BJ, yes, my parents are older, but they are fine & healthy & fit & active and live together in their own home. They are not in assisted living and not having problems communicating at all. There are so many reasons to believe that they've been scammed, I don't even know if there's room on here to write them all down. I'll go over a few. The two Point Rental Liquidators "salesmen" were Pat Thompson and Hughes Dewailly. One of them hand wrote their phone numbers on a paper for my parents, but neither phone number works now. That is NOT the sign of a professional, legit business. PRL held their meeting in the banquet room of a restaurant. One guy would talk, then they'd switch up, then other guy comes back, first guy leaves the room, etc. The one that went into the back room either called Bank of America to open credit card accounts in my parents names without their knowledge on the telephone or he had an internet connection in the back room and opened the accounts online. I am not sure which. Either way, my parents were not aware that PRL was opening new accounts in their names. These guys gave my parents a lot of information verbally, then put high pressure on them to make a decision on the spot and to sign the paperwork. Unfortunately, my parents believed these guys were affiliated with RCI and trusted them and signed the papers without reading every line. I KNOW there's not enough room here to list all the items that I found in the paperwork that contradicts what PRL promised verbally. Since PRL had my parents' home phone number and had some personal information about their RCI membership, my parents believed they were affiliated with RCI in some way. When PRL kept calling and pressuring my parents into attending their meeting, they implied that they were with RCI and had important information about upcoming changes to their RCI Weeks membership. My parents have been members of RCI for over 30 years with no problems, so they trust RCI. Anyway, the ONLY reasons my parents agreed to the deal was because Sunset Harbor Resort was supposed to be comparable to the timeshare unit my parents already own and because they were promised a max out-of-pocket of $1080. The two condos are not at all comparable. SHR has a 2.0/5 rating and costs 4-6 trading power points or $261 to rent a 1-bedroom for a week. One of the past guests that wrote a review says "WORST resort we've been to in 20 years." My parents' condo has a 4.8/5 rating and costs 27-35 trading power points to rent. Besides that, staying in Willis, TX is NOT comparable to staying in New Orleans, LA when comparing the demand for a nice vacation destination. The PRL guys pretended to search for a condo comparable to their current one, but came back out of the back room with a slick glossy folder with Sunset Harbor Resort's name and logo already printed on it, saying "we found one for you". I don't think PRL ever intended to sell anything BUT SHR condos. There's no way PRL can rent one member's first year's points, deduct commissions, all dues and fees and still send the member a check for over $9000 to pay off the amounts charged on the credit cards when SHR rents for less than $300 per week!!!! Without the commissions, fees, dues, etc. it would take over 30 weeks of rent and I know each member doesn't get that many weeks! I can assure you that I am not posting inaccurate information. I could go on and on, but my fingers are getting tired. My parents hired a lawyer, who has sent a letter to PRL and SHR to rescind the transaction and request their cooperation in the investigations.
Tina K.
