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Do your homework before you pay someone to get you out of a timeshare deal

Published on: January 6, 2020   |   By: Consumer Reports and Connie Thompson

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Trouble in Timeshare Paradise

Published on: December 19, 2019   |   By: Barbara Peterson

Learn how to avoid common and costly pitfalls. And find out why timeshare ‘exit’ companies may be nothing more than scams.
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Spending: How to get rid of a timeshare

Published on: November 8, 2019   |   By: Patricia Martz Esswein and Kiplinger's Personal Finance

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Company accused of scamming Arkansans looking to sell timeshares

Published on: October 3, 2019   |   By: Ashlei King

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ARDA-ROC: Federal Judge Allows Wyndham Vacation Ownership Cases to Move Forward Against Timeshare Exit Team and Other Exit Companies

Published on: September 27, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The American Resort Development Association – Resort Owners’ Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing over 1.5 million timeshare owners, recognizes U.S. District Judge Gregory A. Presnell’s denials of motions to dismiss two separate Wyndham Vacation Ownership (WVO) lawsuits against exit companies.
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Don’t Fall for Timeshare Exit Scams

Published on: September 4, 2019   |   By: Mary Kane

Sketchy firms are targeting older timeshare owners with hollow promises to get them out of their contracts for a hefty upfront fee.
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BBB Warning: Consumers Losing Thousands to Missouri Timeshare Exit Businesses

Published on: July 29, 2019   |   By: Better Business Bureau

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Better Business Bureau Study Highlights Exit Companies’ Fraud Against Timeshare Owners Across the U.S.

Published on: June 26, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The American Resort Development Association ­— Resort Owner’s Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing over 1.5 million timeshare owners, recommends that owners read the study issued by the Better Business Bureau (BBB) of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois, before engaging with any third-party exit or relief company.

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Judge’s Ruling Demonstrates the Pattern of Fraud and Deception Perpetrated by Exit Firms on Unsuspecting Timeshare Owners

Published on: June 11, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

A judge for the United States District Court Middle District of Florida Orlando Division ruled against Mitchell Reed Sussman & Associates, a timeshare exit firm, in the case brought on by Westgate Resorts, a resort developer headquartered in Orlando, Florida.
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Resort Owner’s Coalition Applauds Better Business Bureau of Missouri for Exposing Timeshare Exit Companies’ Fraudulent Practices

Published on: June 7, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The American Resort Development Association ­— Resort Owner’s Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing over 1.5 million timeshare owners, recommends that owners read the full report that the Better Business Bureau of Eastern & Southwest Missouri & Southern Illinois issued on June 6, 2019, to better understand the unscrupulous and deceptive practices in the timeshare exit industry. The report cites 700 complaints from 46 states and millions of dollars of losses to consumers.
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Timeshare Exit Trap: Better Business Bureau Study of How Some of Southwest Missouri’s Timeshare Relief Operators Victimized Timeshare Owners Across the U.S.

Published on: June 5, 2019   |   By: Better Business Bureau

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Timeshare Owner’s Coalition Issues Warning About Third-Party Exit Companies

Published on: April 24, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

After events in a courtroom in Fort Lauderdale on April 18, the American Resort Development Association—Resort Owners’ Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing more than 1.5 million timeshare owners, is reiterating its warning to consumers regarding third-party exit companies.
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Large Timeshare Exit Companies Oppose Legislation That Protects Consumers

Published on: March 11, 2019   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The American Resort Development Association-Resort Owners Coalition (ARDA-ROC), representing more than 1.5 million timeshare owners, strongly supports (FL HB 435/SB 1430), a bill that provides consumers with many of the same protections they are afforded when they originally purchased their timeshare.
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Leader of timeshare fraud scheme sentenced in Las Vegas

Published on: February 27, 2019   |   By: David Ferrara

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2 arrested, accused of defrauding local couple over sale of timeshare home

Published on: February 23, 2019   |   By: Telegraph Herald

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Timeshare Industry Fighting Back to End Exit Fraud: One Major Firm Disbarred and Another Files Bankruptcy

Published on: September 13, 2018   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The timeshare industry, the American Resort Development Association (ARDA) and ARDA Resort Owners’ Coalition (ARDA-ROC), have united to stop the misconduct of those deceiving timeshare owners into paying for illusory timeshare exit services through fraudulent means.
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Timeshare Resale Scam Misrepresentation of Fidelity National Timeshare and ARDA

Published on: July 26, 2018   |   By: ARDA-ROC

The American Resort Development Association (ARDA) and the Resort Owner’s Coalition (ARDA-ROC) have been made aware of fraudulent activity by a group of individuals using the names “Robert Alexander” and “Janet Finklestein” to defraud timeshare owners through improper representation of ARDA staff and Fidelity National Timeshare, a member of ARDA.
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About Timeshares

Are timeshares a scam?

Published on: June 21, 2018   |   By: Lisa Ponder

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Timeshare resale scheme preyed on older adults

Published on: May 22, 2018   |   By: Lisa Weintraub Schifferle

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Time’s Up for Florida Operation That Pitched Worthless Timeshare Resale Scheme

Published on: May 4, 2018   |   By: Federal Trade Commission