let them know, I made payments when I couldI worked out a payment plan with themOne day they locked me out of my account and when I called the school they told me that my account had gone into collectionsI then called the collections agency and they told me in order for the school to give me access back to my account I had to make a certain amount of payments on time to themSo I did just thatI then proceeded to call the school and they told me that I was given information and in order for me to gain access back to my account and continue my education, I had to pay the full amount offThe full amount they are telling me I owe is the price for the semestersThat wa
Penn foster charged me and sent me to collections for the full amount of tuition for the legal secretary course even though I dint finish even half of the courses,I had originally started the medical billing and coding course and didn't finish that courseThey only charged me for he classes I had taken and not the whole course so I don't understand how they can take me to collections for the entire legal secretary course when I didn't do even halfDo I understand I need to pay for the classes I DID take? Yes I doBut not the full tuition and certainly not to collections
I started Billing and Coding Class with very high expectations.I completed a couple of classes and then went to do the
test.I passed everything.Well one night I started to do a test.I DID'NT COMPLETE TEST WENT IN TO SAVE MY ANSWERS AND WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING ALL OF MY ANSWERS WERE DELETED.I CALLED TO COMPLAIN NO ONE LISTEN TO ME.I STARTED TO DO ANOTHER TEST AND FINISHED ANSWERS DELETED AGAIN.I HAVE A VIDEO OF THE INCIDENTS.MY DAUGTER ALSO WITNESS THESES INCIDENTS EARSED SCHOOL WORK.I REFUSED TO DO ANYMORE CLASSES AND ACCOUNT WAS SENT TO COLLECTIONS.PENN FOSTER DAMAGE MY CREDIT AND I'M TURNED DOWN FOR OTHER LOANS
Hello the complaint I have with Penn foster is that they are trying to collect an amount from them when I did not even once use there serviceDid not take any exams at allI have proff of thatIf someone can please help with this matter I'm pretty sure this is not legal what they are doing will be getting legal advise soonI'm in collections right now getting calls every day by their collection company they use asking me for bank information over the phone this is not rightfor service I never even used onceSigned up paid the sign up fee and that's it never went back to website for anything you can't believe even proceed unless you pay more so I do not understand how I'm in collections for $
I became behind in my payments while I was going through a nasty separation, I spoke with very nice woman who helped me get on a payment plan She said once I completed the payment I will have the option to complete my self paced programDue to the my separation I was without internet for a few months at most When I tried to login I wasn't able to complete any of my classesIt is upsetting that I took the time to pay off my balance for my program I find it quite strange that a student who paid of their class in full wouldn't have the option to complete it Or at least possibly be given a time restriction on how soon the student would have to complete the course once paying in full
I am filing a complaint now about my daughter *** *** *** diploma she never receivedMy daughter started the high school program September 16, and finished late March of this year, now please be aware when you finish a course you are scored then you go to the next lesson, *** finished her courses graded and went through when she finished the program they emailed her congratulations and then sent her a count down to graduation tracker! The excitement we both felt was a amazing! She had a pretty rough time at her school so this was a big deal and she was graduating a year earlySo about weeks later we receive a letter from Penn foster saying thank you for doing the program and paying in full but you failed and at this time the “board” has decided to not present you with a diplomaWell I was beyond livid I contacted the school and spoke with Brian B***, this man is rude, unprofessional, and honestly could care less of our situationHe said and I quote “ it
They don't tell you everything you will need before you get startedThey list printed textbooks as an option, then tell you they have went digital after you payThey said I would get my printed textbooks when I reached a certain section but they are still digital
Hello, I signed up for a course at pen n foster October 14thOn October 29th I decided that I wanted to cancel the classI called twice to cancel and was hung up on twiceI sent three emails to cancel, and to stop the automatic paymentsThe school went ahead and took the $payment anywayThe school is ignoring me and not canceling the courseI want the $back in my account and I want the class canceledI will never recommend this school to anyone,seems you don't have the freedom to back outCan you please take care of this situationThank you, katrin a suibielski
Currently, have a contract with company That states I can cancel within days after the first day of opt-in The Company offered a rebuttal of cancellationper contract, I must only inform them via mail, email or telephone The cancellation should have been taken care of with the initial request.This has happened to me multiple times with this company They continue to bill my card on accounts I have emails that show I have requested these changesAlso peers that I have recently recommended to them have the same billing concernsThe company is not canceling contracts of individuals who opt out within daysSomething is fundamentally broken To name a few of the accounts (different People) with the issueAlso links to course work were broken, something was said about their system upgrades at the time, but not my problemasked specific questions with signing up about previous account status and eligibility
I was discharged from the military on June 1, due to back issues , I decided to do an online course with Penn Foster for Veterinary Assistant
I have completed all my required course work with the exception of the externship which I am unable to perform due to my back injury I have refused to make any payment until I either received my diploma and take my veterinary assistant certification exam or get full refund of the money I paid out Please Note I did state to them that I have sustained a back injury while I was deployed overseas After all this they sent my bill to a collection agancy ,which note was paid in fullI checked my credit report due to this reporting dropped my credit score and Penn foster refused to remove it from credit reporting by *** *** and ***
I recently ran my credit report only to find out that my score had decreased significantly due to there being multiple collection accounts on my *** report, all referencing Penn FosterI'm in the process of purchasing a home and have since had to stop searching all together since I can't even obtain a pre-approval letter from how much my score dropped because of thisI reached out to Penn Foster inquiring on these accounts and what to do to get this correctedI was instructed to send in a copy of my drivers license and social security card so that they could investigate and remove these erroneous accountsThe representative stated that because of their erroneous nature they would be removed very quicklyHowever, due to these accounts not belonging to me I don't feel comfortable just sending out a copy of such delicate/confidential information to any random company and need to have this corrected as soon as possible without having to send in personal documentsIt really is no
I have been checking my credit reportI noticed *** *** was on my reportI Disputed this count with all bureausTrans union deletes the countWhen I called *** *** to ask why you removed me from trans union but not from Equifax and Experian they have no answerThey ask me to seen a copy of my Identification, social security card and a notarize letter copy of my diploma from stating that I was not the one that applied for a diploma in Once I sent all that, they now saying they did receive my informationOnly item they have is the letterThats In possible to not get all informationSo I called back to resend the items and now they not answering me
I signed up for *** *** School in February and was very eager to get back to studyingAfter using the online service twice I decided that I didn’t like the programI called to cancel my serviceI have not used or even signed in to itThey do not lend money Afro I chose to do monthly paymentsNow they have placed my account in collections for $1,Why do I still owe this when I cancelledDo not use this service for they are not a real school and are not accreditedThey are frauds and will mess up your credit
I sent by certified us postal mail on June 2016/Friday Clearwater Florida post office
(tracking # *** - two [2] money orders [***} to Penn Foster Career School
payment processing Boston Ma payable to:
-penn foster career school [$150.00] one hundred and fifty dollars [tuition}
-penn foster *** hours [$50.00] fifty dollars for purchase of *** hours/*** training- travel/tourism
Tracking confirmed on 20/6/16/Monday mail sorted/complete in Boston Ma postal unit
school id # *** on both {***} money orders
On 21/6//Tuesday it has not been posted onto my student account
The penn foster school was notified end *** *** *** *** *** *** ** ** *** ***., Clearwater Florida ***, student id #***
###-###-####
I signed up for an online grooming certification course on 04/13/I started the course that same day, after completing the first "study unit" the program offers (this unit just goes over basically HOW to use Penn Foster's online program, how to get help if needed, etc)After completing the first unit, I tried to start the secondThe second lesson will not load on my computer (which meets all necessary hardware requirements as listed by Penn Foster)On 04/13/I started trying to contact Penn Foster for assistance to get the program to workI have spent the last week trying to get tech support or a Student CARE supervisor to contact me back to resolve this issueEveryday since the 13th I have been told that I would be contacted the next day or with in hoursThe information I have gotten from various employees with Penn Foster has been VERY inconsistent, each person I talk to tells me a different storyThe only consistency has been, every one of the staff members has told m
my name is *** *** I am taking small business management course currently but can not get in to do my work due to them saying I have an account with them already for the same program I am taking nowI don't feel I should have been able to return to the school if I already had an account with them to begin withI would like something done ASAP