“Whoever is dishonest with very little will also be dishonest with much.” [Luke, 16:10]
Of the more than 780,000 words in the Bible, it is true that not one of them refers to timeshares.
But we see a thread running through so many of the complaints against Bluegreen on file with the Better Business Bureau – that we think this particular verse will be relevant to numerous Bluegreen Vacations timeshare owners.
Take the case of Jeremiah, for example. He starts by recounting the little Bluegreen lies that led to even bigger ones.
“How many times can you get lied to and keep on believing the con?”
“The first lie was that you had to do a 90-minute sales pitch, which ended up being more like 3 hours.”
It always starts with the sales pitch. And it only gets worse from there.
“The second lie was after I asked if the credit application was for a hard or soft pull of my credit score. They told me it was a soft pull, but it turns out that was a complete fabrication and when I found out, it was too late.”
“My credit score took a dive for no good reason, because I paid for the vacation on a credit card I had already.”
Bluegreen’s little lies had big consequences for Jeremiah.
“We finally settled on getting their trial run for 9,000 points for the first year with no obligation, which sounded like a week’s vacation.”
Keep your eye on that “no obligation” passage.
“The third lie was when they told us we could come for a hotel stay and hear a sales pitch so we wouldn’t have to hear a sales pitch during the week of vacation. So we took another half day out of our vacation to hear another sales pitch.”
But when Jeremiah had to change plans, it turned out there were quite a few obligations.
“We did end up needing to change our original reservation, because we realized it wasn’t a good idea to drive through the mountains in the winter before our points would expire.”
“So we paid another $50 to change the reservation and go somewhere local. Then I get this phone call from the resort that we have to pay $150 fee or go to yet another sales pitch.”
Bluegreen’s dishonesty just kept getting bigger – and more expensive – for Jeremiah!
“I’m so sick of being lied to.”
“I never want to do business with Bluegreen again.”
“They’re a bunch of crooked con artists.”
Clearly, Jeremiah can recite Bluegreen’s lies by chapter and verse.
But is anyone at Bluegreen listening?
Bluegreen Chairman and CEO Alan Levan should be able to tell us. Let’s email him at alan.levan@bluegreenvacations.com and ask what he’s doing to prevent the dishonest sales pitches at Bluegreen.
We can also ask Jason Gamel, the president and CEO of the American Resort Development Association (ARDA), which represents the timeshare industry in Washington, DC, for help. Email Jason at jgamel@arda.org and tell him Bluegreen’s dishonesty in matters small and large are hurting the industry’s reputation.
Has your timeshare company’s dishonesty with little things gotten to be a bit much? Use this list of timeshare VIPspublished by ARDA to let your company’s leaders know.
Did your timeshare purchase start with a little dishonesty that just kept growing? Let us know at info@timesharefacts.com
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