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Quickfalcon6176.
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QQuickfalcon6176
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May 2, 2025 at 5:43 pmNEED HELP IN SUING THEMHere’s what happened :
A sales person (female) from an ed-tech company called me to sell a course.
The fees was too high. I asked her to justify the high fees by giving me the details (packages and companies they are placed in) of their placed students from their latest passed-out batch so that I can decide if the course is worth the fees or not based on that.
She kept telling me things like I should not focus on placements alone and that I should focus on learning, etc. But I insisted that I wanted to know the details of the passed out students.
She had told me that they have students who were placed in top companies. I told her to share that list.
She started insulting me like I am not suitable for the program as I’m asking too many questions, etc. I stood my stand and told her again to send the details of their students placed in top companies.
She shared some profiles of few students over WhatsApp but they were all old and also not at all in top companies which she claimed. When I confronted her about it, she began insulting me like “You will never be able to do anything in life”, “You can sit with no money and just dreaming” , “Just get lost m do something”.
I wish to make them pay for this.
Kindly suggest what can be done.
If any lawyers can take this up, please get in touch.
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MMegamohit3840
PARTICIPANT
May 2, 2025 at 5:57 pmTell her you are still doing better than selling fake courses like a pimp.-
QQuickfalcon6176
OP
May 2, 2025 at 7:11 pmExactly sir/ma’am. I too gave a similar reply.
I told her “at least I’m not scamming other people like you are doing”.
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RRamyafalcon73
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May 2, 2025 at 6:52 pmIndian legal system is not fit for this case. Why don’t you write a linkedin post by tagging the company. this is going to hit them.-
QQuickfalcon6176
OP
May 2, 2025 at 7:12 pmHmm, makes sense sir.
Thank you, that’s a good idea.-
SSilentowl5918
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May 3, 2025 at 2:22 amCould you also share the link perhaps, we could show some love on the post-
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 3, 2025 at 3:42 amSure, that would be great. Thank you for your support. ๐ -
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 3, 2025 at 4:16 amI’ve posted on their X. This is the [link](https://x.com/SanjayAdithya7/status/1918519097312330213)-
HHappyknight2253
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May 3, 2025 at 6:27 amHappy belated birthday.-
QQuickfalcon6176
OP
May 3, 2025 at 8:15 amThank you mate ๐
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SSilentsamrat7037
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May 2, 2025 at 7:08 pmWhich course was it?-
QQuickfalcon6176
OP
May 2, 2025 at 7:19 pmHint : The parent company was earlier part of the company mentioned in your user name.-
SSilentsamrat7037
PARTICIPANT
May 2, 2025 at 7:25 pmOh dear ๐ Decoded it ๐ somewhat related, just the name hehehe, partial name ๐ซกAnyways I guess you were being sold some tech course like Salesforce and the cost would be around 40-50k. Hope my guess is close…
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QQuickfalcon6176
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May 2, 2025 at 7:35 pmHaha .. your guess is close .. but your price is not ๐
You won’t believe what they charged ..It was โน2.5L for the course and after their “generous” discount it was โน2.1L ๐ฅฒ
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SSilentsamrat7037
PARTICIPANT
May 2, 2025 at 7:42 pmMan 2 lakhs is too much, if you want to learn technologies, i recommend you to head to Ameerpet, Hyderabad. You will get it for 1/10th of price these guys quoted.-
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 2, 2025 at 7:43 pmExactly ๐ฏ
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SSilentsamrat7037
PARTICIPANT
May 2, 2025 at 7:27 pmI have Xpulse too, I should get a discount ๐ฅน-
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 2, 2025 at 7:36 pmWhat’s that ? How much did you pay for it ?-
SSilentsamrat7037
PARTICIPANT
May 2, 2025 at 7:40 pmThat’s a bike model name. I was just joking, forget it. It’s good you have asked for placement details.-
QQuickfalcon6176
OP
May 2, 2025 at 7:42 pmOoh , haha ๐
Given the way tech is growing, I assumed it’s some new language.
Thanks for understanding โบ๏ธ. That lady made me feel like I should be ashamed to ask for those details.
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SSachinrider969
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May 2, 2025 at 9:24 pmYes hero started their courses recently -
CCooltiger4949
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May 3, 2025 at 7:37 amPablo Escobar, the world’s biggest drug dealer, used to announce drug prices on the radio every day at eight in the morning and was not afraid of the government.
And here you are, afraid of naming some company on a website where youโre anonymous.-
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 3, 2025 at 8:17 amHaha .. that’s a really good motivation ๐
This is my first time posting here, so I wasn’t sure of putting their name
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CCalmwolf204
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May 2, 2025 at 9:35 pmSorry to say in full honesty you are making an idiotic move. Why would you sue them? You have to spend your money,time and your mental health.Instead write everything to customer care. Strong word it. The better you right better chances of compensation. Then also make it public on reddit,twitter and instagram. Tag them.
Wait for fireworks . They will need to convince you to take your post down. Don’t waste money. Review them on Google maps.
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QQuickfalcon6176
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May 3, 2025 at 1:33 amUnderstood, I’ll try that ๐ -
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 3, 2025 at 7:27 pmHi, I had posted on X along with the chat screenshots. After a few hours, I got a call from their escalation head.He apologized to me about it, asked me to take it down and asked me how he could set it right.
I told him to give that course for free. He said he won’t be able to do that but could give it at a very lesser price which he would tell me on Monday.Can you suggest if I should insist him to give it for free or give me any compensation instead of the course in case the fee he proposes is still high ?
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CCalmwolf204
PARTICIPANT
May 4, 2025 at 7:02 amDon’t be greedy while talking. You will lose everything. First ask for apology, talk about how they will deal with the person who had need with you. Then ask what can they do for you.-
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 4, 2025 at 7:48 amMakes sense.
After the discussion, they sent me an apology mail (which was clearly AI generated and not genuine).
They are saying they will propose a lesser fee by Monday.
What to do if the fee is still high ? Can I ask them for some kind of compensation instead of course then ?
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SSimranhawk952
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May 2, 2025 at 10:26 pmThat’s a common sales tactic. They hurt your ego to get you to do something rash. Don’t fall for it and
Save your time-
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 3, 2025 at 1:38 amYou’re right .. makes sense ๐
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EExpertnaresh9380
PARTICIPANT
May 3, 2025 at 2:24 amI now this incident around in graduation. I think this is sales technique to harass students to make them purchase course. Person was SHE.
They shame you very bad bejati.-
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 3, 2025 at 3:41 amYeah, true
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SShagunfalcon54
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May 3, 2025 at 4:34 amYou wanna sue the company cuz she insulted you? What if she is the payroll of a third party? Write a mail to the company asking for an explanation and then think about anything else.-
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 3, 2025 at 4:36 amThat’s a valid point too.
I have written a post on their X just now along with the chat screenshots. Let’s see what they say. ๐ -
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 3, 2025 at 7:28 pmHi, I had posted on X along with the chat screenshots. After a few hours, I got a call from their escalation head.He apologized to me about it, asked me to take it down and asked me how he could set it right.
I told him to give that course for free. He said he won’t be able to do that but could give it at a very lesser price which he would tell me on Monday.Can you suggest if I should insist him to give it for free or give me any compensation instead of the course in case the fee he proposes is still high ?
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SShagunfalcon54
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May 4, 2025 at 12:25 amAsk for a free course. He would do that if you push a little more. Even if he offers the course for a lower price make sure that that price is inclusive of taxes and service fee etc. Also, make sure it has no kind of subscription clause attached to it and check the access validity(time period) of the course. IMO, compensation won’t be possible without litigation.-
QQuickfalcon6176
OP
May 4, 2025 at 4:30 amUnderstood, I’ll try insisting him for a free course, if not I’ll make sure to check the fees thoroughly ๐Thank you for your support ๐
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SShagunfalcon54
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May 4, 2025 at 4:40 amNo worries! That’s fine.-
QQuickfalcon6176
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May 4, 2025 at 4:42 am๐
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CCoolknight1377
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May 3, 2025 at 12:53 pmReminds me of interaction with BYJU’s when they were starting off about 10 years ago. They get so cheesed off when you don’t take their course-
QQuickfalcon6176
OP
May 3, 2025 at 1:11 pmI too had the same fear ๐
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MMightysana5089
PARTICIPANT
May 5, 2025 at 5:57 pmI am a lawyer and my advice would be to not get into the web of litigation. Specifically for this case. Its not worth it, time consuming and you will end up burning lot of money. What you can do is use social media as a weapon against the company. If after doing so you are harassed, you can file complaint with the nearest police station for such harassment.-
QQuickfalcon6176
OP
May 6, 2025 at 3:55 amThank you for your response.Actually that’s exactly what happened yesterday.
They had sent me an apology email (clearly AI generated).
As for compensation, they only gave me a โน10k discount on the โน2.1L course (which is still way too costly) and said that’s all we can do.
I told them to give me a proper discount else give me compensation for the incident.
For that, he laughed and told me their legal team would take necessary action to make me take my post down and that I wouldn’t get a single penny from them. ๐
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