Prestige Timeshare Marketing - A Doctor from Venezuela was going to purchase my timeshare.... Pompano Beach, Florida

How can we get our refund back? I called the FBI in Florida, they told me that there's nothing they can do about this company, it's not a federal crime!
They ripped me off by collectin $499 in 08/2007 from me, and same Mr. DAVID who happens that does not work there anymore, and the one famous SAMANTHA that seems to be too busy all the time that you call, they are a big scam, I am shocked how the FBI or any consumer agency is not doing anything yet.
This is ridicoulus!

Please contact me if you have the same situation so we can file one big claim against this company.

Valdet ,
Villa Park, IL

To whom it may apply:

First off to the original poster I would like to seek some extra information, When the company responded concerning the closing of the property they said it would take 10 days(standard closing for a timeshare is much longer) ? also in the contract does it state who would be handling the actual closing process as their could be a possible conflict of interest breach when handling advertising and attempting to perform the closing.

It's been over 4 months now, since I was charged $499 and still no word on my timeshare. I have been talking to a lady at Prestige promising me that she has been trying hard to show the property and to potential buyers. NOTHING YET!

I would like to get my refund back, if not I will call the FBI no later than this Friday. I see that a lot of other people have been burned from the same company with the same excuses. And today, I was told by their receptionist that their web site is still under construction! Hmm interesting!

I wonder what are they re-constructing on their "new" web site. ANd I was told that they have 100 people working in their office, then again I thought 100 people??? And without a website? I would like to be contacted by PRESTIGE TIMESHARE ASAP. This is big rip off, they play with people's money.

I have seen a lot of reports on ripoff.com, and it's the same excuses that I have heard for my story from David, a doctor from Venezuela was going to purchase my ts, however they backed out the last minute, and this was a month ago.

If you have the same problem, please contact me.

Valdet

**UPDATE - Prestige Timeshare Marketing has contacted me on 11/16/07 and has promised me that they will resolve this issue. I give them until the 1st of December or until the 8th so then it will be exactly 4 months from the day I signed the contract. And, I hope if it doesn't sell by the 8th, they will be able to refund me the fee that I was charged back in August.
As per Samantha, hopefully the web site will be up and running soon, and things will get back on track.
I hope everything she said is correct and true.

Valdet

Prestige Timeshare marketing is a fully licensed and bonded For-Sale-By-Owner timeshare marketing and advertising company. We are not a real estate broker and we never claim to be such. The advertising program involves mass-marketing to other sellers/renters to maximize exposure to potential buyers or renters. Prestige Timeshare marketing advertises our customers' properties until they sell and we charge no renewal fees or additional costs at the time of sale, nor do we accept a commission for helping the customer sell their property. Within twenty four hours of signing up with our company, the customers' property is posted to our inventory, at which point, our services are rendered. When a prospective buyer makes an offer on a particular property, we forward that offer to the seller, at which point, the seller may accept or reject the offer and proceed accordingly.
It is not uncommon for the sale of a property to be in the works, and for one reason or another, not follow through to closing. In this case there was a doctor, from Venezuela, and he was interested in buying not just this property in our inventory, but several properties. He never showed up for the closing. We investigated the situation, and the doctor had been arrested. Needless to say, he was no longer interested in following through with the purchase of these properties. I know that these customers are disappointed, as are we. Unfortunately, these things happen. The bottom line is that no property sells overnight. In fact it is extremely difficult to sell timeshares, which is exactly why the company exists; to help individuals advertise their property using professional, mass-marketing techniques, in order to provide the customer with the exposure and visibility their property needs, to get it sold.
We stand by our service and we are so sure that the service we provide is the best, that if a customer is able to sell their property, with-in 25% of their asking price, either on their own, or through another service, we will refund their marketing fee, in full. We will keep marketing all of the properties in our inventory, and we will do so because we know that the only way to get anything sold, is to advertise.