Hey WildRide,

I have quite the low-down on these guys. They are indeed scammers, and have been through MANY foreigners. I am not included in that lot, but I can count at least three to four people I know personally, who were. I have met Paul, at one of my friend's weddings and he was a few bricks short of a load.

The foreigners/foreign affairs have tried to unsuccessfully to shut them down, but they are in "good favor" with the mayor of the city. Foreign affairs said they would try to shut down this IELTS, but then the mayor proclaimed if IELTS was shut down, then he would shut down the foreign affairs in Yuncheng. Corruption at it's finest.

Anyways, you are right. They are not the worst, but certainly not on the list of giving foreigners a "great" experience while in China. There have been numerous complaints about this particular establishment, and it should be shut down by now, but money talks.

I also wanted to mention one of my friends was almost kicked out of China because IELTS reported he was a bad teacher and causing problems within China's society. He got all the teachers and students to back him up and the allegation was thrown out. All of this because he wanted to quit working there. DON'T WORK THERE!

Thanks,
Robert A. Kerr