This is how it happened...
Step 1. Sign up for Martial Arts School. Sign 1-year contract with the Educational Funding Company. Contract has an auto-renew clause which is already shady.
Step 2. Before the year is up, tell the school (Renzo Gracie BJJ in NYC) in person and then again over the phone that you don't wish for your account to be renewed. Hear both times that the request has been accepted.
Step 3. Call the Educational Funding Company, which is their billing provider, and, after many calls that go straight to voicemail, finally get to a live person, tell them not to renew your account. Hear that everything is set and that I won't be billed again.
Step 4. Just for good measure because it takes no time, send an email to the school again about the cancellation.
Step 5. Notice one month after your contract wasn't supposed to auto-renew that you've received a charge. WTF?
Step 6. Call your credit card company and tell them to stop all payments. They assure you you'll never be charged again.
Step 7. After SIX MONTHS, notice on your billing statement that you're STILL being charged every month.
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WHY DO COMPANIES LIKE THIS STILL EXIST?!??!?!?! WTF?!?!??!?!?!?!
