Universal Marketing Solutions, A Delray beach based company.

Has anyone dealt with This company? Universal Marketing Solutions, A Delray beach based resale/marketing company. wisdom tells me from reading all the rip off material posted here that no marketing company that charges upfront is good. I would like to know how many of you out there succumbed to any scam from this company and if they returned any ones money yet.

The main rule is to never use a listing company that charges upfront because that is all that happens. They make no more money off your timeshare if sold.

When you ask others about a company remember that as soon as many of these companies are known for what they really do they close down and reopen with new name .

Main rule is to do your homework before being scammed out of your money with any of these listing companies.

PHILL12

Have you used these people? they have been hounding me for weeks saying they have some one interested for twice what I am asking???

kennethg67 wrote:

Have you used these people? they have been hounding me for weeks saying they have some one interested for twice what I am asking???

They'll tell you they have a buyer and ask for hundreds of $$ BEFORE they can complete the sale, which is a bunch of "bull". After you pay them the money, the buyer (and your money) mysteriously disappear, never to be seen again. All you need to do is tell them to take the $$ out of the sale and you'll hear all kinds of stories that they are not real estate agents and therefore cannot take commissions.

Give the guy the deal of his life, Since he already has a buyer at twice your asking price, offer to sell the guy your TS at YOUR asking price; he can then resell it to the other party and reap the huge profits.

NEWS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

ATTORNEY GENERAL: INJUNCTION SOUGHT AGAINST TWO TIMESHARE RESALE COMPANIES

TALLAHASSEE, FL – Attorney General Bill McCollum today announced that his office has filed a lawsuit

and has requested an emergency injunction against two related South Florida timeshare resale marketing

companies. Universal Marketing Solutions, Creative Vacation Solutions, and owner/manager Jennifer Kirk

allegedly collected over $4 million in marketing fees on a monthly basis, but rarely if ever marketed, advertised,

or facilitated sales for the timeshare owners who had contracts with the companies. The injunction requests the

companies’ cease doing any timeshare business while the lawsuit is pending.

An investigation conducted by the Attorney General’s Economic Crimes Division indicated that Kirk and her

companies were charging marketing fees as high as $2,500 for timeshare resale advertising services.

The companies were soliciting hundreds of consumers nationwide via the internet and though aggressive

telemarketing calls, allegedly making empty promises and false misrepresentations that they would actively

match timeshare sellers with prospective buyers. According to the lawsuit, when prospective buyers contact the

companies to purchase a timeshare, no attempt would be made by the companies to match those prospective

buyers with sellers who had contracted with the companies, thus making the advertising and marketing claims a

complete sham.

To solicit more customers, the companies allegedly boasted of their “superior marketing tools,” including

marketing events, presentations and seminars. Kirk and her companies allegedly claimed they could

“definitely” sell timeshares within a certain period of time and that they had buyers waiting with approved

financing to buy the consumers’ timeshare. Consumers were also verbally assured contract terms during

telemarketing calls, but were furnished contracts with entirely different terms regarding the resale services.

Additionally, the companies would allegedly charge consumers’ credit cards or cash consumers’ checks without

and/or before obtaining a signed written contract from the consumer delineating all the terms and conditions of

the services to be provided.

Consumers who complained to the Attorney General’s Office reported that the companies have not performed

the promised services and that they were unable to contact the companies or get refunds. The Attorney

General's Office believes that there could a total of more than 400 victims affected by the two companies'

deceptive practices, and has been receiving approximately 10 complaints per day against these companies. The

lawsuit seeks an injunction prohibiting the defendants from engaging in any timeshare resale business while the

litigation is pending. The lawsuit also requests full restitution on behalf of all victimized consumers, civil

penalties, and reimbursement for fees and costs related to the investigation.

Consumers may file a complaint about Universal Marketing Solutions or Creative Vacation Solutions by

visiting the Attorney General’s website at http://www.myfloridalegal.com or by calling the fraud hotline at 1-

866-966-7226.

A copy of a consumer affidavit form and instructions is available online at:

http://myfloridalegal.com/webfiles.nsf/WF/KGRG-7XBT2F/$file/TimeshareAffidavit.pdf

A copy of the lawsuit is available online at:

http://myfloridalegal.com/webfiles.nsf/WF/MRAY-7XENWJ/$file/ComplaintForInjunctiveRelief.pdf

There's power in numbers and if you have been fleeced by an upfront fee company then please, please, please report it to the attorney general of the state in which the company is located.

Looks like Florida is starting to shut down some upfront fee companies, but until they are ALL shut down, this scam will continue.

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