I am married to a Truck driver and being 47 years old and my youngest child now in college, I decided I would learn to drive a Truck and Team with my husband and see the country, so I started looking for training.
I surfed the web for accredited training centers in or around the Roanoke Virginia area. Most would train you for free and put you in an apartment or motel IF you signed a 1 year contract to drive for them, this of course didnt fit my need so I proceded to look.
I ran up on an add From Alliance Tractor Training Center in my local newspaper, and it was only a 2 hour drive and I could go on the weekends and continue my job driving a school bus during the week.
I called and they sent a Rep. To my home and he painted a really nice picture about this company's training and all I need to be put into a class was $395.00,3 references, valid drivers licence (mine was a class B CDL) and I was set. COOL! Right?
Wrong! I got my TEXT BOOKS in the mail and finished and passed all 10 lessons before I stepped into class. Now the next step was to go to Wytheville Va and start class. He failed to mention that I would need $6995.00 on the day that I was to arrive for class!
I got my credit card out and paid, IN FULL, for my classes, and was told that IF FOR ANY REASON that I could'nt finish the training that Alliance would refund any monies that they owed me.
I started my classes in March and in June I had a heart attack and couldnt finish school. I filed for a refund on September 2nd 2008 and was told I would recieve $1982.00 in 30 days. I waited for 4 days, no refund, 60 days, no refund! After 90 days I made the 3rd phone all to Wytheville about the refund. I was told to call Corporate Office.
I did! I was brushed off. QUICKLY Brushed off. I called back to Wytheville. I was told to call Corporate. I called Corporate. I was brushed off again, told to call Wytheville. I called Wytheville told them to call Corporate and call me back!
Wytheville called me back and said that Corporate was busy with other refunds and that it would be after the 1st of January before they get to mine! I doubt it!
Please dont give these people your money!!! If something should happen you're out of it!
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