ITRA | Why File a Timeshare Class Action Lawsuit?

ITRA (international timeshare refund action) and Owners Action have been filing class action lawsuits for people who have been involved in Timeshare fraud for over 5 years now. There have been many Timeshare complaints about deception, fraudulence and a pattern of abuse by people in the Timeshare industry, but you need not worry because you can take action.

ITRA is the best option since it is cheaper than instituting legal action by yourself, you will get the best lawyers from the likes of ITRA and Owners Action, and you will get unparalleled convenience. You are more likely to get a Timeshare refund in a law firm because your legal team will be more formidable compared to an individual lawyer. Why should you take action against those in the
Timeshare industry if you are a victim of Timeshare fraud?

You should take action because under the law, you have the right to seek Timeshare refund as well as to get compensation for the distress and damages if the timeshare purchase is not of merchandisable quality.

Taking class action is allowed in England and Wales under GLO (group litigation order). You can even participate in a class action lawsuit if you are outside England and Wales, provided the defendant is within the territories.

You should take action because it will not be detrimental to your pockets. Under the GLO, the class action will be handled on a no-win no-fee basis. This means the lawyers will only get a fraction of the payout if you win the case and will not get anything if you lose. The ITRA and Owners Action fund the claim and offer support throughout the case. 

Filing a Timeshare class action lawsuit is important because you will recover any investment that you will have made. This could prevent your financial ruin, especially if you are a pensioner.
Suing the guilty party is important because you will feel good about it, even if you do not win.

Instituting legal proceedings is a way of raising awareness about Timeshare fraud. By raising awareness, you will be helping others avoid falling into the same trap you fell into. You should take legal action because there is precedence of huge payouts. Provided you have a strong case, you are almost assured of a payout. Taking part in a class action lawsuit is important if you do not have a very strong case since you will ride on the stronger cases of other Timeshare fraud victims.

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ITRAs objective is to support the consumer in timeshare disputes. We have discovered a pattern of abuse, deception and even fraudulent issues that have been systematically perpetrated by many of the major timeshare industry players to the detriment of owners.

ITRA - What Makes a Good Timeshare Refund Claim Funder?

You should take legal action if you have such Timeshare complaints as problems disposing or transferring points or weeks, interest rates that are exorbitantly high in financial institutions that were introduced by marketers, escalating maintenance fees above inflation, and problems getting selected balanced exchanges from exchange companies.


The best way to go about suing players in the Timeshare industry is through Timeshare class action. In English and Welsh courts, the group litigation order (GLO) guides these lawsuits. You could also participate in a lawsuit from outside England and Wales if the defendant is English or Welsh. Filing a lawsuit when you have just lost your money is not feasible and it is often necessary that you get help from Timeshare claim funder. As the term suggests, a claim funder funds your entire case for a fee if you win. So, what makes a good Timeshare fraud claim funder?

ITRA - Tips on Hiring a Lawyer for Timeshare Class Action from Owners Action

There are many reported cases of deception, abuse, and even fraudulent activities by timeshare industry players. Other timeshare complaints that have been reported include exorbitant interest rates by finance companies that are promoted by marketers, maintenance fees that are always increasing, transfer and disposal of points and weeks problems, and problems obtaining selected balance exchanges. If you have been a victim, you could seek legal redress. Other than fighting timeshare fraud, a timeshare class action will help you get a timeshare refund.

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You could file an individual lawsuit, but a class action lawsuit has more advantages since you can access a more qualified lawyer, you get to share litigation fees, and you do not need to pay if you lose the case since the class action lawsuit lawyer will only be paid a commission if you win the case. So, how do you go about hiring a class action lawsuit lawyer to handle Timeshare fraud?

Tips on Avoiding Timeshare Fraud from International Timeshare Refund Action

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There has been an increase in timeshare complaints. People are complaining of abuse, timeshare fraud such as shady collection firms like QVC or Quality Vacation Club, high interest rates by financiers recommended by marketers, complex Internet advertising scams, and being lured by timeshare representatives using bribes. Other complaints are escalating maintenance fees, problems with the transfer and disposal of points and weeks, and problems getting selected balanced exchanges from exchange companies.
You could avoid seeking a timeshare refund in the first place by avoiding buying on the spot. Any company that pressures you into buying a timeshare on the spot is most likely up to no good. Companies or Resorts (such as Disney) will gladly give you a number to their sales office if they cannot get you to buy then and there, but scam companies are not likely to take no for an answer.

Have a lawyer review the contract. If you are going to be bothered into signing a contract, at least make sure the company allows you to have a lawyer review it before you give in and sign on the dotted line. A trained eye will be able to tell in a heartbeat whether a deal is legitimate, so do not leave it up to chance. If the company will not give you a copy for your lawyer to examine, odds are they are crooks.

Research the company. With the emergence of smart phones, this step has never been easier. While listening to the presentation, conduct an internet search on the company. Pay attention to any testimonials you come across. Odds are if this company scammed someone before, the victim will have made a public complaint online. If you are not at the presentation, and are speaking to a sales person over the phone, just use your home computer.

Always read the fine print. This tip even applies to legitimate companies, but it is especially important when you suspect the deal might be a scam. There might be hidden fees or other such traps in your contract, so be diligent when reading. Do not skip a single word, especially if it is in smaller print.

Never pay an up-front fee. If a timeshare resale company requires a payment up-front before the timeshare sale is final, walk away. The timeshare resale company may call the fee by any number of different names such as an appraisal fee, a market analysis fee, an initial advertising fee, or something similar. If there is any type of fee that requires a prepayment before the timeshare is sold, the consumer is likely to lose that money and never get their timeshare sold.
Check with consumer protection agencies. Another important tip is that you should not believe everything timeshare presentations promise. Always be sceptical, particularly avoiding anything that promises you too much too quickly.

International Timeshare Refund Action

If you feel you may have been scammed, you need not spend a fortune filing a timeshare law suit. With the increase in timeshare complaints, Owners Action and International Timeshare Refund Action (ITRA) are offering the opportunity for timeshare owners to participate in a timeshare class action.

To find out more, visit the ITRA website

ITRA - Timeshare fraud victims targeted by double-dip scam

Fraudsters are offering to secure compensation for timeshare owners desperate to escape a holiday property contract – in return for a further fee.

ITRA – Righting the wrongs with Timeshare

Timeshare owners who have fallen victim to fraudsters offering to sell their contracts in exchange for a fee are being targeted a second time by the same crooks promising they can obtain compensation – for a further fee of at least £500.

Timeshares, also known as "fractional ownership", became popular in the UK in the 1980s when waves of Brits snapped up shares in holiday apartments at European coastal resorts, typically in Spain and Portugal. According to the latest European Timeshare Industry Report, Britons and the Irish form the largest market in Europe, with 589,653 timeshare owners out of a European total of 1.5 million.

People buy a share in the property for a set number of weeks each year, usually paying a one-off lump sum. In return they get the right to use their annual weeks in the apartment, either for a fixed number of years or, more commonly, "in perpetuity". On top of the lump sum, timeshare owners must pay annual maintenance charges, which often increase substantially each year.

Contracts written in perpetuity are difficult to break. Many retired timeshare owners are locked into paying high annual fees for an entitlement to holiday properties they do not want. In many cases, these are passed on to family members when the original purchaser dies.

The problem is exacerbated because timeshare contracts are notoriously hard to sell. The company that sold the timeshare may agree to buy it back, or a resale company might find a new buyer – but the price owners get is usually much lower than the one they paid. Worse, bogus resale companies are prolific, offering to find a buyer if owners give them an upfront payment, then disappearing with the cash.

This happened to Craig Williams and his wife Jacquie from Kinross, who have a timeshare at the Moness resort in Aberfeldy, Perthshire. The couple were cheated out of £500 in 2006 by a company called Yacht Trading. It failed to find a buyer for the Williams's timeshare and never paid back their £500. Yacht Trading was wound up in the high court in early 2008, following a government investigation.

Recently the Williams were again contacted by a timeshare-related company, this time called Asset Accountancy Services (AAS). The company claimed it was in a position to retrieve the money the couple had lost in the Yacht Trading scam.

"The salesman told us there was a £4.5m pot of money available to compensate people who had been conned and promised us £2,717.10, which was a lot more than we had lost," Williams said.

"I instantly thought it must be a scam, even though the guy on the phone was professional and gave us his company registration number to reassure us. He also gave my wife the number of the 'Legal Time Share Advisory Bureau' in Gateshead, which he said was some kind of government body for timeshare organisations. But when we rang it later, the woman on the line did not sound very authentic."

The Legal Time Share Advisory Bureau does not appear to have any kind of presence on the internet and when AAS called back, Williams challenged the salesman. "The man said it wouldn't have a website because it was a government body." He then asked the couple to buy £500 in vouchers from online payment service Ukash to cover administration fees, and to call the claims management company back with the voucher codes. Williams suspected they would never see the £500 again if they proceeded.

"At that point I said it all sounded like another scam. He asked who I was so I pretended I was a trading standards officer, at which point he began getting aggressive, especially when I wouldn't give him my name. He must have figured it out because at the end of the call he said: 'You're nothing but a twat. We've got your wife's number now so we'll make sure she gets lots of calls.' It was very threatening."

David Hunter, chief executive of Ukash, said: "We're aware and clearly concerned about fraudulent activity of this type but, for us it's impossible to differentiate between genuine and malicious transactions."

He said if consumers reported a fraudulent transaction to Ukash within eight hours, there was a 50% chance they could stop it going through. He advised people to check the Ukash security tips for more safety advice.

Double-scamming of victims is nothing new. In early March we reported on victims of telephone fraudsters selling bogus energy-saving devices, who were being targeted by the same people claiming to offer compensation. Trading standards warned that the bogus "claims management companies" were offering to secure up to £3,000 in compensation in return for an initial outlay of £300.

Asset Accountancy Services gives an estate in Colchester as its address, but according to Companies House the company has changed premises five times since November 2011. When the Observer tried to get in touch, the phone line was dead.

A spokesman for the Timeshare Association (Tatoc), a consumer association that can help with resales and timeshare problems, said Asset Accountancy was a name that had only recently cropped up. "We've had a few calls about this one now, but all these firms are completely bogus and consumers need to stay away," he said.

"They start off asking for £350 to £500 upfront, but then they will come back and claim they have retrieved £20,000 of compensation for a consumer before demanding £3,000 to £4,000 in order to 'pay the tax'. This is where the real sting takes place. "These tend to be companies who were involved in the original reselling scam, suddenly popping up as a legal recovery specialist a few years later – that's how they have their list of potential targets."

A new EU directive, which all member states had to adopt by February 2011, bans resale companies from levying charges until the actual sale has taken place or the contract has been otherwise terminated. This will help put a stop to widespread fraudulent activity from resale predators, but will do little to prevent bogus companies from contacting previous victims.

The directive also includes rules that might help protect buyers and their families being lumbered with timeshare contracts indefinitely. For example, traders must provide comprehensive pre-contractual information so consumers can make an informed choice prior to being bound by any contract, and there is a universal 14-day cooling-off period during which consumers can pull out of the deal at no cost.

Grace Kerr, a property lawyer at Birketts solicitors, said: "It's very difficult to break a timeshare contract written in perpetuity. The new EU directive will help as it offers greater protection for new purchasers, but existing owners have few options. They can try selling to someone else or handing back ownership to the timeshare organisation (some are better than others and will allow this, usually if the owner is over 75 or unable to use their timeshare), or renting their weeks to someone else, which might help ease the burden.

"Failing that, they could walk away and simply stop paying the fees, but this would be breach of contract and they would probably face legal action. That only leaves the option of claiming misrepresentation, if they can prove they were told the purchase was something it is not, such as an investment, which might work. If the timeshare property is in the UK, the Trading Standards Institute might be able to help."

Tatoc warns against directly contacting any company that promises to cancel your timeshare agreements at low cost. It advises timeshare owners to call its own helpline (Tel 0845 230 2430) to check first. Citizens Advice says anyone thinking of selling their timeshare should talk to one of its advisers, and also recommends Tatoc.

Craig Williams said that he had contacted us to ensure that no vulnerable people fall victim to the double-dip scam. "If I can help stop one granny from being scammed out of her money, it will be worth telling my story," he said. "I wonder how many people got caught out on the day we were cold-called."

Source: Guardian

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To find out more about the International Timeshare Refund Action visit our website www.itra.net

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Timeshare Complaints –Timeshare Does Not Die With You!

The following letter was published by the Guardian together with their comprehensive reply. This story is sadly typical of the situation Owners Action hear from many disgruntled timeshare owners.

My wife's mother died recently and included in her estate was a week at a timeshare property in Scotland that she and her late husband had bought in 1988. When my wife informed the company, Macdonald Hotels, the owner had died she was told that her parents had bought the timeshare in perpetuity and that she and her two sisters were now liable to pay the annual maintenance fee, currently £450. Not only do they have to pay this ever-increasing annual amount but our children would become liable to pay them when we die and so on for time ever more. BL, High Wycombe, Bucks

With contracts written in perpetuity timeshare ownership does not disappear when you die. Many people who bought timeshare are now retired and cannot afford the annual charge, often for a property they no longer visit, but have yet to realise the appalling legacy they will leave.

Macdonald Hotels admitted that selling timeshare is difficult and it might take some time to sell this out-of-season week. Occasionally, some go at auction for almost nothing but that does at least free you from the annual charge.

I wondered if it is possible for a timeshare owner to avoid passing on the liability to beneficiaries. You can't simply leave the timeshare out of your will because it is still part of your estate. Nor can you choose to leave it to "no one". Executors are responsible for administering the estate and also for paying the liabilities, which includes ongoing annual fees. They do not have to use their own money but would have to liquidise other assets in the estate to pay fees until the timeshare is sold.

Your wife and her sisters could refuse to accept the timeshare but they would have to renounce their entire inheritance. They can't cherry pick the assets they want.

Another thought is donating the timeshare to someone with whom you have no connection, perhaps the supreme leader of North Korea. Some owners had managed to leave their timeshare to dubious characters in eastern Europe, through a PO Box number, but this idea is flawed. Macdonald charges an annual amount split between the owners – so the fewer who pay, the more it costs the others. To complicate matters further, the constitution says you can only sell your timeshare to approved people.

Macdonald has told you it is considering whether to accept back the weeks, paying you nothing in return, but first every owner, possibly 52 people, would have to agree to surrender their ownership or switch to a different property.

source: www.guardian.co.uk

One of the commonest timeshare complaints is that contracts pass to timeshare owners’ heirs when they die, who are then obliged to keep up the maintenance fees, which often increase at a much higher rate than inflation.

 

At Owners Action, we seek to support the consumer in timeshare disputes. To learn more about our services, visit www.ownersaction.com

Timeshare Fraud! Timeshare rep Claims Timeshare can Cure Cancer

The following article, published by www.moneysavingexpert.com, struck such a chord with us at International Timeshare Refund Action (ITRA) that we’ve reproduced most of it here.

Timeshare rep claimed: timeshare = no cancer

Pushy timeshare reps often use bribes to lure unsuspecting holidaymakers into parting with their life savings. But unfortunately for them, they’d picked up a MoneySaver…

On a recent trip to California, I was asked to see a quick presentation in return for a totally free, no-strings-attached $100 gift card. My MoneySaving antenna popped up – the notorious timeshare freebie. I’d heard reports from those who’ve attended property sales pitches just for these bribes, so decided to give it a go.

Little did I know I was in for a three-and-a-half-hour sales ordeal that would use my own cash to hold me to ransom. They even claimed timeshares prevent cancer.

As I told them quite frankly at the outset, I had absolutely no intention of buying anything and was purely in it for the freebie. They were magnanimous – “That’s fine! There’s absolutely no pressure.” Considering the Rambo-esque sales tactics that followed, I’ve since decided they don’t consider anything short of a punch in the face as ‘pressure’.

Before I was allowed to attend, they checked I had all the ingredients for a mammoth impulse buy: earning above a threshold, partner in tow, and carrying an approved payment method. We were cheerfully packed into a minibus with a dozen other couples and told to enjoy our ‘free treat’ (final check: “Did you all say you have Mastercard? Good.”)

The minibus pulled up at a new hotel building, where we were herded upstairs to a windowless, low-ceiling conference room crammed with sales staff. Here are the tricks used in the sales pitches that followed, and more importantly, the survival strategies we used to grab the freebie and run.

The tactics they used:

• The show ain’t over till they say so. On arrival, we had to put down a refundable cash deposit of about $50 and sign a form saying we would forfeit this, and the promised gift card, if we left before the timeshare pitch was finished (which had no specified end time – eek). There was no mention of this when we signed up, so we had no choice but to pay up or leave.

  Incidentally, I say ‘about $50′, as bizarrely, neither myself or my partner can remember exactly how much it was. I can only assume it’s because a) it was sprung on us with absolutely no warning or b) the ensuing sales onslaught triggered a mild form of retrograde amnesia.

• Wear ‘em down. The sales pitch started late in the morning and lasted several hours into the afternoon. We were greeted with tea and coffee at the start, but there were no further refreshments, nowhere to get lunch – and if you didn’t want to forfeit your freebie and deposit, no way to leave without their approval.

• Divide and conquer. There were two parts to the pitch, starting with a presentation. Each couple was instantly assigned their own sales rep, who followed them throughout (more on this delightful practice later), and insisted on sitting with them during the presentation. Maximum sales patter, minimum privacy.

• Share the love. Having stated only couples could attend the day, we were all made to publicly declare our love – one couple at a time, moving around the room – followed by a kiss. I’m not joking. Each was accompanied by loud, satisfied ‘aaaaahs’ from the sales staff, and immediately used for the “if you love them, you’ll buy them a timeshare” tactic.

• Free chocolate. All at MSE Towers know this is my Achilles heel, and I must admit being pressured into spending tens of thousands on a holiday apartment is far more appealing when you add free chocs (incidentally, it was a Hershey’s kiss, woven into the presentation as reinforcement of the “love = timeshare” message).

• Buy a holiday home and you won’t get cancer. Stay with me a moment here. Yes, that’s what they said in the presentation. The equation was: your own holiday home = more holidays = less stress = stress causes cancer (?) Therefore timeshare = no cancer. I’m not being figurative, they literally spent several minutes arguing this bizarre equation.

I have since decided that, compared to what followed, the presentation was the ‘carrot’. What came next can only be described as a large number of sticks used to metaphorically beat us into parting with all our savings.

• Tell a sad story. The second part of the pitch was a face-to-face ‘chat’ with our allocated sales rep. I braced myself for the hard sell, but our saleslady started by casually flipping through a photo album. And pointing out all the people in it who were now dead. There were a lot.

  The entire episode was incredibly odd – I presume they were her friends, but I can’t say for certain. They could have been people who had refused to buy timeshares. Either way, I can only assume this was meant as a reminder to seize the day, but it made us feel pretty uncomfortable.

• Call in the ‘bad cop’. The face-to-face hard sell started. When I disagreed with the (frankly ludicrous) ‘savings’ they’d argued we’d make – which amounted to hundreds of thousands of dollars – our sales rep called over what can only be described as the head sales-bully.

  With all the charm and tact of a Rottweiler with a machete, he snapped at me for not “understanding the value”. I was then barked the ‘savings’ again at twice the volume. He shouted at me for so long, I literally had to stare passively at my lap until he went away. Our persistent, human saleslady seemed a godsend by comparison.

• No solo bathroom breaks. After two hours of constant sales pressure, I excused myself to pop to the loo. My other half said he needed to go too. The timeshare saleslady insisted on ‘coming along’, and immediately wedged herself between us until my partner departed for the gents.

  When we got into the ladies’ bathroom, she stuck her head round a cubicle, flushed immediately, and walked straight back outside to wait for my other half, ensuring there was no conferring.

• The non-sequitur is king. If you aren’t going to buy property for a number of sensible reasons, why not ignore logic altogether? We had some real gems thrown at us by the sales staff. Me: “No thank you, I’m really not interested.” Saleslady: “Why don’t you think you deserve nice things?”

To read about how the author coped with this onslaught, continue reading here  

Over the years of operating, ITRA has entered into dialogue with thousands of timeshare owners from which we have discovered a pattern of abuse, deception and even fraudulent issues that have been systematically perpetrated by many of the major timeshare industry players to the detriment of owners.

To find out more about what we do, visit www.itra.net

ITRA – How to avoid being caught in a Timeshare Scam

5 minute video with lots of tips on how to avoid being caught in a Timeshare scam.

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ITRA - New laws introduced to protect consumers of timeshare and holiday clubs

New laws have been introduced to protect people from timeshare and holiday club scams - but Shropshire solicitors are urging people to continue to seek advice before they get involved.

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On February 23 2011 a new law came into action to protect consumers of timeshare and holiday clubs as the existing Timeshare directive only applied to certain products and had a number of loopholes. 

These loopholes were exploited by unscrupulous companies and individuals in the Timeshare industry; leaving consumers as the potential victims of numerous scams.

Linder Myers Solicitors, based in High Street, Shrewsbury, is in the process of raising a group action for all those who have been affected by issues with their timeshare or holiday club. The firm is assisting consumers in disputes with Club La Costa and the Petchey Group of Companies.

Solicitor Stephen Boyd today said: "Holiday Clubs fell outside of the protection afforded to customers by the Timeshare Act 1992 (later amended in 2003 and 2007). This means that if someone purchased a Holiday Club, they would not have the right to a cooling-off period that would have automatically applied if purchasing a traditional timeshare.

"There have been similar developments in relation to products described as "fractional ownership" or in products which are in reality timeshares, but which relate to boats, cruise ships, or aeroplanes. 

"In 2008 a new European Timeshare directive was adopted and it was a requirement that all European Member States should bring this into law by February 23, 2011. The purpose of the directive was to clearly give consumers greater protection."

Key features of the directive are that holiday clubs are covered in the cooling off period, shorter Timeshare contracts are allowed, all types of holiday accommodation are covered including caravans or cruise ships, Timeshare can be resold by the consumers and the introduction of exchange services.

"Another issue that has been addressed by the new Directive relates to the resale industry," added Stephen. "In recent years there have been a number of complaints received by Linder Myers regarding individuals who have contracted with companies offering to assist them with the resale of their Timeshare.

"Unfortunately in the past this has been another 'scam'. This will change under the new directive to help to eradicate this issue for consumers.

"The new regulations will be enforced by the Office of Fair Trading and Local Authority Trading Standards Officers in the UK. Failure to comply with the directive could allow for consumers to bring a civil claim against the trader.

Consumers now have the time to take away any contracts to do with Timeshares and holiday clubs before parting with any money. We strongly advise that you take legal advice before signing anything."

Source: Midlands Business News

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Our objective is to support the consumer in timeshare disputes. We have discovered a pattern of abuse, deception and even fraudulent issues that have been systematically perpetrated by many of the major timeshare industry players to the detriment of owners.

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Timeshare Points Class Action Settlement

Owners Action report that a class action lawsuit filed on behalf of RCI Points members is moving towards a possible settlement.

The announcement was made in a US magazine: “A settlement agreement has been signed and a hearing is scheduled. At the hearing, the court will decide if it should give preliminary approval to the settlement agreement. If the settlement gets preliminary approval, notices will be sent out to all RCI Points members with the terms of the settlement and information about a “fairness hearing” at which Points members can express their support or opposition to the proposed settlement, or submit comments to the court in writing. Attorneys representing other Points members from California in a similar, more recently filed, lawsuit are trying to consolidate the two lawsuits and have the court disapprove the settlement agreement. Additional information about the terms of the settlement agreement will be in the Jan/Feb issue of TimeSharing Today”.

Owners Action are a firm of specialist consultants who deal with disputes within the timeshare industry.

Owners Action have been appointed as European marketing agents by International Timeshare Refund Action (ITRA) to generate and promote consumer awareness regarding a proposed Group Litigation against RCI Europe and others.

ITRA - What to do if you have a Timeshare you can’t sell – Contact International Timeshare Refund Action

Timeshare Complaints

The Timeshare Industry is mostly a legitimate Real Estate business with many people owning timeshares who are very happy with them. Though the Timeshare Industry's name has been tarnished by a few unscrupulous people who have set up resorts and fleeced owners of thousands of pounds and tied them into contracts they can't get out of. It's these few companies that have tarnished the name and caused many of the Timeshare complaints made against the industry, with many seeking a Timeshare Refund on the property many feel they were coerced into buying by very aggressive sales tactics.