point rental liquidators

I told BofA the same thing today. They told me that they have no control over who can open accounts. They said that comes directly from MasterCard.

I also spoke to RCI's fraud department today. They've been aware of this scam for over a year. Even though the "salesmen" charge fees for buyers to "join" the RCI Points Program and sign contracts for buyers that are supposedly buying a timeshare in an RCI resort, the salesmen aren't sending copies of the paperwork to RCI. RCI has no record that my parents joined the Points Program or that they're owners at Sunset Harbor Resorts. The 3 wks that my parents had spacebanked, that PRL was supposedly going to rent and send my parents tons of money for, are still sitting right there in the spacebank. No one has even attempted to use them or rent them. RCI has no control over these lying salesmen. The only leverage they have is to threaten the resort with disaffiliation, which they have done. If the resort doesn't straighten up, they will no longer qualify to be a part of RCI.

Good Lord, You Mean they KNEW all this has been a scam for all this long, what about people that have just signed up in the last few months.... WhY would they let them open an account with them if they knew this. This is all So Criminal to me, I just dont understand how they let them without having them arrested..

I would like to make a suggestion. Someone get the information to the president of BOA. His name and corporate address. Let's all send him a registered letters informing him of the scam perpetrated with the assistance of his company. Get everyone you know, family and friends, to do the same. We all cancel our accounts with them and see if we can get their attention. I would also go public. Call the newspapers and post it on the internet to see if we can start a flurry of attention. I have a credit card with them and I will join the effort. Let's band together and see if we can help out our friends who have become victims of BJ Cooke and his scam machine. We may be able to prevent him from popping up again under a new name.

I'll take some of my words back. Texas Real Estate Commission is looking into the matter and will contact me later. The addresses I left is were the Attorney Generals told me to get help.

tinak117 wrote:

I talked to BofA again today. Now, I'm being told that any disputes have to be filed within 6 months of the original transaction. I had about 20 different conversations with them last July while filing the original billing dispute,and they never once mentioned a time limit! UGH! This is so frustrating. Today's conversation with BofA was to file a dispute because of "merchandise never received" because my parents never received a deed to the timeshare they purchased at Sunset Harbor Resorts. The vendor on the credit card charge was Sunset Harbor Resorts, not Point Rental Liquidators. Is that how all of you were charged?

Most companies record telephone conversations ..... your's should be in a file somewhere .... keep calling them and, whatever you do, DO NOT give up .... the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

tinak117 wrote:

The only leverage they (RCI) have is to threaten the resort with disaffiliation, which they have done. If the resort doesn't straighten up, they will no longer qualify to be a part of RCI.

"Threaten Sunset Harbor with disaffiliation" .... that's a laugh .... they should have disaffiliated with that resort a long time ago .... I would stay on RCI until they DO disaffiliate.

It's a little too late for the resort to 'straighten up' .... the only way they could straighten up is to pay back all the people that bought into their and PRL's fraud operation.

Another thing I'd like to know is why Sunset Harbor isn't on BJ Cooke's trail .... surely they have contact info on him or know where to find him.

reginaldt11 wrote:

I'll take some of my words back. Texas Real Estate Commission is looking into the matter and will contact me later. The addresses I left is were the Attorney Generals told me to get help.

Good for you ..... I'm sure the Texas AG has had numerous complaints against Sunset Harbor and PRL .... keep us informed.

BofA people say they have no control over who can open accounts. They say the rules come directly from Master Card.

I also just sent my info to the Texas Real Estate Commision. Am also pursuing the AGs of the states involved. Have been scammed before and contacted the AGs of FL, PA and MO. All said they would look into it but couldn't help in retrieving any losses.

My husband and I were scammed by these people in March, 2012. We have two timeshares and only attended the "free lunch" because we were told that RCI wanted to inform their members about the law suit results. We met with Andrew Lauer who briefly explained what had happened to RCI. Our timeshares points rarely get completely used, so we were quite interested in his proposition of selling our points to them. After we were given lunch. Andrew returned to firm up the details, and very coyly introduced Sunset Harbor Resort. We told him we weren't interested in another timeshare, just selling our points. Andrew then explained that he could only buy our points if we were Sunset Harbor owners. He explained that it wouldn't be a financial problem or us since we could charge the price on a Discover card, then, when our check arrived, we could just pay off the Discover card and have money leftover to pay our other two resort's maintenance fees. We were told the check would be cut sometime between October & December. December 31 came and went and, of course, no check arrived.

I have talked with the Attorney General's Office in my state and a form which we need to complete is being sent. I am not sure anything can be done, but there were a lot of couples older than my husband and me at that meeting, and I am sure some of them were bilked as we were.

I will also send our complaint to the Texas and Nevada addresses shared by reginaldt11 and to DiscoverCard, RCI, and VSI. They are all complicit in this scam.

Thank you to all who have posted.

Andrew Lauer was the same guy who approached us in racine. The same phone call from supposedly RCI. & then the Sunset Harbor Resort timeshare came up. He gave us his phone # and we tried to call next day, busy, left message and no call returned. Will be filing w/texas, wi, and Nevada. These people need to be put out of business!!!!!!

patricial406 wrote:

I have talked with the Attorney General's Office in my state and a form which we need to complete is being sent. I am not sure anything can be done, but there were a lot of couples older than my husband and me at that meeting, and I am sure some of them were bilked as we were.

I will also send our complaint to the Texas and Nevada addresses shared by reginaldt11 and to DiscoverCard, RCI, and VSI. They are all complicit in this scam.

Thank you to all who have posted.

If enough people file complaints with the AG in Tx (where Sunset Harbor is), the AG in IL (BJ's state of residence) and the AG in the state they were defrauded by PRL then eventually he will be caught and brought to justice.

After looking at BJ's Facebook page again, this is not the same pic that was poster when I looked at it earlier. This man is much younger and thinner than the pic posted before.

I agree....hard to believe they cannot get him and do something about him What is the problem.

Yes, it is him and is wife at a younger age. Who knows why ,mayby he does not like his appearencs now. It is a shame his family may be brought down to his level . I truly beleive he will make it to jail. While BJ enjoys his travel , his big home and scamming people to get this , except for his wifes money ( he may even be scamming is wife) all of us are just trying to get some answers or better get out our money back.

The problem is that most people just come in here and complain. Jayjay is right. You have to file complaints with the Attorney General in your state and the state where he does business. If they receive enough complaints they will go after him. If I was ripped off by him I would be running to file a complaint.

I want to thank the members of the forum for saving us $9000.00. Basically the same deal. Call from RCI for and update-held at Warsaw IN Applebees. Nothing to do with RCI. Tho they did mention the lawsuit. Explained program thru VSI in conjunction with R & R Venture group and EPS (Excess Property Solutions) Would convert our weeks from Interval as well as RCI weeks into "their point system." Points could be used or banked and we would receive cash at the end of the year. Enough to pay our maintenance fees etc. No out of pocket costs-it would be paid by converting our weeks into points into case. Put 9000.00 on our credit cards-they would transfer this amount to a Chase card account (that they would open for us.) We would make 5 payments of $99.00. The sixth month-our account would be settled and they would pay off the credit card (to reimburse us) and send us a check from any other money left over from conversion. For some reason about 10 that night-a thought struck me--"What if they did not reimburse us?" What guarantee did we have that this would happen? Just a piece of paper that could be worthless. I first googled R & R Venture and read about their connection with the PRL company. I then googled VSI and came upon this site. For 2 hours I read about this scam. I called my credit card company and they cancelled my card. Since no charges had been paid I didn't need to send Notice of Recission. I am so thankful for this forum-and my access and knowledge of the internet! But what about all the people that do not have the ability to "google." This is so shameful! I wish RCI would at least send notification that this is happening.

YAY! YAY! YAY! I'm so glad to hear of one disaster averted!!!! Same scam, different city. What name did your "salesmen" use? I just asked RCI the same question. They do send warning emails and post warnings on their website & in their newsletters, according to them.

I heard he had weight loss surgery.