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  • Submitted: Monday, December 21, 2009
  • Last Posting: Sunday, December 27, 2009
  • Reported By: Jim — Dillsburg Pennsylvania United States of America
privatepilotdvd.com
Internet Florida United States of America

privatepilotdvd.com Bruce Hogan will not refund money. Has no phone for contact. Support team does not reply to messages, product shipped from China Internet, Florida

*UPDATE by author: Finally got a refund


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I order this course on Oct. 30, 2009. It is now Dec 21, 2009 and still have not received my course. I have contacted the company support team on many occasions trying to resolve this issue.

Out of the 12 messages I have sent, I have received an answer to 4. The first time I questioned the delivery of my course,  I received an answer back saying that the item shipped from China 2 days after they receive payment. And once the order was placed for shipping it was out of Bruce Hogan companies hands. They said I should wait another week or so. If I did not receive the course to let them know.

10 days later I let them know I had not received the course. They finally contacted me and had me e-mail their shipping dept. saying they needed to do a priority shipment of my course. I did this. It is now 3 weeks since I e-mailed their shipping dept and still no course.

I sent them a message telling them I wanted my money back. They won't even answer that message and I still have not been refunded my money.

I sent another message telling them that I was going to contact every pilot forum I could find and expose them for the way they do business. One week after I sent that message to them they sent me a reply saying almost exactly what the first message they sent. Saying that once order was placed it was out of their hands, and that I should wait another week or so and that if I had any problems to please contact them.

I have even left comments on some of the articles that Bruce Hogan writes that are on the internet asking him to contact me so we can resolve this. He still has not contacted me.

My advice do not do business with anyone that has their product shipped from another country and does not have a phone # so you can contact them directly. With Bruce Hogans Private Pilot course you give him your money, while receiving your course is out of his hands. But your money isn't.

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#1 Update By Author

Finally got a refund

AUTHOR: Jim - Dillsburg (United States of America)

Just wanted to let everyone know how this turned out. I paid for this course using PayPal. Since it had been over 45 days since I paid for the course I could not file a dispute using their website. I contacted PayPal explained everything to them and how this company would not reply to my request for a refund. They said they would contact Bruce Hogan's company directly an inform them their account was in jeopardy if they did not contact me in regards to this matter.
 
The very next day I received an e-mail telling me my money had been refunded. I check my PayPal account and my money had been returned. I did find out from PayPal that their records showed the item had never been shipped.
 
I believe this company is a complete rip off. It took PayPal threatening them in order to get my money back. I even sent them a message telling them I had filed a report with ripoffreport.com an as you can see they have never filed a rebuttal. When they e-mailed me telling me they had refunded my money, there was no apology or explanation what so ever. Just a short, to the point, rather rude, reply.
 
They have a great looking website and a write up that really makes it look like you are getting a great product. I advise staying away from this company and warning any of your friends that might be looking for a private pilot course to stay clear of this course Privatpilotdvd.com offered by Bruce Hogan. 

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