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Lesley of Aliso Viejo, CA February 15, 2009
Same story as all others: 99 marketing fee due now on a credit card (charged 4/07), 50% of closing costs (450) due when a buyer is found. Closing date set at approximately mid-March 2008 and forward these funds to make sure the timeline is maintained. Contract states If not sold within 9 months from date of agreement (4/9/07), all deposits will be refunded. Several unanswered messages and attempts at the beginning of 2008 finally resulted in a callback from a woman who wanted to be sure I knew the 60 day closing was measured in BUSINESS days, not including the weekend days. Keeping original correspondence to remind myself what not to do.
99 marketing fee - no evidence of any marketing. 450 as 50% of closing - deal did not close, money not refunded as described in contract.
Kathleen of Saint Clair Shores, MI January 22, 2009
Timeshare Solutions (BLM Marketing, Inc) contacted me in referencer to selling my timeshare. This person proposed a huge profit on my Maui property. I assessed the property at 5000. This person was convinced they could get 15,500, Since I was not easily convinced, another man was put on the phone to coerce me into selling my property with BLM. This person stated he needed a credit card to make certain I have the funds available for the 899 up front fee. My credit card would not be processed until I looked at the contract which would be delivered overnight.
I currently have the original contract, unsigned, and not returned, My credit card was processed and I did not catch this until the 60 days of dispute had expired. I am embarrassed by this scheme. I thought I was dealing with a credible company. I have a credit card bill for no product, no entity. If this a violation of a consumer law, Please help. Michigan economy is so bad.
I have to pay the 899.00 on my credit card plus interest.
Walter of Chicago, IL September 10, 2008
We had been contacted by Mr. Ellis previously to this incident triing to get us to sell our timeshare. I had already had a bad expierence with another company in Fla so I was skeptical. Mr Ellis called again several months later assuring me he was a professional inthe business for many years and he understood my concerns. I spoke to him inlength and agreed to pay 99 for him to sell out timeshare.
He called back and told us a company wants to buy 20 timeshares at our asking prices but that he would need an additional 495.00 to help cover the closing costs. The deal would be over in Nov.07 I believe. After many frustrating calls to an 800 number that no one answered and not being able to leave a message. I started googling the company and Bill Ellis. Only to find out like many others that he was a rip off con-artist that made out with our money and no sale. Our credit card company could not help us as it was too long of a time to dispute it.
Consequently, we are very upset and frustrated about this whole ordeal. We have be hit for maintainence fees and taxes for 07'-'08 and we still have a time share to sell. We waited week after week for a check to arrive. We really needed the money!!!
Melvin of Prattville, AL July 18, 2008
Bill Elias telephoned us repeatedly in June and July 2007 until finally, he convinced us that he could sell our Wyndham timeshare. We paid 99 with an agreement it would be returned if a sale was not made in 9 months. Just before the nine months was up, someone called to tell us that CIBA was buying our timeshare and if we would send 450 for closing costs which we did, the sale would be completed and we would receive 17,500. Of course, this never happened.
If something is done to stop these thieves, they will just set up a new company and begin the scam all over again. With all of us who have been scammed and with all the lawyers in the Las Vegas area, it seems like one of these attorneys would contact all of us and start a class action suit if anyone could find Elias and his cohorts.
Well two people in their 80s have been cheated out of 549.
Larry of Holmen, WI April 22, 2008
I was referred to Mr. Bill Elis and paid 250 to list two time shares that we owned. Upon the ninth month, I contacted Bill Elis to inquire about returning my fee. He asked me to leave it open for three more months and agreed to lower the selling price on our condos. I have attempted to reach him since December 2007 to no avail. We have been scammed!!!
We are out 250.
Raymond of Pittsburgh, PA March 17, 2008
I contracted with Bill Elis of timeshare solutions to sell my time share in march of 07 for a fee of 100.00. I was told that if they couldn't sell the time share the money would be refunded. In September of 07, I was informed that My timeshare had been sold as part of a block of time shares being purchased by some big (unnamed) corporation. I was informed that the sale was contingent on my agreeing to pay 1/2 the closing and processing fees for the sale. A sum of 800.00. I reluctantly agreed to do so after several conversations with Mr. Elis.
Since that time I have had several conversations with Mr. Elis's office by both phone and e-mail regarding the sale of this time share. I have been given nothing in the way of concrete evidence regarding this sale and have been stone walled by them at every turn. Now I can't even get response of any kind from them. I'm obviously out 900.00 and am concerned with regard to the safety of my credit card information as well as for other consumers that time share solutions has placed in this situation.
Aside from the obvious loss of money, we canceled plans for one vacation due to the pending sale on the property and are now in limbo regarding vacation preparations for this season as well. In addition the time share company (Wyndham) automatically pushes my purchased (points) into a seperate RCI account when they are not used. Now I have more vacation points than I can possibly use. I have already lost vacation time because of their use it or lose it policies and have been placed in this position again by time share solutions. All the while I've been accessed monthly maintenance fees by the time share company while this sale has been in limbo.
Gary of Waverly, IA January 30, 2008
Feb 28, 2007, I signed a contract with Timeshare Solutions, sales rep Bill Elis, to have them sell my timeshare points. I sent them 199 which was to be returned if the points were not sold in 9 months. As the time was about to expire I called and it just so happened that day that the sale was being finalized, which was just a few days before the contract expired. I had heard nothing from them since Feb 28 except when I made an inquiry in July of 2007. Mr. Elis said that the buyer wanted me to pay half the closing fee, which was to be 800. This was not what the original contract called for. It said that the buyer would pay all closing costs. Mr. Elis wanted a credit card number to charge the 800. I said I would not do that but I wanted him to forward all the documents to me so I could study them and then if satisfied send him a check for 800.
When I got the documents they were terribly lacking in details so I contacted my attorney who advised me to put the money, which was now just 500, into an escrow account. My attorney then faxed Mr. Elis saying that I had accepted the offer to sell my points but that this one time processing fee of 500 was now in an escrow account and the money would be released upon my receipt of the money for the sale. There have been several attempts to get Mr. Elis to respond but he has not. The e-mail will not go through nor phone calls because often the message box is full. He did not respond to my attorney's fax. The last time I called Mr. Elis again I had to leave a message. I informed him that he was a fraud and that I was in the process of contacting the Better Business Bureau, Consumer Affairs, the Nevada Secretary of State, the Nevada Attorney General, Channel 13 in Las Vegas, and the Las Vegas Sun newspaper. My message said I want the money promised for the sale of the points or my 199 returned. Mr. Elis does not have the deed for these properties. They are in my possession.
I am out 199. My preference would be that the contract be carried out and I receive the money for the sale of these timeshare points. As is obvious now there never was a real sale.
Jasper of Lenoir, NC January 3, 2008
Bill Ellis of Timeshare Solutions charged us 100.00 to sell a timeshare for us. In July of 2007, I spoke to him and he said that our timeshare of 493,000 points with Wyndham had been sold to Ciba Geigy for 78,880.00. Ciba supposedly asked that we pay 500.00 as half of the closing cost. We were told by Bill Ellis that the deal would be closed by November 27, 2007. The last time that I spoke to the company, I talked to Bob Downy. He said that Bill should not have given us a closing date. That all the paper work was in the Title Search Department. We have heard nothing further and still do not have our money. I called today, January 3, 2008 at 5:00 EST, and was told by their answering machine that it was full and no room for anymore messages. We have a confirmation letter dated August 8, 2007 concerning the particulars of the case.
The delay in closing the sale is costing extra money in maintenance fees, and a whole lot of stress to us financially.
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