This is really starting to affect my motivation now, I feel like I've wasted an inordinate amount of time and money in recent months for what has been very little progress through no fault of my own, and there's no current indication of when I might actually get somewhere...
Don't get too despondent Ds3. I felt very frustrated in the time leading up to the skills test - I think there was a five or six week gap between the QCX and my skills test. It just makes all the sweeter when you finally get there.