Company refuses to refund my money. Lawyer?

[alcaatwork]

Hi,

I paid in full for 3 years of service for career counselling (http://www.rdgroupint.ca/) and used 1 year. Now I'd like to discontinue the service and get a refund for the remaining 2 years. They refuse to give a refund.

Can you guys recommend a lawyer?

Incidentally, I never even started looking for jobs through them; and I found a job by myself.

[curtis]

Why did you pay for 3 years in the first place? You know what, go for it. Hire a lawyer.

Hi,

I paid in full for 3 years of service for career counselling (http://www.rdgroupint.ca/) and used 1 year. Now I'd like to discontinue the service and get a refund for the remaining 2 years. They refuse to give a refund.

Can you guys recommend a lawyer?

Incidentally, I never even started looking for jobs through them; and I found a job by myself.

[mlc2000]

You need to look at your contract.

Why would you pay for 3 yrs of career counseling?
Are u planning on being unemployed for 3 yrs?

[KorruptioN]

3 years of service, meaning a contract - one you had to sign, right? Might want to read the fine print there...

[blainehamilton]

3 years of unemployment counselling? wtf. You could have nearly had a degree in that time...

[Alvito]

lawyer's fees will probably be more than the money spent on your career councilling.

[vistaliving]

You should go get a lawyer. Tell us how it goes.

[ullyeus]

and you didn't go with one year because....

[ullyeus]

and you didn't google or even search rfd for all the info on this group about their practices?..or look at their website and get doubts?

[cwb27]

If you signed a contract for 3 years you're going to have a pretty tough time voiding that IMO.

[custy]

Unless the company had express or impliedly repudiated the contract, you will not be able to seek damages. In other words, by canceling the contract on your part, you will expressly breach the contract and the company can seek damages . I do not think it is very likely that you will get any money back as they will be operating with the rules of the formed contract.

[TimePilot]

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/s...ght=rdgroupint.

[Nikita]

Unless the company had express or impliedly repudiated the contract, you will not be able to seek damages. In other words, by canceling the contract on your part, you will expressly breach the contract and the company can seek damages . I do not think it is very likely that you will get any money back as they will be operating with the rules of the formed contract.

Exactly! Unless there's a clause in your contract allowing you to discontinue at any time without penalty, they haven't breached the contract...so what are you going to sue them for if breach of contract isn't your cause of action?

And the fact that you never used their service (your choice) or found a job yourself is irrelevant, unless again you have some contractual language to rely on.

[sillysimms]

Like the others have said you need to look at the contract as it likely is non-refundable.

If this was a case were you were in the right and able to sue in court, unless you're out more than $10,000 you would be going to small claims court and wouldn't need a lawyer. One of the things about small claims court for amounts under $10,000 is that you will save substantially on legal fees.

[BornRuff]

If your saying that you signed a contract for 3 years, then decided not to use their service and want your money back, your out of luck. People run into this situation all the time with gym memberships. They sign on for multiple years to get a low monthly rate, then never go. You signed a contract though, and you can't get out of it just because you don't feel like paying them anymore.

When it comes down to it, if you hire a lawyer, they may be able to anoy/scare the company to the point where they will give you back your money so they don't have to deal with you anymore. The layer would more than likely cost more than the money you would get back though.