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- 130 total complaints in the last 3 years.
- 49 complaints closed in the last 12 months.
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Initial Complaint
Date:10/29/2024
Type:Order IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
I am dissatisfied with the service that ISSA has given me. EVERYONE WANT TO TRANSFER ME TO STUDENT SUPPORT SERVICE, BUT I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO RESOLVE ANY ISSUES FROM THE BEGINNING!!! I was told in an email that they are no longer taking phone calls, yet I am still being transferred to student support services!!!After signing up for the program, I decided that I wanted to cancel due to other obligations; however, I called my new course advisor and left several messages as he suggested if I had any issues. Either he didn't answer or I was being constantly transferred to him with no answer, I assumed he would called me back after leaving a few messages and never did. When I finally reached someone, if was after the deadline to withdraw. Since then, I have been unable to contact student support services for any of the courses needs concerning any issues, but I am able to contact financial services for any payments. Financial services would suggest that I call them, but I would stay on hold and then the call would disconnect. Each time I called, the call would disconnect and place me further in the cue. I called financial services back again and a representative suggested that I send an email and place "escalation- I am requesting a call back" in the subject line and someone will contact me. No one has yet.I enrolled in the course of January 2024 and three extensions were taken from me after 3 months (March 2024) which left me with one extension. No course extension was needed, ONLY payment arrangements. The policy states: "...If you fail to complete the program requirements within 6 months, you may request a 1-month extension, for a non-refundable fee. If you fail to complete the requirements during your first extension period, you may request up to 3 more 1 month extensions for a non-refundable fee for each 1 month extension." ISSA didn't call me, gave me an extension on Oct 24, 2024 only to expire on Oct 24, 2024 with ONLY 1 extension left.Business Response
Date: 11/04/2024
Hello ********,
My name is ******* *****, and I am the Senior Manager of Support for ISSA. Thank you for your valuable feedback, and I'm sorry to hear that you felt like you were unable to get in touch with our team in the way you expected. We take all complaints and feedback seriously and investigate each one thoroughly.
Ive reviewed your account records, and I see that you enrolled on 1/24/2024. On 3/26/24, you called in and spoke with a few different team members from our ************************** and Support teams,and it looks as though they informed you that you were unable to cancel your courses as you werent eligible at that time, but offered information regarding course extensions and alternate payment plan options. I see that you reached back out via email in late October and were in contact with one of our Team Leads,and they explained our extension policy for both core and specializationcourses, and added additional time to each of your courses for no fee.
All of that said, Im sorry (again) that you feel that you werent able to get in contact with us in the way you expected. While we do still offer phone support, the most effective and quickest means of reaching us is via email. But we would like to make things right and allow you to continue in your courses and earn your certificate(s) as originally intended. So, we have added three complimentary months of additional time to each of your courses, which extends your time to 1/24/2025 to complete the courses. If you need additional time to complete beyond this date, you can still purchase three more months for the specialization courses, and one additional month for the *** course in your student portal (if needed). We hope you will find this outcome to be satisfactory, and please feel free to contact us at **************************************** if there is anything further we can do to assist you.
Best,
******* *****
ISSA Sr. ******* Student SupportInitial Complaint
Date:10/28/2024
Type:Product IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
I signed up for the nutrition coach course. I completed the course work and quizzes, I was nearly done with my final exam. It was more than halfway completed. The next time I logged in to finish my final exam my exam progress and course progress was erased. When I called to find out what the problem was they informed me that it was due to an update to their system. In the end they could not reinstate my progress and offered me a two month extension. I told them this was unacceptable and requested a refund. They told me if I wanted a refund it would have to have been requested within the first 7 days. I do not think I should have to redo my coursework, quizzes, and final exam. I want a full refund since my all progress was erased by no fault of my own their only solution for me was to redo my work with a complimentary month extension.Business Response
Date: 10/30/2024
Hello *****,
My name is ******* *****, and I am the Sr. ******* of Support at ISSA. Thank you for sharing your honest feedback and concernswe take all complaints seriously and investigate each one thoroughly.
I'm sorry to hear your experience hasnt met your expectations. We understand and can fully appreciate your frustration regarding the migration to the new learning management system (Brightspace) late last year (2023). We realize that it led to various unintended and at times, less than ideal outcomes, such as your losing progress in the Nutritionist exam. That said, a number of emails/communications were sent out to students prior to the migration, to notify of the impending transition in hopes of avoiding similar issues. Regardless,we do apologize for the negative impact it had on your course/exam progress and for the frustration it caused you. (Please note that the course content remained the same in the migration and your quiz progress was transferred over to the new platformonly the examination was updated to fully multiple choice, which is why your exam progress was lost.)
While I cannot honor your request for a refund, as you were well past the cancellation/refund period when the migration occurred, I would like to try to make things right and allow you to complete your course as you initially intended. To that end, we have extended your Nutrition course expiration date to 12/23/2024 for no additional fee, so that you can continue in your course/examination and earn your certification. If you need any support in finishing your remaining coursework and/or there is anything else we can do to assist you moving forward, please feel free to reach out to ************************************************************************ and we'll be more than happy to help you to complete your course/exam and earn your certification.
Best,
******* *****
Sr. *******, Student SupportInitial Complaint
Date:10/17/2024
Type:Product IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
Signed up to take a personal training course at this company in the states International Sports Sciences Association. Didn't cancel before 7 day mark to get my money back, because everything started to get really bad after the 7 day drop out deadline to get money back. Was going through separation because my ex is verbally abusive towards my kids and I. My daughter has ******************************, ADHD and borderline Austim My son has ****************************** I have ****************************** My daughter was being verbally and physically abusive towards me and I and then she said something and I had to report it to the ********* between the verbal, and physical and what my daughter said I couldn't complete the personal training course through the International Sports Sciences Association I could not complete the course. I read about one page. I am on CPP Disability because of fibromyilga and hyperthyroidism, and a single parent, with one income. I want my money back thanks ****** ****** *****Business Response
Date: 10/23/2024
Hello Hayley,
Thank you for reaching out and for providing us with added feedback and context regarding your situation. Firstly, Id like to express my sincere condolences regarding the issues youve been facing since your enrollmentI genuinely hope things are improving for you.
When I review your account, I see that you enrolled on 7/10/23 and first reached out on 8/23/24 to cancel and request a ********* that time, our staff let you know that we could not honor the request,because it came outside the standard cancellation window. Per the Terms and Conditions all students agree to when signing up, cancellations are permitted within seven days of purchase (as long as the final exams have not been completed).
You can see the full policy here: ***************************************************************************
I realize and certainly appreciate that your circumstances are not ideal, but we must hold to our cancellation/refund policy to maintain integrity with the decisions that have been made for other students in similar situations. With that said, I see that our ************************** team has reached out to try and work with you on your payments. Please contact ************************** at ************** (option 2) or email ********************************************************************************* for further assistance on this matter. They are generally available Monday through Friday from 6am to 5pm (MST). If you are able to work with our SFS team on addressing the remainder of the balance due, we will be happy to add additional time to both of your courses for no additional fee(s), so that you are able to continue in and complete the courses.
Best,
******* *****
ISSA Sr. ****** of SupportCustomer Answer
Date: 10/31/2024
This is not settled the company has not given my money back, and they won't do anything about it
Business Response
Date: 11/06/2024
Hello Hayley,
As noted in our previous response, while we certainly understand and appreciate your difficult situation, our Terms and Conditions do outline that cancellations are permitted within seven days of purchase. So, given that you enrolled on 7/10/2023 and first contacted us to cancel/request a refund on 8/23/24, unfortunately, we are not able to honor your request for cancellation/refund.
That said, if you are willing to contact our ****************** Team to further discuss your options (phone: ************** (option 2) or email: *************************************************** we are more than willing to work with you on adding additional time to your courses (for no added fee), so that you can complete the courses and earn your certificates as originally intended.
Best,
******* *****
ISSA Sr. ****** of SupportInitial Complaint
Date:10/08/2024
Type:Billing IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
I register for a yoga training program with ISSA with an advertise to get a $200 discount per program I register for 2 programs, In the website that you have 7 day trial I call before triel was over, it was to much studing for me at that point having the two programs at the same time SO I change it to become only one that was the yoga training with the discount of the time I was registering $200 the price was under $900 total Then I get the payment plan for 12 payments of $***** I call and I told them that they make a mistake that they forgot to give me the $200 promotional discount. SO the lady explaint that it was my fault because I change everything online and the system give me that and that was my new payment plan and that is what i have to pay I did complaint back then but I keep paying and I did toke the class Then I get to pay it was discount my first payment and it was $199 in September ******* I called they told me that ISSA will give me a credit for one month.October 10, 2023 ISSA charge again $***** Then in November I put a hold in my account and didn't make any payments. I did call them to let them know that they forgot to give me the credit. I spoke to a male he told me that he is going to fix it and my next payment was in december 9, 2023 for *****, then the next payment was in Jan 09, 2024, Feb 9 2024, March 9 2024, April 9, 2024, May 9 2024, Hun 10 2024, July 9 2024, and August 9, 2024. All of this payments were made for the amount of $***** - so the total payments were 11 payments (one $199.00 which is more than double payment) One issue that I have is that ISSA wants to take more payments because they keep saying that I make 11 payments and not 12, keep explaining that one it was more than a doble payment and they still saying that I have to make more payments Second thing The calss was a yoga trainig I did my training never got any certification or proof that I did my trainingBusiness Response
Date: 10/10/2024
Hello Georgina,
My name is Cameron Baker, and I am the Sr. Manager of Support
at ISSA. Thank you for sharing your
feedback and concerns, and I would like to assist however possible.
After review of your account, it looks like there may have
been some confusion due to the downgrading of your initial enrollment (Master bundle
package on 9/9/23) to only the Yoga200 and CPR/AED courses (on 9/14/23). As a result of that downgrade, the price of
your remaining payments was adjusted (on 9/26/23) and the initial down payment
was applied to the total balance of the new price of the downgraded
package. There does look to be one
remaining payment due to finalize your payment schedule.
Please note that you should have received a detailed invoice
the day of enrollment via email, that included all payment dates and cost per
payment. You should have also received
an updated invoice one the downgrade to Yoga and CPR/AED was complete with the
new payments and dates.
We understand that there may have been some confusion or
frustration in previous conversations with our Student Financial Services team,
but I would encourage you reach out to that team again (either via phone (800) 892-4772
option 2, or via email [email protected]), as they have the tools
and authority to address your concerns about your final payment and can provide
any additional information you may need.
Regarding your Yoga200 certificate, according to our
records, you have completed all of the course quizzes but have not yet
completed the final examination. We are
not able to release your certificate until you have successfully completed the
final exam. If you have any questions or
need any assistance in completing your course/exam, please contact our Support
team at [email protected] for
more information.
Best,
Cameron Baker
Sr. Manager, Student SupportInitial Complaint
Date:10/05/2024
Type:Service or Repair IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
Terrible experience. first the sales person basically never informed me about course details, he was only responding till he got my money, then he went silent. No one explained about course details and that one of the courses is not even by ISSA but by another association and I needed to use a different learning platform. He also told me everything is only theory and all online and it is an international course. That was not true. The life coach cert needed me to submit a video. And all contents within ISSA is only USA standard focused but NOT international at all. They claim you need to "renew " the certificate. That is just money making in my opinion because THEIR data is not even updated. They use course materials from **************************** 2008. All data has changed by now in the health and science world. Information and study materials seems super outdated. The worst": It has error, missing information, the whole row where Cancer is supposed to explained missing, some study units don't even load, you will find errors and typos etc. Totally not professional and trustworthy at all in my opinion. Very sad case for the industry and young talents that actually tried to gather all the money to passionately learn more about sport coaching and expecting a real supportive enviroment. This feels like someone created a course decades ago and still tries to make money out of it, without feeling responsible for the outcome. The more I am studying the course the more disappointed I get.Business Response
Date: 10/11/2024
Hello Jaana,
My name is Cameron Baker, and I am the Sr. Manager of Support at ISSA. Thank you for sharing your feedback and concerns…I'm sorry to hear your experience hasn’t met your expectations.
We are proud to partner with a third party organization (Train.Fitness) for a select group of courses, including the Life Coaching course referenced, though we can understand and appreciate the confusion of this course’s requirements being slightly different than that of the ISSA courses. All of the ISSA and partner courses are intended to reach a vast and international audience, and we strive to ensure that the information provided in each course can be used functionally and practically, regardless of location or demographic. Each of our courses are regularly reviewed and updated to ensure accurate and relevant information, and our Content team is constantly monitoring all course materials for errors and necessary updates. That said, if you see errors or typos in any of the courses, please feel free to note them via email at [email protected] and we will certainly look into those further.Lastly, renewal of your certificate(s) every two years is an industry-wide requirement and requires the submission of CEUs to ensure that all fitness professionals are staying current in their knowledge. If you have any questions or need any assistance in your future renewal(s), please feel free to contact us at [email protected] and we will be happy to assist you however we can.
I'm very sorry again that your experience did not meet your expectations, but I cannot honor your request for a refund, as you have already successfully completed two courses included in the bundle purchased. But if you need any support in finishing your remaining coursework and/or there is anything else we can do to assist you moving forward, please feel free to reach out to [email protected] and we'll be more than happy to help.
Best,
Cameron Baker
Sr. Manager, Student SupportInitial Complaint
Date:09/24/2024
Type:Order IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
When I signed up with issa it was only because a recruiter called me and convinced me it was time for me to pay for classes now and do the classes when I have time to do them. At the time I was 6 months pregnant and I told the man on the phone which was recorded line so maybe you still have a record of this I told him that I would not be able to do any classes until after my baby was 6 months old as I needed all that time dedicated to work and her development. He assured me that I could pay for classes now while I was working and do the classes after a year. This was not true. I have paid $2,000 so far and I have been told that my classes expired and I do not qualify for the four-month extension! I am in shock that I paid so much money towards schooling and then was not able to do the schooling. I have talked to multiple people on the phone about this trying to resolve this issue. I have emailed as well with no response from the company. It seems the only way that I will be able to get my money back or be able to do the classes is if I sue the company. I have asked how to go about doing this what address and name what I even put down on my lawsuits and no one ever gives me a proper answer. Since I am unable to do the classes I would like a full refund.I'm a single mom with two kids no child support living off of food stamps and I do not need a dishonest company taking advantage of me. Becoming a personal trainer has been on my bucket list for over 10 years now which is the only reason why I decided to pay for this when the recruiter assured me I could do the classes at a later date. He said NOTHING about deadlines. I feel I have been cheated. Please make this right.Give me back my money- and if you want to make me extra happy- let me take the personal trainer course for free- as a peace offering. The personal trainer course was the only one I wanted. The other ten or so courses were just the "package" the recruiter pushed on me.Business Response
Date: 10/01/2024
Hello Eska,
Thank you for reaching out about this concern. My name is ****** ******** and I am the Director of Support at ISSA, and I'm confident that we can come to a reasonable resolution that still allows you to check this off your bucket list.
In reviewing your account, I see that you enrolled in our Master Trainer program on 10/16/2023 and have paid $1693.62 of the $2048 owed. We did review the Enrollment call, but did not hear the details you listed in your complaint. Additionally, we did not find any evidence of purposeful exclusion of information of lack of transparency.
Because of this, I cannot approve your request for a refund, but I would still like to help you reach the goals that brought you to ISSA. I am willing to extend your courses for 6 months to allow you to complete them, even though the deadline has passed. Please be aware that course access can be suspended for non-payment, but I don't want you to miss out on the chance to finish because of the original deadlines.
Please let me know if this is an acceptable outcome for you. Once I hear back, I can get your courses extended and we can get you back on track.
Best,
****** ********
Initial Complaint
Date:09/16/2024
Type:Service or Repair IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
I was led to believe I was only going to be paying ~$50 a month for ISSA classes. I was shocked when I saw the bill for over $200 a month. I thought I had made it clear to the recruiter I could not pay more than ~$50 a month, otherwise I would not able to move forward with the program to get my personal trainer certifications. Now, sadly, I know it's past the refund and cancelation period, however I did not realize this error until a few days ago, and did my best to correct it before the money was taken out of my account automatically, which has set me back egregiously, and only have a few dollars to food to last me until payday next week.Business Response
Date: 09/25/2024
Hello ******,
My name is ****** ********, and I am the Director of Support at ISSA.
I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I reviewed your enrollment call, and found that the *** who enrolled you explained that it would be $49 to begin, then sent an invoice showing what the monthly payments would be after that. I see that you reached out to Support on 9/12/24 and one of our Support Coaches offered an option to lower your payments, but I don't see a response. Please reach back out to us at **************************************** to continue that conversation so we can review all of our options to help solve this issue for you.
Best,
****** ********
Initial Complaint
Date:09/10/2024
Type:Service or Repair IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
I got a call on July 27 2024 about trying out their program so they gave a 7 day trial priced at 1 dollar. They said if you cancel within the 7 day you wont be charged and the person handling my account said they would follow up on the 6th day. I called to cancel and i was on hold for an hour. Then they said they couldnt get a hold of anyone and that they would handle it. A few days went by and my card was charged $49 if im not mistaken. I called back was on hold a long time again and they said to email them and it would get cancelled. I emailed them and they responded back again with call. I called and again the person transferred me and i was on hold for an hour and then the phone hung up. I called back and spoke with a sales *** and he said he would handle it and have it escalated. I called 2 weeks later Aug 26th 2024 and still nothing was done. A person said they created another ticket and now I am here writing you. On every call they said they see that I cancelled Aug 2nd 2024 with the 7 day free trial and that no one can do anything about it. I need my money back and for them to cancel my account and to give me a couurtesy of ***** for all of this trouble or I am taking this to court and demanding more.Business Response
Date: 09/25/2024
Hello Zahara,
My name is ****** ********, and I am the Director of Support at ISSA. I'm sorry to hear that you experience did not meet your expectations; to be clear, it doesn't meet ours either. I see that on 9/17/24, a refund was initiated, and I would ask that you email us at **************************************** if you don't see that refund in your account by the start of next week.
Again, I apologize for your experience, and I appreciate you raising this issue.
Best,
****** ********
Customer Answer
Date: 10/09/2024
Hi I need my complaint opened because they still have not provided me with a refund and now I am asking for additional compensation because its putting me in a hardship from buying food. This has been really hard on me and I have asked them for months to refund the money. I need a compensation or I will be taking this to court. I also asked them to remove my card off file and though they seen I had cancelled, they chose not to. I really need that money right now and they wont send it back to me so now I am requesting $500 for each month and the pain and sufferingBusiness Response
Date: 10/25/2024
Hello Zahara,
My name is ******* *****, and I am the Sr. ******* of Support at ISSA. I'm sorry to hear that you have yet to receive your refund and that it has put you in any hardship. Upon review of your account, I see that on 9/17/24, a refund (of $107.91)was initiated and approved, but I have reached out directly to our accounting department to inquire on the status of that refund and to push it through if necessary.
Unfortunately, we are unable to offer any additional compensation beyond the standard refund of money collected.
Again,I certainly apologize for your experience and for any hardships you've experienced, and I appreciate you following up with us.
Best,
******* *****
ISSA Sr. ****** of SupportInitial Complaint
Date:09/04/2024
Type:Product IssuesStatus:AnsweredMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
We started an online class on May 2nd with the business and within their 7-day cancellation period we called and canceled. They told us they would cancel the class so we thought there would be no further problems. We received another call in June requesting payment for the class. We started that the class should be canceled and they said okay. Now it is September and we were charged for the class and are requesting a refund but they are refusing and wont cancel the class now either. We have spoken to them multiple times and multiple people. They have stated without proof of a call because they have none thwy wont be able to cancel it and we cant get a refund so we will keep getting charged for a class that hasnt been looked at since May.Business Response
Date: 09/25/2024
Hello *******,
My name is ****** ******** and I'm the Director of Support. I attempted to review your account, but I'm not able to find anything associated with your name, email, or phone number. Is there any additional contact information you can share that might help me look into your account?
Best,****** ********
Initial Complaint
Date:09/03/2024
Type:Delivery IssuesStatus:ResolvedMore info
Complaint statuses
- Resolved:
- The complainant verified the issue was resolved to their satisfaction.
- Unresolved:
- The business responded to the dispute but failed to make a good faith effort to resolve it.
- Answered:
- The business addressed the issues within the complaint, but the consumer either a) did not accept the response, OR b) did not notify BBB as to their satisfaction.
- Unanswered:
- The business failed to respond to the dispute.
- Unpursuable:
- BBB is unable to locate the business.
I have paid for a service every month, and I have not received the full service. I bought a personal trainer package and I have not received my certificate. I continuously pay for it and have contacted them about when I would get my certificate and nothing gets returned. For example I made a $122 payment last month for my certificate and I have still not received it.Business Response
Date: 09/25/2024
Hello Cayden,
Thank you for reaching out about this. My name is ****** ********, and I am the Director of Support for ISSA.
In your complaint, you cite that you have not yet received your certificate. When I looked at your account, I see that the certificate requirements have not been met. I've included the certificate requirements below:
Certificate Requirements:
-Passing grade on final exam
-Proof of valid CPR/AED certification submitted
-1/12 of payments satisfied
It appears what's missing from your account is CPR. You can log into your account and upload that here: ****************************************************************************
Once that is done, Digital Certificates are usually available to download within 24 hours of satisfaction of certificate requirement.
If you have any trouble with this, please reach out to **************************************** and we'll be happy to help!Best,
****** ********
Customer Answer
Date: 09/25/2024
Better Business Bureau:
I have reviewed the response made by the business in reference to complaint ID ********, and find that this resolution would be satisfactory to me. I will wait for the business to perform this action and, if it does, will consider this complaint resolved.
Regards,
Cayden ******
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