I am an IT practitioner. In April, I received a phone call saying that it was an English training institution of EF. This organization has called before, so I'll tell you this time. The teacher who called arranged a short audition class. After listening to the teacher who originally arranged to call, he immediately called and asked me how the audition went and whether I could understand it (note: all the students speak the simplest English and the marketing strategy is good). At that time, the feedback was ok, and then the teacher said, you just have to pay. There is a discount on installment payment now. I want to learn a little English, but the funds are also tight during the epidemic. I want to talk about it later. I told my teacher that we would talk later. I wanted to hang up, but the teacher said that I couldn't. I had to pay now, otherwise there would be no discount in the future.
So I booked a course of 12 months (the teacher always wanted me to consider two-year courses and pay two-year tuition), paid 3000 yuan first, and sent me a QR code of Alipay after paying it. I didn't know what it was for at that time, and the teacher didn't explain it in detail. After sweeping, I paid all the money except 3000 yuan a year from the flower garden, and then paid it back monthly. This is the so-called installment payment.
At present, the projects invested before the epidemic period have also lost their jobs. I've been looking for a job and I'm not in the mood to study. I have to pay back more than 5 thousand loans every month. I didn't think I could bear it, so I applied for a refund from ef headquarters. After explaining the specific situation to them, their feedback means that the refund period has passed, saying that it was written in the contract at that time and has been sent to my mailbox.
Because I didn't go to the store to pay the money online at that time, and I didn't pay attention to the contract or anything, now I suddenly told me about the contract and suddenly felt that I had fallen into the pit. And the feedback from their headquarters means that even if they don't study now, they won't refund their money, and they have to pay monthly.
I took three classes from beginning to end, when I said free courses.
Such institutions require the relevant departments to impose certain restrictions so that they can improve their services.
Here, I want to suggest you, Xiao Bai, that people must keep their eyes open in society and avoid being defeated by layers of routines.