I don’t know much about this specifically, but I wouldn’t be so quick to poo poo this. It appears like they may have ABS affiliation, which would be a big deal if so. There are only a few places in the country (like New England School of Metalwork) that are accredited to teach the ABS courses. If you don’t live close enough to one of those and want an affiliated course this could be interesting. There is also the time factor. There are places that teach small weekend courses, and places like New England School of Metalwork have non ABS classes that are a week long. The ABS course is two weeks though. Official ABS courses not only have a certain level of credibility but can also reduce the time wait to JS test if that is something someone is interested in pursuing. As to cost. A weekend course will run you $200-$300 at most places, and I think the official ABS courses are $1k or more. In that context, while expensive it doesn’t seem completely unreasonable.