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    Jem P.

    The business is unbelievably unprofessional. The business number is the cell # of the owner, Craig who is also the instructor. He did not even set up his voice mail box, so when you call, you'll continually get a message saying that the voice mail is not set up (he might set up AFTER reading this review). Nobody answers the call, no email gets answered except for informing the initial money receipt and scheduled driving lesson time for your child. The website looks fancy and 30 some people gave 4-5 rating stars on Google, so I booked the driving lesson for my son without knowing the truth. (I see Yelp got 23 people who gave all 5 stars with a business that you can never reach??) The website says "we PROVIDE free pick up and drop off service"; but I've never received any call, email response (he said he's going to call for another date, but never did or answered my question about it), or text message before the initial lesson time (and remember you can never reach him), so we went to the office address on Google for the scheduled driving lesson time. What else can I do when you can never reach anyone and no email response? My son and I waited there for 15 minutes and I called multiple times and the owner never answered the call. He called back only after I emailed saying we're waiting at the building. He came 25 minutes later and became ballistic because I said on the phone worrying that I thought it was a scam at first because there was nobody answers calls or emails and also the office was locked. He neither apologized for not getting back to the customer nor not showing up for the lesson on time. Do NOT be a victim of these 4-5 star ratings. If I let him go, I could never reach this owner=driving school, so I demanded the refund of $485 to be processed at the spot in front of me.

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    Stop looking. Great School! Fast Service and friendly staff. My son passed is DL Exam first try.

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    They were very accommodating and professionals. I highly recommend the school. My son passed with ease

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    Taught my son how to drive .. Saved me a bunch of grey hair. Instructions and instructors are very good and very informed.

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    Craig was very knowledgeable, respectful, and knew exactly how to teach so that I would be comfortable driving.

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