David Lu - Aust-china English Training School

[Toffa]

I have been in Hefei for 2 months so far. The first 2 months were a complete night mare thanks to David Lu and his shitty, smelly little school. Many of you will know him and have probably worked for him before. I thought I would warn those that haven't.

I was promised a fully furnished house. 2 months later and all I had was a bed. For my first week I had to bath in a bucket of water. Lucky the school smelt so bad the kids didn't notice my stenching pits.
I was warned about him not paying about a week before pay day. Wasn't really willing to leave and receive nothing with one week left. In the end the people that warned me were right. David Lu currently owes me about 10 000 yuan. Which I will not get because he has disappeared. The Chinese teachers have told me that they think he has run away. So maybe this warning is to late or pointless.

Beware of a short fat man that says yeah em em em yeah em em em.

[rgeczi]

I know him very well.  I worked for a company called "Sino-Can Bilingual Kindergarten" for the 2002-2003 school year.  It was my first year in China.  At the time, the foreign department was handled by a Canadian expat, and the salary was paid by David.  We never had a problem with salary in terms of late payments or whatnot, but this was a long time ago, and with a different setup.  After Sino-Can quit doing there thing at that location, David started up this Aus.-China school, the one you are talking about.  This was his own venture, from what I knew of, so without the help from an expat to keep an eye on things at the management level, maybe things did go downhill. 

I met him at a market near the school there, and he took me back to show me around.  At the time, I didn't think it was too bad, but then again, maybe things went downhill after that.  Well, if any bad things happen, I hope they don't reflect a worker that I know worker there, possibly managed it to some extent as well.  Her english name is Hillary.

Toffa, I think you know who I am talking about.  Was she still there when you taught?  This is just something I would like to know, not someone I am trying to track down.

Anyways, good luck with your situation.

[Tim S. Mercurio]

David Lu?

he is a cheat!

never work for aust china or any of his affiliates

oh my god

here is my number 13675609007

dude i had warned many other's but i guess not quick enough in the past 3 months

he never pays his wife
so what do you think of him paying the chinese or foreign expat

he owes people/government money and taxes as well





ok

there were about 3 other's including me,

about 2 -3 years ago but david did not run it or own it

it was enother chinese but he left for australia

and yes thats the idiot he never left he only goes to two places

guangzhou where that fat filth is from and hefei where his wife and kid lives

his english is not so great and he squeals like a pig if he feels that a foreigner esp. like me will talk with the police

" he hates that" then pays up

but 10,000 rmb will not show up

i know someone and he is chinese yet he is owed more than that or so also talk with aussie mike, he was the last to leave that stinking school

by the way that is the new school you'r talking about he changed location

if you tried calling " i bet he said he was out of town?"

well if you have an ear then you will know

[Toffa]

Yeah Tim, You summed him up pretty well. I spoke to Aussie Mike about him. His story is just as bad as mine.

Rgeczi, Hilary was not working there when I was there. She obviously got out before me.

[Tim S. Mercurio]

for a better feel on modern topics

here is a sheet of blacklisting on training school many are reliable and cut to the point on why

http://www.bearcanada.com/esl/blacklist.html


currently it is under going construction

though there are better sites but you may contact any expats or google for now

good luck!


p.s. great sourcing is away to do better research

i.e. http://www.bearcanada.com/esl/bl01.html

second url of that i gave to you but aliases



that's right! put whats been wrong in the world and make a mockery of it!

[henry]

lol, same DAVID,!!!!

i got a friend who he owes like 15k.
he even moved from his house some weeks ago and now nowhere to be found.

[Tim S. Mercurio]

well he is from guangzhou

he is in his 30's he is  a fat man

a "loser"

owes too much to be thought of

hasn't a clue about society

has a baby girl

his wife is hefei people abit on the lump side

"hmm expat Authoritarian profile"


race: chinese
geographic nation: cantonese
language: guangdong hua/cantonese,putonghua/mandarin and some basic english

hair:black
nose: snout
eyes: brown
clothes: unknown
location : family in hefei and guanzhou
english name: david lu
aliases: mr.lu , david, smug ,
chinese name: who cares
drinks: wine,coffee,hot water
food: baby dumplings,??

[henry]

Lmao!
a full profile!!

[Observer]

This Man is nothing but a criminal.

His history is proof of this.

This man needs to be shut down or possibly even put down.

Chinese staff, as well and foreign staff are rarely paid on time or in full.

There are many more stories which have not been published.

His website is impressive with features about false advertising and photos with PSB officials and many good looking white foreigners teaching in clean, bright, attractive classrooms.  He features more white female foreigners on his website than there are in Hefei.

This man and his school should be avoided unless you like to work for free or hand money over for servises which will never be delivered.

[Aussie Mike]

My advice from experience is...

Steer well clear of this man.

He is a compulsive l liar.
The company itself called me but nothing was followed through.

In my contract dealings with the operator, he has demonstrated that he is not trustworthy and conducts business in a very dishonest manner.  I’m posting this complaint as I believe that all foreigners and relevant government departments should be made aware of this man to prevent the dilemmas and expense that he has brought upon me.

Throughout my contract period, David consistently mislead, distorted perspectives and blatantly lied about any issue that was raised. A continuous issue was payment. Whenever it was time to collect, on the occasion when David could be found, he always had reasons why he couldn’t pay and consistently tried to underpay, he continuously delayed payments for months. He did this with all staff and continues this trait today.

Although I spent most of my contract time dealing with his compulsive lying and overdue salary, the main issue I have with this man relates to the end of the contract period when I requested a number of things including,

1.   all my documents
2.   all my teaching resources be returned to me
3.   my overdue salaries be paid in full
4.   for him to give me the required letter of employment for me to be able to sign a contract with a different school and apply for a new Foreign Expert’s Certificate and Visa.

 
He refused to co-operate. 

1.   He would not answer or return calls or messages. 
2.   He withheld my original University Degrees and told me he did not have them.
3.   He refused to return my personal possessions, an extensive collection of teaching resources and told me he didn’t know where they were.
4.   He refused to write the required letter and told me, if he did, he would only write bad things.
5.   He refused to pay money owed.

David was fully aware that I was negotiating a contract with another school and that I required my original degrees and the letter of employment to process my applications as he was also aware of the expiry date for my visa.

After many attempts via intermediaries, David agreed to write the letter however;
•   I had to forfeit my due salary.
•   I had pay him another RMB1800. (1800 being a lucky number in China).
•   He continued to deny he had my degrees and
•   He still claimed he did not know where my possessions were.

With this letter, my Foreign Experts Certificate application could be processed but was stopped on the day my visa expired, due to not being able to produce the original teaching degrees.

In early May, 2 weeks after my visa expired, David contacted me and said he had my degrees and requested that I judge an English competition for him.  I have to think that he deliberately withheld my degrees till after my visa expired and only offered them back to me as an incentive to be a judge and possibly to show he had control.  He still claims he does not know where my possessions are.

The consequence of his actions has caused excessive concern and stress for many people and has amounted to a personal cost in excess of 10,000 RMB as well as creating a difficult relationship with the new school I contract to but more importantly, the difficulties created and time spent by the government departments to resolve these visa issues.

[Observer]

This man had a foreigner deported.

Mr Lu owed the foreigner a large amount of money but refused to pay it.
When the foreigner went to Mr Lu's place he got upset and was removed by the police and deported.

It seems difficult to talk with this man without losing your cool.

[Tim S. Mercurio]

ok ok, btw as much as i know alot of these fools here in hefei
esp. the likes of david and his kinds

hmmm still no one had told me his website so if by all means some one who knows it please may i have it ??

thanks and oh yes btw if its not too much of a problem may i have that expats name?

i cant believe that an expat got deported anyways i hear that hefei will be tightened up real soon on foreign invitation's  etc etc.
and many i suppose would have to go to their home country??? to update visa?

well during some one next time take some pix of smell home roach infested home and or school and give out the link......

or is he still in shi fu guang chang area behind the building near the school???


and yes i have warned people too many times but no one ever listens???

[Tim S. Mercurio]

so what i would tell those chinese teachers is if he runs away and not come back

give the school to me ( tim ) hahaha

or just close the doors and smell ya' later

sorry to the parents who waste their money but hell if i ran that school i would rebuild it from scratch and tell the parents that this school has new laws in effect and no one leaves with out getting paid.

and of course mr.lu will be banned from coming in and well if i see him
hmmmmm_""">>>??

[Aussie Mike]

I heard that the doors are already closed.

However, the owners of the franchise had to keep hin employed because he had all the information of the school and he would not release it to the rightful owners unless they kept him employed, so they gave hin a position away from the public.

Still the school closed!

The owners did not do what they promised me they would do.

I still do not have any of my teaching resources or money owed, or any confidence that this school is of any reputation.

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For this reason and many other situations experienced by foreigners, I've decided to create a section for ranking schools.
Some schools are really good to work for... We need to hear about them.

[Aussie Mike]

The last I heard is that this man had to leave Hefei. No forwarding address.