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I signed up for 5 months Sampoorna Ramayana Warli Art Class through DailyDesignist platform back on 12/7/20.

I told the owner that due to the nature of my husband’s work I am mostly a single parent over the weekends and I am not sure if I will be able to attend these classes. She reassured me that, that will not be an issue as all the classes are recorded and any classes missed I will get a recording of it.

Couple of weeks into the class we needed to draw multiple different compartments. There was no proper instruction from the teacher and at one point it was clear that she was confused herself. I am honestly a beginner and I have no art background at all. So, I reached out to Chhavi Singh from DailyDesignist as I didn’t know what to do. She spoke to teacher Geethaji and said that she will get the issue resolved. Geethaji provided a picture of how the board should be split with the measurements on the side. Chhavi did reach out a couple of days later to ask if the issue was resolved and I did respond back that all was fine.

There were still minor issues in the class, but still I went along with it.

On 03/13/21 I reached out to Geethaji that being a non-practicing MD and volunteer for State of North Carolina, I will not be able to attend Sunday’s class and maybe into the next month as I have to go to Covid-19 Clinics. So, if she can provide the recordings I would really appreciate it. She said “Sure, send me a picture of your board so far”, As I was travelling I did not have the board on me, I told this to her. I waited 2 days for her to respond, but she didn’t and she would respond to ppl in WA group. So, I messaged in the WA group asking for the recording, again she asked for my board pic. This really upset me so, I replied “oh so I didn’t know these were the rules to the class when I signed up and paid $300”. She asked me to delete the message from the group, when I didn't she wrote a long message where she said I am going through personal issues but this is not the place for it, and removed me from the WA group. When another student said this is harsh on her part again she said that I have personal issues with husband, job and kids.

Is this ethically correct to talk to about someone’s personal life like this?

After this I reached out to Chhavi from DailyDesignist and she again told me that I will get all the recordings and pictures teacher Geethaji shares in the WA group. Which I didn’t, I waited a couple of days to get them from her, and nothing, she wouldn’t even reply to my messages. Which brought me to file a complaint against DailyDesignist on BBB. Where she took no responsibility and said that DailyDesignist is just a platform and they have nothing do with what the teacher does. This was NOT said to me when I registered for the class. I explained in BBB that I paid $360 to DailyDesignist, not to Geethaji. When a teacher doesn’t follow through, I would be reaching out to you. The only thing Chhavi can offer is a refund of $45 since there are only 2 more classes left and she removed Geethaji from DailyDesignist platform. I would assume that Chhavi saw some truth in my argument and that’s why she took this huge step and removed Geethaji from her platform. She also threw DailyDesignists policy at me that after 2nd class they do not provide refunds. So then, what happened to the conversation we had right before I registered for the class, that I will get ALL the recording and materials, “if by chance” I miss the classes. OR did you say all this JUST to get me to register? I do not want the refund, I want what I was promised when I registered for the class; to get ALL the class material.

I went to DailyDesignists to support other women in their business, but this is not the service I signed up for. Please do not be fooled when it says “it is to empower underprivileged women” or “this is small business run by women”

PLEASE NOTE: Till date DailyDesignist has not called me to try to come to a resolution.

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