Entitled to refund on course I am no longer attending??

[elisat]

I signed up and paid for an adult community college course online, and immediately having done so, realised that I had stupidly signed up and paid for the wrong course.

As soon as I did this, I sent an email to the college and phoned to say that I needed to transfer to a different course. They said, no problem, but because the course I was being transferred TO, was less money (�90), I would be given a credit note for this amount.

I said I was not happy with a credit note as I cannot utilise this against a course until next year (yada yada yada) and even then I will not be in the country to do this, so I need a refund for the �90. They continually say that this is not their policy to do so.

Do I have rights to demand the �90 refund to my credit card? I obviously have paid �90 for services/goods which I technically haven't received in my opinion!

Thanks in advance for any help.

[heathfield]

It will depend entirely on the policy of the college and their 'Terms and Conditions' set for those who sign up for courses. It will always be assumed that you are aware of these before you actually sign up.

[elisat]

Thanks - I'll have to go searching.. I was hoping for an answer without having to do that! ;)