I was contacted via the Internet by a sales company - supposedly in FLA, but I have since found they are part of a multi-facetted organization throughout the US - about having "won" several holidays in the US at different resorts as part of a sales promo pitch. I listened and found it interesting. Naievely, I paid about a 20% portion of the total cost via my CC. (they supposedly paid the rest). Only after did I go to check out the outfit on consumer complaints.
Aghast, I called back and said I wanted to "cancel", as I am allowed by Federal Law to do, within 3 days of purchase. They passed me around, and finally some fellow said"well, I have to go listen to your verification tapes". I said "fine, but that has nothing to do with the 3 days afforded me by federal law. Please give me your address - there are no addresses available on any of their sites - in order that I send you an overnight letter to cancel my order". He refused to give it to me, AND said he wouldn't be able to verify the tapes until Monday, 2 days after the 3 day time limit.
I then attempted to contact SWREG who had "processed" the credit card, but again, they refused to give me their fax number or phone number so that I could avoid an overnight letter cost, and at this point it is too late anyway. ALL of these companies are looped together, with different names and different addresses, most likely to avoid unhappy customers and/or discourage legal intervention.
They are doing nothing at all for the reputation of the US as a clean business environment.
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