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Originally Posted by youRCC
Yep, they know there are plenty of schools out there for students to defect to, and how most students think CNCP is a back-up school. I'm sure schools like UCSF or UNC - Chapel Hill pretty much have a $0 deposit. LOL.
Anyway, I thought withholding deposits in the state of CA is illegal? I recently pre-ordered something, and even the sales representative mentioned this to me. Plus, I checked it out, and what he said was true. So how does CNCP get to legally keep the deposit? Or is that part of what the lawsuit is about?
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Correct, legally deposits are implied refundable...the school should be calling it a retainer. Biggest pet peeve of mine when someone calls it a "non-refundable deposit." I've seen defendants ordered to return non-refundable deposits for services not rendered.
No one has sued about that yet...probably because $5k is still too little to quarrel over unless maybe you go to small claims, but there might be $$ limits to that venue.
And no this lawsuit is about age discrimination primarily with a smattering of whistle blower/retaliation thrown in. I don't recall reading that the plaintiff was seeking whistle blower status which is a different avenue of tort.