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Couple Who Wanted Out of Timeshares Never Predicted Nightmare Ahead
By Susan Tompor/ USA Today/ Money/ MSN/ msn.com
"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 of my day business."
So when he and his wife, Suzann, went on vacation to Branson, Missouri, last summer, he drove about an hour to the offices of Vacation Consulting Services in Missouri to get to the bottom of why the couple still wasn't able to unload two of three timeshares in different states after they paid thousands of dollars to do so a year earlier.
"We stopped in and, boy, were they surprised," Suzann Allison said.
"You just do what you've got to do," Robert Allison added.
Robert Allison's story is one of hundreds of complaints filed in an ongoing saga involving several Missouri-based third-party companies that hold seminars, use high-pressure sales tactics and charge exorbitant upfront fees to help consumers get out of timeshares...."
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Richard
By Susan Tompor/ USA Today/ Money/ MSN/ msn.com
"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 of my day business."
So when he and his wife, Suzann, went on vacation to Branson, Missouri, last summer, he drove about an hour to the offices of Vacation Consulting Services in Missouri to get to the bottom of why the couple still wasn't able to unload two of three timeshares in different states after they paid thousands of dollars to do so a year earlier.
"We stopped in and, boy, were they surprised," Suzann Allison said.
"You just do what you've got to do," Robert Allison added.
Robert Allison's story is one of hundreds of complaints filed in an ongoing saga involving several Missouri-based third-party companies that hold seminars, use high-pressure sales tactics and charge exorbitant upfront fees to help consumers get out of timeshares...."
© Provided by Gannett Co., Inc.
Richard