René Baron
Sep 2, 2018 · 2 min read

Currently someone has put a “Node.js Masterclass” course on Udemy, Skillshare, Pirple and others.
The course is excellent but expensive and the company/behind is VERY STRANGE:
I have bought and registered on this course on Pirple.com. The same course is available on https://www.skillshare.com and has expired on Udemy. I have been kicked out of the course after paying 100+$, just for mentioning that the discussion board on Pirple is “useless”. When trying to resolve this issue, Leslie, or whoever this person might be, has emailed me under different names. Also the registration-money has been transferred to a different name — not Leslie, not Pirple. . When claiming for further details, this guy/girl?? called me a Quote — “seriously mentally unstable person” and Quote — “I’m very much looking forward your lawsuit” and is spending hours to threaten me with police, once I should put a step on American soil (I am currently doing this every second month). So I am not sure, who this guy is and whether this masterclass is just a money laundry or somebody, who makes money with somebody else’s lessons. Leslie Lewis might not even exist in real life or — for any unknown reasons — must have deleted all virtual profiles.

In a nutshell: The course itself is excellent stuff. However this “Leslie Lewis” is and has remained unknown to me and the Bay Area Node community. Paying money to a potential money laundry/illigal content poster might fire back on you. So — be careful with this course. Something is VERY strange here where neither course owner nor hoster are willing to clarify the situation.

    René Baron

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