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Re: Refund of Registration Fee

This must be a helluva business course at $6500 with a $1000 non-refundable amount. If it were made I would not pay the $1000 and I would wait and pay it at the very last moment I could. My advice, taking the Small Claims Court. I don't know of any law regarding refundability are not of deposits for educational courses. When I do know is that the figures are very high and I would hope the court has more sympathy for the individual olden course givers. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Re: Refund of Registration Fee

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Re: Refund of Registration Fee

There are statutes respecting refundability of certain deposits, e.g. real estate purchase deposits and apartment rental deposits. A quick check of case law and statutes did not turn up anything specific as to refunds of deposits for courses, seminars, continuing education, etc.

I did note a few cases where non-refundable deposits were mentioned, and the courts seemed to operate under the assumption that when a deposit is specified in the contract as non-refundable, then, indeed, it is not refundable. However, the refundability was not the central issue in these cases....they were about some other issue and the deposit merely comes up as part of the facts.

I agree that you have little to lose (other than your time) by filing a small-claims suit to recover the $1,000, but I would say your chances of winning are less than 50-50.