I have enjoyed taking many classes at FVTC as a non-traditional student. My latest experience has…read moreleft me a little unsettled. Buyer Beware! I just enrolled in a non-credited class on-line. In order to make a credit card payment I was directed to "PayPass" which I assumed was the same as "PayPal". Much to my surprise I was charged a $3 service fee. I called FVTC to ask for a refund of the fee and I would pay by check or another way using my credit card. The customer service person said it was too late. This is a fee that goes directly to the PayPass company as a way to pay for the credit card processing services. FVTC does not incur any credit card processing charges. Am I wrong...is this actually an added cost to take a class. Instead why not be honest and add the cost to the registration fee. Full disclosure of the actual fee's charged to take a class at FVTC. I feel bad for the students who have limited funds and you are charging them additionally to pay by credit card. Instead include the cost of paying by credit card as a higher registration fee and charge less for those paying by cash or check. This lets the students decide which is the most affordable way to pay. Pam

Always had issues with this school. Majority of faculty are unprofessional and only a few are…read moreawesome

I haven't been to Gill-Tech since it moved from downtown, but I always got nice, cheap ($8)…read morehaircuts here. Stylists generally require quite a bit of instruction with regard to what you want (be specific!), but can manage a simple trim just fine. I'd suggest this place for cut maintenance, but not for anything drastic....once when I said "I'm ready to lose about 6 inches," I thought they'd died and gone to heaven - the poor (mostly) girls don't often get to do dramatic cuts (lots of men's cuts, and old women's hairsetting, as far as I can tell). They also offer nails, spa services - all at very reasonable prices.

I had a rather poor experience at Gill-Tech when I took my bridesmaids to get our hair done for my…read morewedding. I knew we all wanted something pretty simple so I didn't think it would be too much trouble. I was initially assured that the Special Occasions package would not take more than an hour. Luckily I planned for 2 hours because it took well over 2 and I ended up being way behind. My stylist was snarky and bad-mouthed brides that she has had before. She followed up those comments by thanking me for being so laid back and friendly, but I still did not feel like she was acting professionally. She continued to say that she was bad at braids and she was nervous and talked about how my hair wasn't cooperating. That did not help my nerves, either. I ended up having a lot of "chunks" of hair that were sprayed stiff while the rest were frizzy. Luckily another stylist came over to help with the braids, at least. My Matron of Honor's stylist was reluctant to have her sit near the rest of us during the hair and nails and had placed her on the other side of the room for both. Finally, the icing on the cake, toward the end of the appointment my nerves were pretty jumpy (because we were late, my hair wasn't working out, I had been smothered with negativity by my stylist and about to be married) one of the stylists said to me, "Don't worry, everyone's nervous their first time." My first time... getting married? Excuse me? My girls ended up with beautiful hair. I am thankful for that. I wanted to be able to get them a special treat. However, I wish the trainees would be coached on how to behave more professionally and be sensitive to the needs and feelings of their clients. Having my hair be a bit funky was not the end of the world, but I had hoped the experience would have been more calming and less nerve-shattering.

Do not recommend…read more Not only does this school overcharge already, they will find anyway to get extra money. Their excuse is that they have started the program at the tech and they added on their own information so they are better and worth more. When discussing my concerns of payment with them, they were great, understanding, and caring; ready to assist me in any way possible. Once my application was in and the interview finished, everything changed. All of a sudden they could no longer accommodate me with flexible payments (we discussed that I'd be just returning home from a month long trip so money was limited). They agreed that if I made monthly payments and had everything paid off by the exam, I would be okay. After sending in my application fee and application, I reached out to discuss payment options and they decided that I was no longer eligible to this option. They wanted everything done the way it is on their site. This would be understandable had they just said this in the LIVE interview, but why wait for me to get invested to change things? After playing around with numbers I decided that I would need to go to the next session of February. I texted multiple times and they ignored me ( but on the site say that you can text ANYTIME). Finally, I decided to just email them, finally they sent me a canned/ automated email. When I asked for more clarification, they told me I had to start over. My application fee now is technically $100 should I decide to go ( definitely not), a new interview was needed, as well as another essay with letters of recommendation. If you need a school, go to one of the technical schools or Blue Sky in Green Bay. They have similar courses as well as cheaper prices, blue sky being the only exception to the price. 100% do not recommend this school as they have shown me they don't care already!

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