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BlueGreen Vacations Unlimited Inc. has been hit with a class action lawsuit that accuses the timeshare company of using “hard sell” tactics and misinformation to convince consumers to enter into timeshare contracts.
Plaintiffs Kyle Miles and Jasmine Miles filed the deceptive sales tactics class action lawsuit against BlueGreen Vacations, claiming that the company engages in “the practice of making and advertising false promises and statements with regards to its timeshare contracts that it had no intention of honoring,” causing consumers to suffer damages.
According to the BlueGreen Vacations class action lawsuit, the plaintiffs attended a timeshare presentation for BlueGreen in Las Vegas, Nev., in December 2014.
“The presentation included other high intensity sales tactics to induce Plaintiffs to enter into a timeshare contract, including claiming the presentation would only last two hours when it in fact lasted over five hours in length,” the BlueGreen Vacations class action lawsuit alleges.
During the timeshare presentation, the plaintiffs were reportedly informed that, if they were not satisfied with the timeshare contracts BlueGreen was selling, BlueGreen would buy back the contracts.
The plaintiffs claim they were told by BlueGreen that the timeshare contract would cost only $15,000 over five years at 15.99% interest. However, BlueGreen’s timeshare contract was for $25,000 over 10 years, the timeshare sales pressure class action lawsuit alleges.
According to the timeshare class action lawsuit, BlueGreen also misled the presentation attendees by representing that the timeshare contract’s maintenance fees would not increase, when in reality, the maintenance fees increase on an annual basis.
After the timeshare presentation, the plaintiffs were reportedly taken into a separate room in which a BlueGreen Vacations agent read them the timeshare contract and had them respond, “I agree.” However, the plaintiffs allege that the terms that were actually contained in the timeshare contract are different than the terms promised during the timeshare presentation.
They also claim that they were pressured to open two BlueGreen credit cards and to put the entire $5,000 down payment on the cards.
The BlueGreen Vacations class action lawsuit alleges that BlueGreen’s “false advertising causes significant and continuing harm to consumers who are unable to sell back their timeshare contracts to BlueGreen despite Defendant’s representations.”
By filing the deceptive sales tactics class action lawsuit, the plaintiffs seek to represent a Class of individuals in the United States who entered into a timeshare contract with BlueGreen after BlueGreen made representations about the ability to sell the contract back to BlueGreen. They also seek to represent a California subclass.
The BlueGreen Vacations class action lawsuit asserts claims for violation of the Florida False Advertising Law, the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, the California False Advertising Act, the Consumers Legal Remedies Act, and California’s business and professions code.
The plaintiffs are represented by Todd M. Friedman and Adrian R. Bacon of Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman PC.
The BlueGreen Vacations Timeshare Sales Tactics Class Action Lawsuit is Kyle Miles, et al. v. BlueGreen Vacations Unlimited Inc., Case No. 1:16-cv-00937, in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
UPDATE: The BlueGreen sales tactics class action lawsuit was dismissed on October 21, 2016. Please keep checking Top Class Actions for updates. We will let our viewers know if any new class action cases are filed!
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248 thoughts onBlueGreen Vacations Class Action: Timeshare Sales Tactics Unfair
Just saw this claim.
My husband and I would like to know more about this.
The case is still moving through the courts and has not yet reached a settlement. Claim forms are usually not made available to consumers until after a court approved settlement is reached. We recommend you sign up for a free account at TopClassActions.com and follow the case. We will update the article with any major case developments or settlement news! Setting up a free account with Top Class Actions will allow you to receive instant updates on ANY article that you ‘Follow’ on our website. A link to creating an account may be found here: https://topclassactions.com/signup/. You can then ‘Follow’ the article above, and get notified immediately when we post updates!
Can we be added to this lawsuit still?
This definitely sound like the same experience we had. I have tried contacting them with no response. Maintenance fee keeps growing. Please, we would like to be included in this class action lawsuit.
The case is still moving through the courts and has not yet reached a settlement. Claim forms are usually not made available to consumers until after a court approved settlement is reached. We recommend you sign up for a free account at TopClassActions.com and follow the case. We will update the article with any major case developments or settlement news! Setting up a free account with Top Class Actions will allow you to receive instant updates on ANY article that you ‘Follow’ on our website. A link to creating an account may be found here: https://topclassactions.com/signup/. You can then ‘Follow’ the article above, and get notified immediately when we post updates!
How can my husband and I be included in this?
I would also like to be included in this class action lawsuit!!
I have had my BG timeshare since 2005. I have been trying to sell it for years on different sites, without one inquiry. I have lost so much money in this scam of a company and would like very much to be apart of a class action lawsuit. Please add me to the list of the many others who are fed up with being taken advantage of by this monster of a company.
Please add me to the lawsuit,I am Stock with this contract I don’t have enough points,ao I can not take vacations, my maintenance fees grow up every year.
We have heard all of the same things when we purchased a time share in 2011. We have been trying to sell it back the whole time. What the representative and the presentation said, is actually not anything like the truth. We bought 6,000 points to use in 2 yrs bUT that was only available the first year, now we only get 3,000 a yr and you can’t book anything with that. But, they said if you pay $50 you can roll over your points that belong to you. REALLY? I JUST WANT THIS NIGHT MARE TO END. How do we get involved in the class action lawsuit?
The case is still moving through the courts and has not yet reached a settlement. Claim forms are usually not made available to consumers until after a court approved settlement is reached. We recommend you sign up for a free account at TopClassActions.com and follow the case. We will update the article with any major case developments or settlement news! Setting up a free account with Top Class Actions will allow you to receive instant updates on ANY article that you ‘Follow’ on our website. A link to creating an account may be found here: https://topclassactions.com/signup/. You can then ‘Follow’ the article above, and get notified immediately when we post updates!
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Bluegreen must be shut down. We have had our points since last summer, but every time I try to use them there is nothing available. This is one of the biggest scams I’ve ever seen. Nothing that was told to us was correct. They say absolutely anything to get a sale. Now we’re stuck with high fees when we can’t even use it.
Add us to the list. Long hours of false promises. Unable to book reservations when and where we wanted. Maintenence fees that have increased. Having to use the costly RCI to book for a graduation out of town. We stopped paying. I advised them that i have been doing some research on BlueGreen and havent heard from them since.