10 July

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He wanted to cancel his timeshare— he never saw the nightmare ahead

in Cultural Schemas, Timeshare Complaints, Timeshare News, Timeshare Scams

Article from Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press. Cancelling your timeshare can be a nightmare task. Make sure you always get help from a Timeshare lawyer when looking to exit your timeshare. Here is a nightmare story From Robert Allison, when looking to help to cancel their timeshare. Robert Allison isn't one to sit back and just take it when it comes to being ripped off by someone who promised to fix his troubles with his timeshares. Allison, 74, worked for years addressing fraud-related issues at car dealerships when he worked on the corporate audit staff for General Motors. He says "confrontation was part...

09 June

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Vacationers Scammed to Millions of Dollars to Timeshare Exit Businesses

Posted by Geron Evanson

in Legal Advice, Timeshare Complaints, Timeshare News, Timeshare Scams

Vacationers Scammed to Millions of Dollars to Timeshare Exit Businesses Article by ELIZABETH GARCIA AND JULIA CHERRY https://whnt.com/2019/06/08/vacationers-lose-millions-of-dollars-to-timeshare-exit-businesses/ Related article : A study in deceptive trade practices Hundreds of timeshare owners – from at least 46 states – have lost thousands of dollars each to timeshare exit businesses that set up operations in recent years in and around Springfield, Missouri. That is a key finding of a four-month Better Business Bureau investigation of the controversial industry by BBB Serving Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois. The results were published in a study entitled “Timeshare Exit Trap” (BBB.org/TimeShareExitStudy). The study highlights several cases where timeshare...

13 May

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The Aaronson Law Firm settles a lawsuit brought against it by Diamond Resorts International

Posted by Geron Evanson

in High Pressure, Legal Advice, Legal Advice, Timeshare News, Timeshare Vacations

Our law firm settles a lawsuit brought against it by Diamond resorts. Orlando, FL: For Immediate Release: The Aaronson Law Firm of Orlando has settled a lawsuit brought against it by Diamond Resorts International, Inc. Austin Aaronson, it’s managing owner, expressed “relief and gratification” in having defended the suit. “This result means that we can continue to represent any and all aggrieved timeshare owners with no restrictions whatsoever”. www.canceltimeshare.com is owned and operated by www.aaronsonlawgroup.com In recent years, the timeshare industry has endeavored to fight opposition by suing timeshare ‘exit’ companies, and even actual law firms, by means of litigation. The Aaronson firm is the...

21 September

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THE TIMESHARE INDUSTRY – A STUDY IN DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES

Posted by Geron Evanson

in Timeshare News

I. The Culture of the Timeshare Industry In a perfect, Platonian realm, the archetypical timeshare is not a bad thing. Not by a long shot. For example, you can vacation there only as often as you want. You share the cost of it with others, so it’s surely less expensive to maintain than say, a condo that you own outright. It’s already furnished and all decked out, so staying there is a turn-key proposition. And if it’s part of a resort network, you don’t have to go to the same old place year after year. No,...

31 August

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Timeshares Defined

Posted by Geron Evanson

in Timeshare News

The experiences of timeshare owners vary drastically with some satisfied with years of memorable vacations and others frantic to get rid of their timeshares. Why? What accounts for those different experiences? What is a timeshare? Basically, a timeshare is a form of shared ownership in a unit of vacation property that allows use of that property for a stipulated period of time. The daylight-to-dark ownership experiences often arise out of the type of ownership and the conditions surrounding the purchase of the timeshare. 4 Types of Timeshares Fixed Week - Predictable but lacking flexibility, the fixed-week timeshare is like a traditional...

29 August

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Sell My Timeshare?

Posted by Geron Evanson

in Timeshare News

That’s a central question among many timeshare owners today, and one of the first escapes they consider in the face of rising maintenance fees, special assessments and unavailable vacation destinations. Is it a logical step, though? Except for a few, highly-desirable resorts, the resale market represents a poor escape route for most timeshare owners. The most important issues affecting timeshare sale decisions include: the current resale marketplace, the location and legal restrictions of your particular timeshare and your original purchase price. Resale Marketplace Influences Despite incessant sales rep promises that underscore the appealing salability of your timeshare, several factors lessen that possibility. A...

27 August

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Deceptive Royal Holiday Club

Posted by Geron Evanson

in Timeshare Complaints

A Canadian resident warned unsuspecting buyers of Royal Holiday Club in his expansive post on TripAdvisor. Among his long list of complaints were problems our timeshare clients regularly encountered. No answers, no acknowledgment, no customer service Lies and unfulfilled promises from dishonest salesperson Premature credit charges of nearly $3,000 Fraudulent business practices - lack of full disclosure, outright lies Inability to access benefits promised “The world needs to be aware of the shady practices of this company . . .” Please call 407-439-0868 or email us today for your FREE legal consultation....

23 August

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Timeshare Sales Tactics Target Elderly and Disabled

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in Timeshare Complaints, Timeshare News, Timeshare Scams

Learn how Timeshare Sales Target Elderly and Disabled Of the many abuses of unscrupulous timeshare companies, preying on elderly consumers is one of the most loathsome. We learn of these traumatic circumstances far too often, when clients seek our assistance to cancel their timeshares. To best sketch that scenario, we will defer to some sage advice from a successful author to would-be writers. In his book, Secrets of Successful Fiction, author Robert Newton Peck advises writers to skip elaborating on the lush, sprawling beauty of the meadow in favor of showing the reader “… one butterfly landing on one bluet”. That same direction...

23 August

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Timeshare Resales: “Never Pay for a Promise”

Posted by Geron Evanson

in Timeshare News, Timeshare Scams

When looking to cancel your timeshare contract, timeshare resale companies will promise you everything that want to hear. What is a timeshare? Timeshares defined. That’s clear advice from none other than the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), and unfortunately “The Sunshine State” features plenty of shady timeshare characters with plenty of promises. That is especially true in the burgeoning vacation timeshare resale market. With the devastating real-estate melt down of 2007, many timeshare owners wanted to reduce their financial liabilities and sell their timeshares. Tied into a seemingly perpetual obligation with rising maintenance and exchange fees and little ownership value, sellers found this a...

23 August

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Timeshare Vacations – Missouri Complaints

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in Timeshare Complaints, Timeshare Vacations

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To inform the public of questionable, deceptive or unfair practices; the St. Louis Better Business Bureau (BBB) recently studied the significant volume of complaints against timeshare vacation developers in Missouri. They thoroughly reviewed over 900 timeshare complaints made to the Bureau and to the Missouri Attorney General – complaints that mirror those from every timeshare-heavy state! Deceptive timeshare sales practices Timeshare vacation owners reported the same kinds of abuses we consistently hear from our clients: Aggressive, high-pressure sales tactics Losses in the thousands of dollars Promises of guaranteed resales Failure to provide documents Escalating maintenance Fees Failure to release owners from contracts ...

Author: Geron Evanson