Victor Manning Driving School

Possibly the worst driving school I’ve ever been to. They were the most incompetent people I have ever dealt with. I lived in New Orleans for years and my brother had gone there for his lessons when he was 17. I just moved back from California and I had my permit for 160 days when I called them. Mr. Mike Austin told me he would give me a great price for my last 4 hours because he said Louisiana requires 8 hours (inaccurate, when I had gone to the DMV they didn’t ask for any of my hours) and I had already done 4 in California; he also told me that he would be able to switch my California permit to a Louisiana permit through victor manning (which is illegal; I had no idea until I asked another school). First, no one picked up the phone, and I ended up having to call his mobile number to reach him. He told me he did not have any openings but he was willing to take me out on Saturday for a lesson. All I had to do was submit a document that stated I took the drivers Ed online or 6 hour course as well as a letter from my driving school in California that stated I had already completed 4 hours of behind the wheel to ms Katrina at the front desk. She also needed a copy of my birth certificate and my social security card. I felt as if he was doing me a favor and did not want to let him down so I I found the documents and transferred them from California to Katrina as soon as possible (20 min after I reached them on Wednesday). It was scheduled that I would go to victor manning on Friday to drop off the money for mr. Austin. I had to send a follow up email to make sure she got the documents and she sent me an email as I’m leaving to go see them, that stated that my documents did not qualify to take drivers Ed from them. I was beyond angry that she did not notify me by s call, nor did she contact me in advance. She told me I had to retake a 6 hour course of in class instruction before I could go ahead and take the lesson (400 for the lesson and class). I was already upset and I just wanted to make sure that I had no complications going into it. And she tells me that I cannot go because I’m not 17 years old yet, to which she said she had no idea, but she’s already received my birth certificate as well as a copy of my permit with my birth date on it as well. I was angry that I had to retake a class already that I have taken, pay 400, and now she wanted to act as if she had no idea about my situation? I told her that there must be some way she could make an exception for me since I already received my permit and I have all documents and verifications of completing these courses. She said that she would check with her manager and she never called me back. I ended up going to drive dat academy on airline and they were able to save me 200 and a lot of grief. Please save your money and time and head over to drive dat academy. They accommodate you for YOUR situation for YOUR benefit, and they are not there to help themselves to your money. I had a difficult situation moving here to begin with, and the saddest part about victor manning is that they knew I was handling this on my own, but they were willing to make an effort to extort my money from me. However, once they realized I had all my bases covered, they didn’t try again, hence Katrina never calling me back. Drive dat academy was god send with their wonderful service and attention throughout the entire process, don’t waste your time with an exaggerated name and overrated education.

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