Bluegreen use deceptive contests, relentless sales presentations, and misleading contracts to sell Timeshares and vacation packages to more than 5,700 Pennsylvanian residents. Many of those consumers were pressured into spending $20,000 to $40,000 or more on vacation packages that don’t meet their needs or their budgets.
Bluegreen operates full time sales in Hershey, and King of Pressure. They also contact the consumers by telephone, and set up marketing locations at shopping malls, fairs, festivals across the state.
Bluegreen is also accused of using illegal contracts, violating the Pennsylvanian law that requires contracts to be written in easy to understand terms; then, failing to properly inform the consumers of their 5-day-right to cancel a Timeshare purchase.
Additionally, Bluegreen made numerous calls to consumers who are on the state “Do Not Call” list, and repeatedly called consumers who clearly told them not to call again.
The lawsuit seeks refund for consumers who suffered financial losses because of these deceptive or illegal practices, along with fines and penalties of $1,000 to $3,000 per violation.
In addition, the lawsuit asked the court to void all illegal consumer contracts, and give consumers the right to cancel any agreement that did not include the state-required notice of cancellation.
Consumers who have problems or complaints related to Bluegreen Timeshare or vacation packages should call the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Hotline at 1-800-441-2555. Or file an online complaint at www.attorneygeneral.gov.