I paid 200 dollars for pvt

RNsRWe, ASN, RN · Aug 28, 2015

In the old days, everyone waited months for board results. My heart wrenching experience was to call my best friend/classmate all excited and then heard that she had not passed. Never called another classmate again. Patience is a virtue...

And in this age of "Instant Gratification Takes Too Long", lol....it's an unknown thing!

Adele_Michal7, ASN, RN · Aug 28, 2015

And in this age of "Instant Gratification Takes Too Long", lol....it's an unknown thing!

Great post, I agree.

meanmaryjean, DNP, RN · Aug 28, 2015

WARNING: A COB is about to post some thoughts regarding the PVT. Read at your own risk!

In the Dark Ages, we took the 'State Board Exam'. It was offered only twice a year, in one or two locations per state. You sat in a gigantic open room, and - over the course of TWO DAYS - answered 1500 ( that is one thousand, five hundred) questions with a #2 pencil.

EIGHT WEEKS LATER- you received in the mail (as in an envelope delivered to your house) the notification of passing or failing.

Now, if we could wait for the Magical Envelope- you guys can wait 48-72 hours without pi$$ing away $200. STOP IT ALREADY!

silverbat · Aug 28, 2015

wow, really, risk $200.00 for what may or may not be accurate. You guys would croak a few years ago when it was an easy 6 week wait to hear. NO PVT, NO rapid results, orwhatever that is, and NCLWX was given twice a year, over a 2 day period for RNs. Everyone did the whole amount of questions. Chill, wait, find out in time, cheaper, and relax, you will be a nurse for years to come, or...not, but then you can retake it, right??!!

Tenebrae, BSN, RN · Aug 29, 2015

Oh dear God.

We sit a state final exam. Its offered twice a year and we have to wait up to six weeks before a preliminary list is published on the nursing council website. We get emailed our results within 48 hours.

Seriously people suck it up and wait the 48 hours and stop wasting money on something that may or may not be accurate

USMCRN2015 · Aug 29, 2015

And the person who just posted about getting charged WITH a wrong expiration date (perfectly legal, btw) is wishing SHE hadn't "done it to her heart's content". Not so content now.

Actually no. I don't regret doing it. I was never charged bc I didn't put in the right info. Gave me the good pop up.

JustBeachyNurse, LPN · Aug 29, 2015

Actually no. I don't regret doing it. I was never charged bc I didn't put in the right info. Gave me the good pop up.

You aren't who she is referring to. There was a poster in another thread upset that the charge went through despite putting an incorrect expiration date.

QuietRiot · Aug 29, 2015

WARNING: A COB is about to post some thoughts regarding the PVT. Read at your own risk!
In the Dark Ages, we took the 'State Board Exam'. It was offered only twice a year, in one or two locations per state. You sat in a gigantic open room, and - over the course of TWO DAYS - answered 1500 ( that is one thousand, five hundred) questions with a #2 pencil.
EIGHT WEEKS LATER- you received in the mail (as in an envelope delivered to your house) the notification of passing or failing.
Now, if we could wait for the Magical Envelope- you guys can wait 48-72 hours without pi$$ing away $200. STOP IT ALREADY!

lol, you guys waited because you had no other choice.

QuietRiot · Aug 29, 2015

I'd be curious to see if the charge that was reversed truly results in a refund. Credit card companies will temporarily refund a charge that is in dispute, and when the investigation concludes if the determination is that the charge WAS authorized by the account holder (in this case your friend, who DID authorize the charge)....they will take their money back. No refund.

Just because a charge was authorized doesn't mean you can't get a refund...there are several reasons refunds are given besides "unauthorized charges" ....The dispute was closed out with her being fully refunded.

ShyeoftheTiger · Aug 29, 2015

I agree with riot... if you take it up with your credit card company, Pearson-Vue would have to prove they gave you something in exchange for the money you paid. Regardless of how "non-refundable" they say it is. At least if you passed, you should be able to fox your way out of the charge...

Not that you should be using any card that has more than a few dollars on it that you got for your birthday two years ago...

In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the people who do get charged end up being part of a class action lawsuit.

OrganizedChaos, LVN · Aug 29, 2015

I agree with riot... if you take it up with your credit card company, Pearson-Vue would have to prove they gave you something in exchange for the money you paid. Regardless of how "non-refundable" they say it is. At least if you passed, you should be able to fox your way out of the charge...
Not that you should be using any card that has more than a few dollars on it that you got for your birthday two years ago...
In fact I wouldn't be surprised if the people who do get charged end up being part of a class action lawsuit.

If those people sue I would laugh in their faces. Because it says very clearly what they are doing & it warns them as well. The PVT is not meant to tell them if they passed or failed the NCLEX, it is is just a by product. So what proof do those people have to bring it to a class action lawsuit?

ShyeoftheTiger · Aug 30, 2015

They would have proof on their credit card statement that they paid Pearson-Vue an extra $200 for services/products that were not rendered (if they did pass and were not re-applying for the NCLEX). Pearson telling them "this is not refundable" doesn't mean squat, legally speaking. People should get their money back (if they passed).

I'm not advocating people risk $200 on PVT, nor am I condoning the whining about it on AN. $200 is a lot of money and I would try to get it back if it happened to me. I wouldn't just be like, "Merp okay take my money with nothing in return." (not that I used a card with $200 on it when I did it because... well, I do listen to the horror stories)