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Was contacted by the above organization (TCT) offering to transfer my timeshare to a charity for no upfront resale fee. That disarmed me. Some sort of administrative type fee of 2290 was casually mentioned later. I asked if that was $22.90, and the reply was just 2290, not $2,290. I took that to be an affirmation of $22.90. It was also represented that I had a certain number of days to have my attorney review the agreement. So I thought, what do I have to lose?

They conned me into signing the agreement electronically via online documents. When I had a chance to carefully review the documents later, the 2290 turned out to be $2,290, and there is no mention of any period during which I can revoke the agreement.

I sent a revocation of the agreement and other documents via registered email (RPost) later the same day. My credit card bank will not honor the charge. However, I'm afraid that TCT might sue me in Florida based on the agreement.

I should point out that I don't know whether TCT is legit or not. They may well be legit. But their phone scripting seems designed to get you to sign an agreement electronically while on the phone, leaving you with the thought that you can back out later once your attorney has had a chance to review the documents.

Has anyone had experience with this company? Is there a Florida statute that provides for a revocation period?
 
My $0.02 worth...

I don't know anything at all about these particular vermin, but I do know with the certainty of the sunrise that there are no legitimate "charities" that want any part of a timeshare ownership "donation", which is clearly not a "donation" at all but is instead the attempted transfer of an unwanted financial and contractual obligation and burden from the "donor" to someone else. By any standard, that sure ain't no "donation"...

While there is a 10 day cancellation / rescission period for timeshare purchases from developers in Florida, those particular Florida laws do not in any way apply to your described situation. You're wise to immediately pursue the credit card transaction invalidation route, since that may well be your one and only remaining avenue to challenge this tactical and financial error. After all, you voluntarily entered into this arrangement...

This entity is likely just another "Viking Ship" / "Relief" operation, which will a.) happily take a few thousand dollars of your money and then b.) attempt, via PoA, to dump the unwanted timeshare into a bogus, asset-free LLC (...i.e., onto a "Viking Ship", sailing off to nowhere with its' corpse on board...), thereby making that phony new "ownership" a real mess for the HOA to have to unravel --- and adding more unwelcome financial burden onto the shoulders of remaining fee-paying owners at that facility, whatever / wherever it may be.
 
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Timeshare Charity Transfer's website was created in February 2013 so they dont have a track record. However, looking at the "terms and conditions" located at the bottom of their website reveals some info about them:

  • Their terms and conditions warns you that you must accept their terms and conditions or you must not use their website. Uh oh, I continued to read their website...
  • They list their "legal" department as being at 2245 west 190th street in Torrance, CA. This is home to many other timeshare related companies including Timeshare Cure, The Cure Company, Transfer America, Transfer on the Spot, Right Choice Transfer.
  • The terms and conditions reveals at he end a contact of info@takemytimesharefast.com. That website is no longer active but a Google search reveals that name as an alternate name to Resort Owner Protection Services, LLC. Here is the BBB file for that company

http://www.bbb.org/central-florida/...er-protection-services-in-orlando-fl-90135324

  • That BBB file reveals another related company as being Timeshares Direct, Inc. that company is rated an F and there is a Governtment action involving that business. Here is that BBB file.

http://www.bbb.org/central-florida/...eting/timeshares-direct-in-orlando-fl-1068821

Here is a link to the suit against Timeshres Direct, Inc.

http://www.myfloridalegal.com/newsrel.nsf/vtimeshares/ef554e6af98d6ba8852577660051766f

Here is link to yet another lawsuit filed February 2013

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/florida/flmdce/6:2013cv00195/280562/

Why would anyone want to business with any company that seems to go out of their way to disguise who they really are by forming so many business entities?
 
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Another $0.02 worth...

sinc said:
<snip> ...I'm afraid that TCT might sue me in Florida based on the agreement. <snip>
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I wouldn't lose any sleep over the highly unlikely prospect of ever being "sued" by such parasites.
Outfits like this, particularly in FL, would rather be anywhere else other than the inside of a courtroom.
If they ever do get to court, it would most likely be as named defendants in a criminal case. :rolleyes:

If these parasites don't succeed in getting your money, they will just move on to "mark" someone else.
 
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Timeshare Charity Transfer--Watch This!!!

The following information can be verified by checking Sunbiz.org which is the Florida Corporations site and Florida Dept. of Agriculture which is the licensing body for telemarketing.
Timeshare Charity Transfer is just a fictitious name that falls under Sentra Oral Care. Owned by Jeffrey Frantz, attorney. The link to Timeshares to Charity is convenient because that is a virtually defunct company with an existing website that is owned by, guess who, Jeffrey Frantz, attorney. Now get this: Jeffrey Frantz also owns Timeshares by Owner, Timeshare Transfer Services and as of late, Disabled Veterans Assistance Association. Now do you get it?
Timeshare Charity Transfer telemarkets without a license using old customer contacts from Timeshares by Owner, says they will donate it to a veteran's charity (their own) and they get a big fee, the resort gets stiffed on maintenance fees and Jeffrey Frantz pulls off another scam with the State of Florida providing him with the corporate cover to do it.
Joseph Lattuga is his partner in Sarasota, Florida where a lame Vacation Club called Dream Vacation Passport is making inroads in getting upfront fees without a license to replace timeshare ownership with a membership to a discounted travel website. :banana:
 
Are the Frantz and MacMillan empires related? The legal department address is the location of the MacMillan companies. They could coincidentally be using the same dba. You have to run out of timeshare names eventually.
 
Interesting first post...

timeshare undercover said:
The following information can be verified by checking Sunbiz.org which is the Florida Corporations site and Florida Dept. of Agriculture which is the licensing body for telemarketing.
Timeshare Charity Transfer is just a fictitious name that falls under Sentra Oral Care. Owned by Jeffrey Frantz, attorney. The link to Timeshares to Charity is convenient because that is a virtually defunct company with an existing website that is owned by, guess who, Jeffrey Frantz, attorney. Now get this: Jeffrey Frantz also owns Timeshares by Owner, Timeshare Transfer Services and as of late, Disabled Veterans Assistance Association. Now do you get it?
Timeshare Charity Transfer telemarkets without a license using old customer contacts from Timeshares by Owner, says they will donate it to a veteran's charity (their own) and they get a big fee, the resort gets stiffed on maintenance fees and Jeffrey Frantz pulls off another scam with the State of Florida providing him with the corporate cover to do it.
Joseph Lattuga is his partner in Sarasota, Florida where a lame Vacation Club called Dream Vacation Passport is making inroads in getting upfront fees without a license to replace timeshare ownership with a membership to a discounted travel website.
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I can't / don't dispute any of your provided details; truth be told, I'm not sufficiently interested in the topic to even check any further. That being said however, I'm still curious as to your motivation to appear out of the blue with such extensive details in your very first TUG post on your very first day of TUG registration.

Care to share? :shrug::confused::shrug:
 
I just had a deed recorded for a Fla timeshare and already got a cold call from a scammer, so they apparently monitor the public records on timeshare deed changes. The first question was "do you enjoy your timeshare", when I said I love them he hung up, didn't give me a chance to play cat and mouse.
 
Oh for the good old days. Years past I successfully donated somewhere around 5 Weeks to legitimate charities. I don't remember paying them anything. If I did, it was minimal.

George
 
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