just checked in to Roark Vacation Resort my home resort in Branson. Upon checking in I was directed to the concierge desk where, as expected, I was offered to go to Summer Winds sales office to have them update me on what their plans are for Roark; in exchange for free show tickets of course. As expected, it was a sales presentation to sell me into Summer Winds. Long story short, Summer Winds started explaining how because the previous owner let Roark get run down they are planning some multi-million dollar upgrade and are going to charge the owners like $8000 or $9000 in special assessments over the next 5 years to bring Roark up to date. Alas, they have a solution. They will offer me $10,000 for my Roark unit toward the purchase of a new Summer Winds unit etc., etc. Of course they are holding the THREAT of the special assessment over your head constantly. After refusing all their offers they started additional threats of lawsuits if I didn’t pay the assessments.
It just so happened that my daughter had went to a Summer Winds sales presentation the previous day and upon comparing notes found out that they had offered her the same deal and prices as they are offering us and she is not a Roark owner (I had told her about TUG so she knew better than to buy).
Don’t know how many people have already been scammed but there has to be some type of illegal marketing going on. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?
It just so happened that my daughter had went to a Summer Winds sales presentation the previous day and upon comparing notes found out that they had offered her the same deal and prices as they are offering us and she is not a Roark owner (I had told her about TUG so she knew better than to buy).
Don’t know how many people have already been scammed but there has to be some type of illegal marketing going on. Anyone else have any thoughts on this?