Capital Vacations Scams elderly couple- No surprise here News Story

[vacation911]

It made the news....Link below -

MSN

 

[pedro47]

I hope the Florida AG or The Florida Consumer Affairs Department will look into this scam of a high pressure sales. A another elderly couple have been abuse and pressured to buy a timeshare. IMHO
CAN YOU TRUST A TIMESHARE SALES PERSON WHEN THEIR LIPS ARE MOVING ??????, IMHO

 

[pedro47]

The BBB Rating for Capital Vacation is an A.

 

[dioxide45]

They talked about this and played the story on a recent podcast of Timeshare Solution or Surrender. There certainly needs to be some changes within the industry, but I also don't understand how you sign a whole set of documents with no idea what you are actually signing. If you don't have time to read through the contract then and there, you at least have several days after. Read, read read and never believe what the salesperson tells you verbally.

 

[Roger830]

The date on the contract is December 2023.
Too bad that there is no update.

 

[pedro47]

Question, why did this couple wait over two years to complain about this contract?

 

[Roger830]

Question, why did this couple wait over two years to complain about this contract?

Their story of not knowing that there was money involved is suspect because a 10% down payment of over $5500 was put onto a credit card.

 

[vacation911]

Their story of not knowing that there was money involved is suspect because a 10% down payment of over $5500 was put onto a credit card.

I agree....But just thought it was interesting it made the news. I had no idea it was from 2023. Yah its suspect they did not know there was any charge but put thousands down. If its from 2023 I guesss they misses the recission window. Too bad they didn't find TUG

They talked about this and played the story on a recent podcast of Timeshare Solution or Surrender. There certainly needs to be some changes within the industry, but I also don't understand how you sign a whole set of documents with no idea what you are actually signing. If you don't have time to read through the contract then and there, you at least have several days after. Read, read read and never believe what the salesperson tells you verbally.

I agree, but some victims are truly victims I think. They obviously had no clue, or that's what they are claiming now. I wonder if the exposure got them out or not.

 

[vacation911]

The BBB Rating for Capital Vacation is an A.

True but as you delve deeper. They have 1.2 out of 5 stars for their reviews....out of 600+ reviews.... really bad reviews but mostly about high pressure ect. Most people stop at the A rating, I guess. Not a fan of the BBB ratings system personally. I don't know much but it seems very pay to play.

 

[2rebecca]

They talked about this and played the story on a recent podcast of Timeshare Solution or Surrender. There certainly needs to be some changes within the industry, but I also don't understand how you sign a whole set of documents with no idea what you are actually signing. If you don't have time to read through the contract then and there, you at least have several days after. Read, read read and never believe what the salesperson tells you verbally.

I'm starting to wonder if anyone reads things before signing. On more than one occasion, the person on the other side of the table made a snappy remark when I started reading the documents instead of signing them. They want to rush me along with "it just says ...". I even had a lady at a closing company comment on my reading before signing when I was buying a house. I don't typically get into the fine print, but I check to ensure they fill in the "blanks" correctly and skim the document to ensure it is the standard language that I'm expecting. She even gave me the "you sign a document giving us permission to correct clerical errors" speech. I didn't feel bad when I pointed out she had the address of the property wrong and I wasn't signing until it was corrected.

 

[Fido Chuckwagon]

I also don't understand how you sign a whole set of documents with no idea what you are actually signing.

Almost everyone’s faculties decline with age, some more than others, and some very rapidly. Unfortunately this can happen to any of us when we get older.

 

[rickandcindy23]

This is why you keep your credit frozen, all of the time. No one can do this to you, if you are pro-active.

 

[jp10558]

This is why you keep your credit frozen, all of the time. No one can do this to you, if you are pro-active.

Yea, it saved me in a moment of weakness at HGVC in DC. I had somehow forgotten about TUG in there, then after I was like, yea I can't get a loan with my cellphone - and I remembered, wait - there was this forum I should read. Went on to buy resale (still got a bit hosed there from the broker, but much cheaper lesson learned).

 

[jp10558]

I'm starting to wonder if anyone reads things before signing. On more than one occasion, the person on the other side of the table made a snappy remark when I started reading the documents instead of signing them. They want to rush me along with "it just says ...". I even had a lady at a closing company comment on my reading before signing when I was buying a house. I don't typically get into the fine print, but I check to ensure they fill in the "blanks" correctly and skim the document to ensure it is the standard language that I'm expecting. She even gave me the "you sign a document giving us permission to correct clerical errors" speech. I didn't feel bad when I pointed out she had the address of the property wrong and I wasn't signing until it was corrected.

The amount of times AT WORK that I'm the only one who takes contracts seriously at all amazes me. Everyone is always like - oh, he's just a little odd reading those EULAs and contracts before agreeing to them - and sometimes NOT agreeing.