Joyce W.
Wyndham Resorts scams and defrauds sr. citizens
I have been scammed by Wyndham Resorts. My husband and I purchased a timeshare through Wyndham in 2014 but am now retired and suffering from health issues including dementia and bi-polar disorder and began trying to get out of my timeshare contract with Wyndham in 2019. Instead of working with me Wyndham has repeatedly targeted me-- I have been convinced to "upgrade" my time share several times, the last time in Jan 2020. The agents make misrepresentations and tell me that the only way I can get out of my contract and qualify for the "Ovation" time share exit program is to upgrade and spend MORE money on another timeshare. Their agents have been successful in scamming me because my husband and I are both suffering from early onset dementia and I also have been diagnosed with bi-polar disorder and have been on lithium for several years. My son Jeff wondered why I kept getting these large and increasing time share bills and he got involved and was able to find out the details. He is helping me to file this complaint because we are both angry with the way Wyndham has taken advantage of me In 2017 our health began to deteriorate and it became more and more difficult and too expensive for us to travel. We began asking to get out of our contract with Wyndham in 2019. and were told we can do so through the "Ovation program." The Wyndham agents target us and make unsolicited phone calls to our home. On these unsolicited phone calls they tell me they can help me qualify for the "Ovation" program which would allow me be released from the obligation. However, my son has verified that you can only qualify for the Ovation program if you have completely paid off the balance on the previous timeshare contract. My son has verified that on each occasion I was upgraded, I still owed a balance on the existing timeshare. The agents who targeted me made blatant misrepresentations that if I spent MORE money and upgraded to a more expensive timeshare and a larger financial obligation, I could be released from the entire obligation and they would take back the time share. This is a total fabrication, these misrepresentations were made in order to enrich the sales agents and take advantage of us. The Ovation program only works if the previous time share balance was paid in full and my son found out that none of the time share balances were paid off any of the times that I was convinced to upgrade. I am a senior citizen with multiple health disorders and our financial situation has worsened due to the economic crisis but Wyndham continued to "target us" and regularly reached out to try and get us to spend more money. The last upgrade was on January 24th, 2020 and we supposedly traded in $50,598 from the previous timeshare which went towards the upgrade and then the rest was financed with an obscenely high interest rate for someone with a 741 credit score who didn't even want the time share in the first place. We want to let the public know about their predatory practices targeting senior citizens and if this happened to you please contact your state Attorney General. We have asked for a cancellation of our contract and a refund of the monies that were paid toward this timeshare and have been in contact with Wyndham, but they have been dragging their feet for several months and keep making excuses.
