I should have seen the red flags.
A business that has supposedly been going for 10 plus years, but doesn't even have the reviews to match. 10 years and only 20 reviews?
We thought we would give it a shot, but it was a big letdown. We paid for driving lessons for my child, starting March 28th, 2026, with a pickup time of 2:30 pm on Saturdays. We spoke to the woman on the phone. Paid the bill and made the appointments for the lessons.
March 28th rolls up. We are outside, ready for the arrival and start of the lesson. 2:30 goes by, and it's 2:40. No call. No text. No email.
No communication at all.
We called so many times and left voicemails that by 3:30, we went back inside because it was clear this place was not going to hold up to the paid agreement of services.
So I did some research...
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I should have seen the red flags.
A business that has supposedly been going for 10 plus years, but doesn't even have the reviews to match. 10 years and only 20 reviews?
We thought we would give it a shot, but it was a big letdown. We paid for driving lessons for my child, starting March 28th, 2026, with a pickup time of 2:30 pm on Saturdays. We spoke to the woman on the phone. Paid the bill and made the appointments for the lessons.
March 28th rolls up. We are outside, ready for the arrival and start of the lesson. 2:30 goes by, and it's 2:40. No call. No text. No email.
No communication at all.
We called so many times and left voicemails that by 3:30, we went back inside because it was clear this place was not going to hold up to the paid agreement of services.
So I did some research. Florida State has multiple websites that list licensed and approved Driving Schools here in Florida, and this was not even listed there. Then I looked at the payment we made.
Payments do not go to Palm Coast Driving School but to Jacksonville Driving School, which also claims to be licensed but isn't listed. Palm Coast Driving School claims to be open on Saturdays, but no one answered or called back. Their Facebook page, however, says they are closed on Saturdays.
So, for 10 years, you don't update your business websites, you have no photos attached to your business sites like on here, when businesses that are only weeks old can have hundreds by now.
Monday came, and normal business day, we still had no call. No response at all from this company. I didn't want to wait months like the other poor 1-star review, so we reversed the payments with our credit card company, and it was also how we found out the payments were not being processed by Palm Coast Driving School.
Waited until Wednesday to see if, I don't know, some sense of professionalism and sense of running a business would kick in, and we would get a call with, I don't know, an explanation as to why you took money but never showed up for work?
But I digress....No calls.
So, yes, if I could give less than 1 star, I would. I would take stars to just how garbage run this is and why anyone should think twice about putting their children with a stranger who can't even show up for an already paid for job. Think twice about trusting the safety if you kids with someone who can't even communicate with you why they are late or now showing up.
Time is money, and you did nothing but waste my time and cost me money.
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