I don't think that either on this thread, or any of the many previous posts about dodgy experiences training in the US, that EASA or (any of the other FTOs) will rip-off/mess-about every customer they get. If that was the case, it wouldn't take long before no one would be going, regardless of price or amount of advertising.
I've got no personal experience of the schools doing JAA courses in FLA, all the flying I've done in the US (~100 hrs over 15 years) has been done at establishments offering FAA training.
However it does appear that a significant minority of the students going to EASA come away very dissatisfied. I was once told the measure of a business isn't how many happy customers there are, it's how they deal with it when things go wrong. Bearing that in mind, I'd be avoiding some FTOs.