Bluegreen Forgets About Customer Protection October 15, 2008
Posted by Bryan Connelly in : ARDA, Bluegreen Resorts, Customer Comments, General, New Features, News & Events, Timeshare Rental, Timeshare Resale, Timeshare Resource, Travel, Uncategorized , trackbackBluegreen Corporation has apparently been using every trick in the book in a barrage of deceiving and unscrupulous sales tactics. Luring unsuspecting consumers with tropical getaways and “free” airfare, Bluegreen instead subjected over 5000 Pennsylvania residents to high pressure bait-and-switch sales presentations. This is exactly the kind of tactics that tarnished the timeshare industry for so long ”scamming more than $100million from Pennsylvania residents alone.”
Attorney General Tom Corbett announced lawsuits against 4 Florida based companies accused of illegally marketing vacation packages using worthless prizes only to lure folks into aggressive timeshare presentations. This trick was the typical design: people are contacted and told that they were winners or qualified winners and to claim their “prize” all they had to do is attend a 90minute sales presentation. Unfortunately they were actually relentless and deceptive marketing pitches that lasted 5 hours or more.
Apparently Bluegreen Corporation failed to properly inform consumers of their right to cancel their purchase, which is pretty shifty when talking about thousands of dollars. Although the average price of a timeshare was little more than $20,000, the company made more than double that amount in financing and hidden fees. Corbett added that many people were distressed to receive a 300-page, three-ring binder of terms after signing the sales agreement.
At BuyATimeshare.com we do not condone the use of high pressure sales tactics or sneaky and deceptive means to sell a timeshare. Much of our clientele already have timeshares, know how they work, and enjoy them for decades. It is the kind of approach used by Bluegreen that has brought a stigma upon the timeshare industry. And though we are a resale company, the bad taste left in the mouths of consumers duped by developers, leave them wincing away from the mere mention of the timesharing. Bluegreen–For Shame!
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We are looking to sell our Bluegreen timeshare due to lies told to us during the sales presentation. Can you help or suggest the best way to get rid of the awful “deal” we were suckered into?