TRS Institute - trsinstitute.com over 2 years of collecting of rightful refund. Greensboro, North Carolina

Also please be advised, TRS Institute are members of the Better Business Bureau, you should also know that they are paying customers, meaning a business that pays to have a membership, and when you pay into the BBB you ALWAYS have a clean report!  So DO NOT feel safe doing business with TRS just because their report is squeaky clean with the Better Business Bureau, remember TRS pays the BBB to make sure they have their report completely clean.  Rip Off Report talks all about the BBB's true intentions and profit making all over this site.

I wrote the BBB of North Carolina, the same BBB Department that overseas TRS Institute's account and this is what I received back:

"Better Business Bureau of Central North Carolina

3608 West Friendly Avenue

Greensboro, NC 27410

Tel: 336-852-4240     Fax: 336-852-7540

July 23, 2009

RE: Case # 33012775: TRS Institute, LLC

Thank You for the information you provided regarding the above-mentioned company.  Your correspondence was received by the BBB on July 22, 2009 and has been assigned case# 33012775 in our files.

We appreciate your bringing this to our attention.  Information from the public is always valuable to us.

Although the Better Business Bureau does not process or report on this type of complaint, we have forwarded it to the company as a courtesy and this will become a part of the BBB's file on the business.

Sincerely,

Doreen U. Hodge

Arbitration Administrator

BBB Complaint Department"

As I said because TRS is their paying customer they will not file a report.  They were supposed to at least offer arbitration (meaning be the middle person and try to have us come to an agreement) however, no arbitration was offered, instead the BBB plans to hide this from the public and not tarnish TRS Institute's report.  Very unfair to me and the reason I have been forced to come out and tell the world about this.

Last but certainly not least, I am a Military Wife.  My husband worked very hard risking his life to get me this education.  The reason for my original particular interest in TRS Institute versus other transcription schools was due to their "catering to military families".  I was led to believe they really cared and wanted us military people to receive a good career.  They offer Military Soldiers as well as Military Spouses a discount for their affiliation with the Military.  From past experiences, I thought all companies or businesses that offered Military discounts were worth dealing with since they valued us enough to give us discounts, boy was I wrong.  Please all my Military people be advised this company is not reputable, they will use their Military discount as a bait to luere you in, the teachers are in one day and gone the next, the company was obviously so bad that it ended up being sold, no one in their right mind sells a company that is doing good and making good profits, and of course they will graduate you and leave you like an orphan come time to start looking for medical transcription jobs.

At MTStars, a website about Medical Transcription, there is many opinions about TRS, I have placed them below.

 One student states:

"A bad investment

They don't help you or answer emails, they don't let you take time off if you have to, and they don't help you get a job when you are done--they hand you a piece of paper with company names on it who don't hire grads. Waste of money."

Yet another student, Jeni, confirms what I had to say about TRS lack of competent teachers:

"Dont go with TRS

went there and they constantly change teachers (I had 5!) and promised me a job when I was done and then didnt deliver. They never answer questions and it is just not worth it."

Jeni also went on to add:

"TRSI doesn't give you books or materials to show what you paid for or to use in your studies, not like the other schools do. My friend got a huge box of materials from MTEC, I got barely 3.  When I graduated, I heard they were going to use an online resource program but you have to pay for it to keep it as soon as you leave so what good is it to pay for something when you should have gotten it when you signed up and you don't even have a job yet. Jeni"

Someone else trying to get a job with them, had this to say:

"You might talk to someone at TRS and inquire about...

the possibility of hiring on with them upon graduation.  I am a newbie, and still haven't found a place to call home yet, but I do know that TRS also actually does medical transcription as well as having the TRS Institute.  It is called Transcription Relief Services, I believe.  I have spoken with people there in the past, and they were very nice; however, I have applied there since completing a program at a technical college and they, unfortunately, did not afford me the courtesy of a response or even acknowledgement that they received my resume."

The following is a factual, impactful, strong statement if only I would have read this I would have NEVER given them my money, this is from a student that graduated, Karen:

"company was sold so they have no company to hire you after graduation!

They are not a reputable school and I went there so I should know. Even when they did have Trans. Relief Services they never answered my email about employment upon graduation."