M&JJ
TUG Member
I am having a helluva time completing a deal with this company and am ready to throw in the towel.
I purchased a week on ebay back in December of 2010 and paid (wherein I learned lesson #1) the related purchase price, transfer fees and closing costs within a weeks time. Prior to the end of December I also paid (again... lesson learned) the 2011 maintenance fees for the unit.... then... I waited.... and waited... and waited.
In the middle of January I received an email that the transfer documents were "still with the resort" and they would let me know when the transfer was complete. So I waited... and waited... and waited.
In the beginning of February I received an email from another individual from Property Relief that the other individual I was working with was no longer with the company so this person was my new contact. I asked how much longer this was going to take... no response. At the end of February I called Property Relief and left a message to please contact me. No response. I emailed the "new" contact as well... no response. I emailed the general email box I found on the link to the company's website in an email.... no response. So... I waited... and waited... and waited.
Mid March I emailed the individual from IA Vacations whom I had done the purchase through asking for assistance with getting contact from Property Relief. I received an email from this person that day saying he would be back in the office on Monday and have someone contact me. He also followed up on the Monday saying he would have someone contact me that day. I waited... and waited... and waited. (there is getting to be a pattern here).
10 days later I emailed my contact at IA Vacations again and received a response from a different individual that they would have someone from Property Relief contact me that day.... well lo and behold I got a call. I got a song and dance that the information took this long to get from the Resort and that now they needed my original signature on the document - that the scanned/emailed signature was not good enough - and that they were going to mail me the documents for my original signature. I asked that they scan and email me the documents for signature and I would mail them back the original to save time in waiting for post. They agreed. I waited... and waited... and waited.
Middle of April, I emailed the contact reminding them that they were going to email me these documents and I hadnt gotten anything yet. I was told that the originals were in the mail so I had "good clean copy" for signature. I was fed up... expressed my dismay and asked for a refund of all payments made. I was told that the orginals were mailed and asking if I received them yet (NO!!!). I again asked for a refund of all payments made.
Then I receive an email of the documents for my signature. (Funny... this couldnt be done before???). I see on this document that the seller changed from IA Vacations to another party whom I assume to be the owners who enlisted IA Vacations to help them sell their ownership. It would appear to me that IA Vacations never held title to this property and that perhaps this could be why the resort would not transfer the deed. I have again asked for a refund of all payments made. I have no intention of signing the transfer documents and (perhaps it is a pipedream) expecting a refund of all costs I paid.
Question:
If I do not sign these documents, what trouble can I get into?
(Im thinking none, as the original contract had IA Vacations as the seller so they listed themselves as the owner with title to the unit. I would think it is hard to enforce a contract where the seller has outright lied on the contract.)
What is the liklihood that I am going to see any of my money back?
thanks for reading my story. I welcome all comments while I wait... and wait... you get the picture.
I purchased a week on ebay back in December of 2010 and paid (wherein I learned lesson #1) the related purchase price, transfer fees and closing costs within a weeks time. Prior to the end of December I also paid (again... lesson learned) the 2011 maintenance fees for the unit.... then... I waited.... and waited... and waited.
In the middle of January I received an email that the transfer documents were "still with the resort" and they would let me know when the transfer was complete. So I waited... and waited... and waited.
In the beginning of February I received an email from another individual from Property Relief that the other individual I was working with was no longer with the company so this person was my new contact. I asked how much longer this was going to take... no response. At the end of February I called Property Relief and left a message to please contact me. No response. I emailed the "new" contact as well... no response. I emailed the general email box I found on the link to the company's website in an email.... no response. So... I waited... and waited... and waited.
Mid March I emailed the individual from IA Vacations whom I had done the purchase through asking for assistance with getting contact from Property Relief. I received an email from this person that day saying he would be back in the office on Monday and have someone contact me. He also followed up on the Monday saying he would have someone contact me that day. I waited... and waited... and waited. (there is getting to be a pattern here).
10 days later I emailed my contact at IA Vacations again and received a response from a different individual that they would have someone from Property Relief contact me that day.... well lo and behold I got a call. I got a song and dance that the information took this long to get from the Resort and that now they needed my original signature on the document - that the scanned/emailed signature was not good enough - and that they were going to mail me the documents for my original signature. I asked that they scan and email me the documents for signature and I would mail them back the original to save time in waiting for post. They agreed. I waited... and waited... and waited.
Middle of April, I emailed the contact reminding them that they were going to email me these documents and I hadnt gotten anything yet. I was told that the originals were in the mail so I had "good clean copy" for signature. I was fed up... expressed my dismay and asked for a refund of all payments made. I was told that the orginals were mailed and asking if I received them yet (NO!!!). I again asked for a refund of all payments made.
Then I receive an email of the documents for my signature. (Funny... this couldnt be done before???). I see on this document that the seller changed from IA Vacations to another party whom I assume to be the owners who enlisted IA Vacations to help them sell their ownership. It would appear to me that IA Vacations never held title to this property and that perhaps this could be why the resort would not transfer the deed. I have again asked for a refund of all payments made. I have no intention of signing the transfer documents and (perhaps it is a pipedream) expecting a refund of all costs I paid.
Question:
If I do not sign these documents, what trouble can I get into?
(Im thinking none, as the original contract had IA Vacations as the seller so they listed themselves as the owner with title to the unit. I would think it is hard to enforce a contract where the seller has outright lied on the contract.)
What is the liklihood that I am going to see any of my money back?
thanks for reading my story. I welcome all comments while I wait... and wait... you get the picture.
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