Absolutely DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT do any business with iTEFL, eTEFL , or any business associated with Jimmy (JC) Crangle or Debbie McLean. I am no disgruntled employer, employee, or business associate. I have been dealing with these lying, unethical individuals for the past 3 year with an honest attempt to recover over $16,000 in franchise fees and lost revenue due to customers generated prior to the franchise being disbanded and taken off line.
World TEFL Association (WTA) Jimmy Crangle and Debbie McLean I purchased a TEFL franchise in January 2014. I was told and the contract stated that if the franchise didn't achieve $50,000 in target revenue within the first 12 months, I would receive a full refund of my franchise fees. Needless to say that after one year the business didn't come close to the target revenue goal and I requested a full refund as stated verbally and contractually. At that point I was told I would have to wait another 12 months to receive the refund. I knew at that point I'd been schemed. After that year I was told that all refunds would be disbursed a the end of April of that year which was April 2015. When April rolled around I was then told that , due to a "cash flow" problem, all refund were put on hold. I know it's too late but, to make a long story short, I still haven't been refunded my initial franchise fees as the contract stated. I have absolutely no intention on relenting in my efforts to recover my money and be made whole. Hong Kong Internet
To date 19 of us have assembled to share our similar stories of grief at the hands of Jimmy Crangle of itefl.org. (and other business names with one common denominator: Jimmy Crangle).
I was a franchise licence holder from April 2016 to April 2017. I would be selling online education to people wanting TEFL certification. I invested in a franchise licence then spent monthly on advertising.
The commissions were not coming in as promised by contractual agreement. Commissions were very weak in fact. A refund of the investment was also promised by contactual agreement. After it was obvious that I was nowhere near the promised commissions of 50,000 USD for the year I asked for the refund. A Settlement Agreement was established.
The total outstanding in the Settlement Agreement was over $14,000 USD. A couple of small payments were made. Then the company (through its solicitor) reported they were insolvent and could not pay out the settlement.
I saw the web page was taken down. It made the insolvency seem real. Then it was back up. Jimmy is still operating and has a raft of new franchisees. There have been claims of limited franchise licences being sold.
Others in the aforementioned collective have very similar stories. Some are owed much more. This is a summary. The exact numbers for 19 people (and counting) are currently being aggregated by complainants.
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Absolutely DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT do any business with iTEFL, eTEFL , or any business associated with Jimmy (JC) Crangle or Debbie McLean. I am no disgruntled employer, employee, or business associate. I have been dealing with these lying, unethical individuals for the past 3 year with an honest attempt to recover over $16,000 in franchise fees and lost revenue due to customers generated prior to the franchise being disbanded and taken off line.
World TEFL Association (WTA) Jimmy Crangle and Debbie McLean I purchased a TEFL franchise in January 2014. I was told and the contract stated that if the franchise didn't achieve $50,000 in target revenue within the first 12 months, I would receive a full refund of my franchise fees. Needless to say that after one year the business didn't come close to the target revenue goal and I requested a full refund as stated verbally and contractually. At that point I was told I would have to wait another 12 months to receive the refund. I knew at that point I'd been schemed. After that year I was told that all refunds would be disbursed a the end of April of that year which was April 2015. When April rolled around I was then told that , due to a "cash flow" problem, all refund were put on hold. I know it's too late but, to make a long story short, I still haven't been refunded my initial franchise fees as the contract stated. I have absolutely no intention on relenting in my efforts to recover my money and be made whole. Hong Kong Internet
To date 19 of us have assembled to share our similar stories of grief at the hands of Jimmy Crangle of itefl.org. (and other business names with one common denominator: Jimmy Crangle).
I was a franchise licence holder from April 2016 to April 2017. I would be selling online education to people wanting TEFL certification. I invested in a franchise licence then spent monthly on advertising.
The commissions were not coming in as promised by contractual agreement. Commissions were very weak in fact. A refund of the investment was also promised by contactual agreement. After it was obvious that I was nowhere near the promised commissions of 50,000 USD for the year I asked for the refund. A Settlement Agreement was established.
The total outstanding in the Settlement Agreement was over $14,000 USD. A couple of small payments were made. Then the company (through its solicitor) reported they were insolvent and could not pay out the settlement.
I saw the web page was taken down. It made the insolvency seem real. Then it was back up. Jimmy is still operating and has a raft of new franchisees. There have been claims of limited franchise licences being sold.
Others in the aforementioned collective have very similar stories. Some are owed much more. This is a summary. The exact numbers for 19 people (and counting) are currently being aggregated by complainants.