郑律师,您好!感谢您能在百忙之中抽出时间来看我的求助帖。
我的情况是这样的:我于2013年08月09日向阿德莱德分区蓝带学院支付一笔$11,850的支票,用于支付我本该于2014年01月13日开始的课程。不过之后我临时改变了主意,在2014年01月13日的时候向蓝带学院的某教师说明了退学事宜,并在2014年01月14日递交了正式的退学申请,并要求其退还学费。然而时过不久,不仅没有收到任何来自蓝带学院关于退费退款的回复,反而收到了蓝带其他部门的对于其他额外款项的催款通知。于是再次向蓝带学院试压讨要退款,蓝带给出回复我无法收取到任何退款,并附上了一份关于蓝带学院的退费标准。
下面这段是蓝带在给我的回复中给出的原因:
“Where an applicant elects not to commence a Le Cordon Bleu Australia program and gives notice in writing at least 28 days before the commencement of the program, 85% of any tuition fees paid for programs not yet commenced, will be refunded. The applicant may elect to have any paid tuition fees transferred to an alternative Le Cordon Bleu Australia program if he or she has an approved application for the alternative program. If an applicant gives less than 28 days notice he or she will not be entitled to any refund or transfer of fees. Your withdrawal form is dated 13/01/14, was signed on 14/01/14 and course commencement for your program was 13/01/14 so as you can see, this is not even close to Le Cordon Bleu receiving 28 days notice. The deposit paid for the Bachelor Degree is a non-refundable deposit. This is clearly stated on your Letter of Offer.”
请问郑律师,以上文字足以构成蓝带学院不退费的理由吗?我还有别的什么方法能争取到这笔退款吗?我该怎么处理接下来的事情? 期待您的回复,并衷心感谢您的帮助!
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