Timeshare Advocacy International

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

My last client got lied to so bad in Branson that it would make your head spin. Shame on her and her husband for falling for the scam, but no one has helped her to this point. She has been on numerous websites, forums and blogs, but that did not help her in dealing with the company itself. She was way outside the rescission period, by 7 months and felt that there were no other options. All I did was take the time to help her understand where she was misled and helped her draft up letters to the AG, BBB, the Real Estate Commission, and the company itself. They have not received anything back yet, but it now shows in their database that she will be reimbursed. All this took about 5 hours of my time and we are only charging her $279.00. I do not think that is a scam, but I will let her decide.

The Missouri AG has been more involved in correcting the vacation industry than any other. It helped make him governor.

So, your success here would not suggest similar success in, say, Florida.

Care to share a few more details. What company/resort. What the specific lies were, that made it stand out from all the others' lies?

[sean@timeshareadvocacyint Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sean@timeshareadvocacyint]

JLB,

You are right about the Missouri AG. They are aggressive in attempting to get results for issues concerning misrepresentation and fraud. As far as sharing the company, if you go to my website and read any of the blog articles, I never state the companies that are doing the fraud. The reason I have decided this is because I do not want those who are happy with the timeshare company to get the feeling that I am bashing any individual company.

The lies I can share. They did a few of the basic lies, guaranteed them that they would get a certain amount if they use their rental program. They got them lured in by telling them they missed an owners meeting that they were invited to. The meeting was to get their ownership corrected without any additional purchases. Then once they went to the sales department they told them that the resorts they did own were PIC resorts and in fact they were not and they knew it. We had email correspondence from the sales rep stating that they changed the documents. Pretty basic stuff, but the sales rep is still employed there. There were about five other issues that were the icing on the cake.

She has been dealing with the company for a long time. I am happy that we could help her.

Take care,
Sean

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I don't buy your unwillingness to name names . . . that is totally out of character for those purporting to be dragon slayers.

What you are describing sounds like what the MO AG has nailed a few companies for.

I have to assume that you are claiming credit for their work . . . unless you care to show otherwise.

missouri attorney general timeshare settlements - Google Search

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

OTOH, there's something about the motivation of a disgruntled employee seeking revenge.

[sean@timeshareadvocacyint Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close sean@timeshareadvocacyint]

Sorry you feel that way JLB, but I will not mention names. I have nothing to hide and slinging names around in my opinion is not productive. If I go on vacation and rent a timeshare and am treated in a less than ethical way with bad service that would be different and I would post that on my blog. If my clients want to mention their name that is their choice.

Yes, I could be considered a disgruntled employee, but I have something that is very helpful to those we are assisting and what I write about in my blog, and that is inside information. The other day I had a manager from the timeshare company I worked for call me and leave a very rude and threatening message on my voice mail. Evidently the timeshare company has a division that does nothing but read blogs, forums, and review websites to find out what their owners are complaining about.

[colinb Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close colinb]

timeshare-freedom does anyone know what is happening

Why don't you and slim get together?

PS: Sounds like stuff I've been doing for 15 years. I don't recall ever getting a fee.

timeshare-freedom does anyone know what is happening they are not answering calls or emails

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

timeshare-freedom does anyone know what is happening they are not answering calls or emails

What's that got to do with me . . . I haven't had timeshare freedom in more than 20 years.

BTW, I had a colinb a couple years ago and everything was OK.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Yeah Sean, things you blog on the Internet can piss people off.

Mostly when it is true and about them. Folks really don't like that.

[ka1998 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ka1998]

hhmmmm?

I understand that many of you are skeptical about us, but do everyone who reads the forum a favor and do your research before you make negative remarks. We do not charge anything upfront and do not get paid unless the owner, who has fallen outside their rescission period, gets their money back.

Additionally, we have researched literally hundreds of timeshare assistance companies that claim to give great support. They charge anywhere from $250 - $1000 up front to get things started. What they need that for, I do not know. Then they charge anywhere from 15 to 50 percent of the recovered money. That is a load of crap! Our highest fee after getting someone their money back is $379, and that is for a case that is the most difficult. Again, that payment is not until they get a final disposition, and their money back.

Look at the testimonials if you are in question and read what Mark Silverman of examiner.com has stated about us. He is about to do a more in depth article on us as well. Our website and services are as transparent as you will ever find. I believe that this forum does allow honest people who want to provide an ethical service.

I would love any and all inputs, but please review our site and our BIOS before blasting us.

Thank you,
Sean Austin, USN Retired
Co-founder of Timeshare Advocacy International

why is it that i am being charge $1,995 to start the procees to cancel my timeshare? i called they asked questions to see if i qualified to get help , i did qualify and told me it will be 1,995 to start the process..
the person i spoke to said this will cover everything but why am i being charged so much and upfront? if u say ur highest fee is 379? i did call timeshare advocacy international...

[ka1998 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close ka1998]

i have called timeshare advocacy int and they are charging me 1,995 upfront to cancel my timeshare

[tonyg Goomba & Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close tonyg]

Apparently this is just another con job that follows the premise of past get-you-out-of-timeshare scams. This rather new wrinkle seems to have disposed of the worthless vacation club the postcard companies like. Things must be tough in scamsville though, because the price of the con is now under $ 3,000.

[dougp26364 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close dougp26364]

Paying someone to give them power of attorney just to sell your timeshare, but you keep your name on the title until it actually sells, is a foolish thing for someone to do in order to get rid of their ownership. It seems like offering it for free on either TUG or right here would be a lot cheaper, even if you had to pay the closing costs to get it into someone elses name. And if no one will take it for free, do you really think paying someone $1,995 to do the same thing is going to be successful?

[Spence Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Spence]

why is it that i am being charge $1,995 to start the procees to cancel my timeshare? i called they asked questions to see if i qualified to get help , i did qualify and told me it will be 1,995 to start the process..
the person i spoke to said this will cover everything but why am i being charged so much and upfront? if u say ur highest fee is 379? i did call timeshare advocacy international...

apparently their busness model has changed in the past year.

i have called timeshare advocacy int and they are charging me 1,995 upfront to cancel my timeshare

Apparently this is just another con job that follows the premise of past get-you-out-of-timeshare scams. This rather new wrinkle seems to have disposed of the worthless vacation club the postcard companies like. Things must be tough in scamsville though, because the price of the con is now under $ 3,000.

You can tell this because why?
Sean thinks a perspective owner is the same a prospective owner and he signs his post USN retired to lend credibility to a timeshare deal??

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Wow, there's something about these revived old threads . . . I barely remember saying these things.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

A coincidence . . . they called me today . . . & I reported it to the National and State No Calls.