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Class Action Against Diamond Resorts? Wanted good attorney (by Irene P.):

As timeshare attorney Mike Finn pointed out in the Class Action article he wrote and I posted on this thread last week, the reason a class action is not appropriate is because the damages to the individual plaintiffs are too different. I have talked to three lawyers about it. We have all seen those class action ads for things like medical devices or a drug reaction. The same damage happens to all the plaintiffs.

Please file complaints with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the Mortgage option even if there is no mortgage. You can also file orally. Westgate is currently under investigation and Diamond employs many of the same tactics. Any article referring to the investigation mentions Diamond as a target.

In a Capitol Forum report about Diamond Resorts, written and published by attorney Clarion Johnson; one person that works for the Florida AG office, who of course asked to remain anonymous, said Florida is flooded with timeshare complaints but only pursue a few. With our Florida AG Pam Bondi making headlines this week due to the illegal donation she received from Trump, I think it is safe to say Florida is on the side of the developers. If you are lucky enough to live in New York or TN, for some reason the AGs in those two states are on the side of the timeshare owner, having taken action against timeshare companies. ARDA is the lobby group that strongly supports AG offices. Don't give them the $5 voluntary contribution when you receive your maintenance fee bill!

If the AG offices won't pursue the bad timeshare companies, the only court left is the media. Public opinion made Mylan reduce the cost of an Epipen. It's too late for us if you are already reading RedWeek, but there must be writers, media people and others with time and talent out there that can reach AARP and the public BEFORE a prospect goes on their first "Tour". At least our children will know better.