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timeshare resale scam Complaints - scam, fraud and violating NDNCR

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timeshare resale scam

Posted: 2008-10-06 by Gottook [send email]
scam, fraud and violating NDNCR
Complaint Rating:  100 % with 19 votes
Company information:
Universal Marketing Solutions
1300 NW 17th Ave., Suite 143
Delray Beach, Florida
United States
Phone: 561-278-6870 and 877-355-6698
universalmarketingsltns.com

i paid my $1396. on June 9, 2008 after speaking directly to the owner of Universal Marketing Solutions. I didn't hear from them for 114 days regarding the contract they supposedly had on my timeshare. I started calling them with no results. I faxed them letters demanding a refund and got callbacks denying a refund.
I received many solicitation calls from this company even though I have been on the National Do Not Call Registry for 4 years. If you are on the list, keep records of the name, number and time of the call. I've filed complaints with the BBB, AG, Div of Consumer Affairs, the Delray Beach City Attorney, the FCC and have posted my story online. They have an "F" rating with BBB and over 30 complaints. The AG office has received over 40 complaints. I don't know about the "auntie" that had a good result but if they've sold any timeshares I would like to hear about it. Jennifer Kirk and Matthew Hicks also own Creative Home Mortgage and Fidelity First Title and Escrow. They are all operating out of the same building in Delray Beach, FL. Almost all timeshare resale telemarketers who ask for money upfront are fraudulent. The AG of Florida has several of these companies under investigation at the present time. You can read reports online. I gottook, so be very careful.
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56 days ago by Karah Ryan [send email]
My father recieved a call from Universal Marketing Solutions last Friday. They told him that they had sold his timeshare and needed their fee of $1, 998 up front to close the transaction. He has been wanting to sell it for quite a while now and gave them his amex number. After he thought about it a bit he got suspicious and came to see me. I googled the company and found your article as well as others and we were able to stop the transaction with the credit card company before he was out the money.

My dad and I give our thanks to all those victims who have had the courage to tell their story.
56 days ago by Kathy Dickson [send email]
Thank you so much for your comments. My 85 year old mother has recieved several calls from Creative Home Mortagage Soultions. The last one was this past Monday. They said they had her timeshare sold for almost twice what she was asking. All she needed to do was send them $1398 to keep from having to do a title search which would delay the sale. I got involved and they told me to go on line to BBB.com. They received an A- rating. However, the names and addresses are all the same. I think we will pass when/if they call Thursday morning. Thanks again.
19 days ago by Traveler33 [send email]
i had an overall good experiance with these companies who sold both my surrey grand unit and my seagarden unit. they do the best they can selling these luxury items...so unless you give them a chance do not assume they are a scam.
12 days ago by Riley Jacobson [send email]
This company sucessfully sold both my surrey grand crowne and tahiti village timeshare...we had a very good experiance with them. It took appx. 96 days to close on both properties which were financed through chase. Timeshares are a luxury item and although the economy is rough they sold my unit...
7 days ago by Linda Klohs [send email]
I made an original contract with these people at Universal Marketing Solutions to sell my Branson time share as

1) They claimed to have a money back guarantee to sell it in 90 days.

2) They claimed that they called me as I was on a list From Global Timeshare to whom I was naive enough to pay 899 dollars to sell my Branson timeshare and they would help me get that money refunded.

They claimed also to be a substrate of larger corporation which they invited me to look at their rating at the Better Business Bureau. The company they claimed as their parent had an A+ rating, but did not show any connection to Universal.

Yesterday, I received a phone call from "Fidelity Title Company" and Andrew Foreman and his pal Cloid Holmes. They said our timeshare had been sold, and when I asked the selling price, they hemmed and tapped danced and then said, well your asking price ma'am. I said" Which was...?" Ummmm $23, 000. Then they had some cock and bull story about weeks that I hadn't used that were banked none the less by Branson and that the buyers would like to buy those banked weeks as well to the tune of 1900 bucks each. But there was a fee of $299 each weeks up front. When I asked why I had to pay anything, they said "Ahhh Guest passes". But just seconds before they had said the buyers wanted the weeks for the points not to use the timeshare in Branson.They didn't need guest passes for that.

My mother (rest her soul) always said that if something sounds too good to be true, then you are probably are not dealing with reality. I should have listened to the wise woman.

I called Capital One, my credit card people, and they reversed both the charges for the "guest passes" and Universal.

Do NOT deal with these people, they are crooks, and have a pretty decent patter with just enough info to make you wish to believe they are legit. They are NOT. Stay clear of anyone who says that they are in any way connected to this company either.



BTW, I read the positive comments posted recently. The commenters probably either work for Universal Marketing Solutions, or have some other vested interest in the company's success.
We all have to be leery of people supporting possible Scammers, as they have reasons for their positive reports.
I, and the others scammed, have NO reason to either post our comments nor take the time to tell you the embarrassing (getting scammed means being gullible) story.
Consider who you wish to believe.

Linda
5 days ago by Jewel [send email]
Has anyone every received calls from a group called National Timeshare Resales from Greenbay WI or Orlando FL?? My husband is being pressured to send them money because they claim that someone wants to buy his timeshare. I have told them that I want a sell contract sent via USPS and they only want to send a copy by e-mail. That makes me believe it's a scam and that they already know that bogus mail sent through the USPS is against the law! What do you think??
4 days ago by Louis Mizell [send email]
I was contacted a number of times during mid-October by a Daniel Ferrara, informing me that he had a client that wanted to buy my time share, and that Universal Marketing had already approved their financing. I discussed with him that I was leery of dealing with anyone from Florida due to all the bad press concerning time share sellers, and he said that there were a few bad apples that cast a pale over all of them but they were not one of them.
After a number of calls I he sent by E-mail sample copies of their forms, and on a subsequent call I told him I had checked on the internet and that one customer stated that they had an F rating with the BBB and he said they had an A rating.
He then put his Supervisor on the line (a mr James Higgins). Mr Higgins guarnteed that they had a buyer for my time share, and that the F rating resulted from a Mr Alfonso, an Ex-employee who scamed a customer, and that he was now in jail.
After convincing me that they were ligitimate and that they would send the forms by Fed-Ex for signatures, all they needed was $999.00 to start the Deed and title search for the new buyer. This was a change from the original quoted $1096.00.
I sent them an E-mail asking for them to put in writing the details of the transaction plus the name of the buyer, using the same E-mail address they used in sending the sample forms. To date some some three weeks later I have had no response.
On 5 November I called Daniel and informed him that I was going to contact my credit card company to stop payment. He then called me back and put his General Manager Mr Brian Morris on the line and he guarnteed me that they had a buyer and had already approved their financing.
On 14 November I called Daniel their 877 number and got the answer machine and when I didn't get a call back I called Daniels' Cell phone 561-860-6583, and he informed me again they had the buyer, the title search was moving forward and he would keep me informed as to the progress.
This is now 28 November and I have had not further contact from them.
I want to give them the benefit of the doubt, but it is difficult, so I will give them another week and contact the Florida Department of Agriculture, which I had discussed doing with them in an earlier conversation.
12 hours 1 minutes ago by Angela Miles [send email]
I also pd 1396.00 for my time share to be sold, this is the 3rd company that i signed up with. Last week they contacted me about renting my time share for 7 weeks which would cost me 2999.00 but i would recieve something like 17000.00. How could you rent 7 week for me when i only have 1 week a year i can use. Called resort they never heard of timeshare marketing solutions before. But timeshare marketing solutions claimed that had to pay them some fee of 499.00 per week. When i confronted Ms Gerna about what all i read on the internet about their company she still had a line of bull. I told her just sell that time share and I didn't want to rent it. Now she claims that the closing date to sell my timeshare is Feb. 3, 09 I guess i'll see if that another lie or what. I wish these people would stop lying to myself and other people about selling timeshares. Only one thing I know is they make it sound so good. They should win a acadamy award for that!!!

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