On January 9, I entered into an agreement with Century 21, Resort Mart Real Estate - 14622 Highway 13, Branson Mo. 65737 (1 800 489 4164) who is somehow affiliatted with Timeshare FSBO, 7041 Grand National Dr. Suite 120, Orlando FL 32811.
A woman on the phone identified herself as Susan Rawley and agreed to market a time share program which we own. She was to send me a copy of the listing and inform me of any and all offers on the listing.
In good faith, I paid $ 639. Using a credit card. I did not receive the promised copy of the "listing".
Somewhat later, I received a letter from Royal Aloha, another time share which we own, warning that we should be wary of any companies promising to list/sell a time share. Many of them were scams or phony/ineffective operators.
I immediately phoned Century 12 to get a copy of the promised listing to get samples of the listing. I was unable to get an answer from the 800 number which I was given. No Susan Rawley, no Century 21, no nothing.
On Wednesday March 12, I was phoned by a lady named Donna. She informed me that the Century 21 operation was fraudulent.
I was informed that it was a Scam where unsuspecting owners were solicited for time share listings and nothing was done after receiving the money. She said that she was a former employee who had been fired for exposing the scam. She gave me her phone number plus a (1 800 489 4414) number which did reach Century 21.
When I phoned (1 800 489 4414) I spoke with a Gina in "Customer Service" I told her that I had learned that the operation was a scam and demanded my money back. After much hemming and hawing she gave me a phone number where I would supposedly get satisfaction.
I dialed the number (1 800 392 8222) and got a recording that the number was unavailable.
Since that date, I have made 10 - 12 calls to Century 21, leaving my name and phone number with the recording. None of the calls were returned.
If Century 21 is a legitimate business, why am I getting the run around? Why was I given a non working 800 number? Why do they refuse to return my calls?
Their refusal to try to work with me forces me to believe that they are indeed running a Fraudulent operation.
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