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Re: Diamond Resorts reduces owner benefits again! (by David K.):
Send a complaint about Undercover Boss to CBS -- I did (as follows):
It is nothing short of SICK that you allowed Steven Cloobeck to use your show to portray himself as some sort of philanthropist. No amount of gifts to employees can make up for the millions (or even billions) he and his company continue to swindle people out of every day. I suggest you look at some of the comments of people who are stuck with DRI contracts struggling to get out of them. Check out RedWeek.com and this discussion, for example:
http://www.redweek.com/forums/messages?thread_id=18034&page=last&utm_source=forum-alert&utm_medium=email&utm_content=topic
The whole business model Cloobeck's company is based on is nothing short of a fraud-made-legal through the cozy connections between real estate developers and politicians.
People buy timeshares or "points" for an enormous sum, but if they want to sell them they find that nobody will even take them for free. In the meantime the developer can keep raising the annual maintenance fees to astronomical levels. The developer, if you question them, will say that the homeowners' association is responsible for setting the management fees, but on will find that in the vast majority of cases the HOA board members are connected with DRI.
You should be ashamed of yourselves for letting this greedy scumbag use your show to polish his image.