While in the Poconos three years ago we were told Wyndham was discontinuing their Silver membership plan but for a fee we would receive 71,000 additional points and also automatically receive Gold status when Silver discontinued. They told us 90 minutes, it ended up being all day. I have called Wyndham repeatedly and they claim there is absolutely nothing they can do for me until my entire loan is paid off. They literally would bot take no for an answer until we asked for a supervisor. Have you found any solutions? Wyndham reservation website indicates certain properties are available but when you try clicking BOOK it says they are NOT. I dont want to spend 3/4 of my day in your stupid meeting where I have to continually say no, I dont want to upgrade.. They lied, there is no value to this product. I told him I wouldnt sign anything until my daughter heard all of this to make sure I was umderstanding correctly. 19+ years of nothing, except for legal theft from Wyndham after they bought Fairfield and of course frustration. and I owe $3000 a month. I have pages of documentation, and am able to support my claims that they cannot fill their promises. They really scammed us bad. document.getElementById( "ak_js_5" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); @2023 Top Class Actions. Now I attend for the freebies despite my children telling me not to go . I had lost my voice and could not respond to their calls to update me on options. Then, by the second day this trial plan miraculously appeared. They said it was the A/C filters; then the garbage disposal, and then the washer..Terrible. I was suppose to get a a follow up to explain everything to & never did. Same thing happened to me. Im done with scammers, liars and cheats. Add me. I need to be added . When we reached out to them letting them know that we wanted out they basically ignored us, not returning calls or emails. They will say anything to get you to do what they want and its so rampant wherever you go i.e. We told them we had a funeral to attend the next morning and that we didnt want to attend the presentation. I used those points to go back a couple of months later (December 2020) to stay at the Riverside Resort in the same city. I have written a letter to the CEO which I doubt he will ever read. One of the more clever things they do, is just tell you what you want to hear so you will go away. 19+ years of ownership, and have NEVER been able to utilize my timeshare, RCI points, nothing. On November 17, 2016, Patricia Williams was awarded $20 million by a jury that heard her case against Wyndham Vacation Ownership, which had fired her six years earlier following her disclosures of allegedly fraudulent sales practices at Wyndham's San Francisco office. I found this article because I was confident we werent the only ones ready to file a class action last suit against Wyndham. A few years back we were told to do a owner informational meeting. At this time we had just purchased our first home. What number can I call to give it back? Yes a the 90 minute turned in to 7 hrs which ruined the tow days we had in las Vegas and ended up buying which turned in to be the worsts thing we did, everything they told us turned out to be a lie, all these free trips they said was not free so i want to be added the class action. . And once again we cant use it. I asked to go to the bathroom after hours of listening to them talk and talk and they just said one minute. Which were told they would then combine the three .. yea ok. At a past meeting we joined, I was told that there was an agreement with Wyndham and its employees that we were to report any pressuring of sales clearly that isnt the case ! I was told that Wyndham would help rent my resort week for me to offset the cost of paying for the conversion from weeks to points. I purchased through a day long duress in November 2020, thinking I might be able to swing payments if the information I was given was correct. This class action was dismissed. Im so confused because nothing on the contract is the same as it was in the talks in person. After being made to feel like a fool and finally signed on the dotted line, we were told that, because we were in escrow to buy a new home, our credit rating would get only a soft hit. I too was told lies about how if I bought more points, they could rent them for me and actually make more money than the maintenance fees. Your points can be sold to cover your maintenance fees, youll make money on your ownership, our site is being upgraded to make it easier to book, we have more properties being added and more rooms available so more availability all the time, much cheaper to Vacation, can be sold to make money since its a deeded property, and can be passed to your children. like others, we bought only to find out there was never a vacancy anywhere we wanted to go. We did purchase more property to get more points since we have a large family. The next day I went back and told them I no longer wanted the time share. Wyndham is the absolute worst. Then when we tried to get a place, we had to give three or four months notice to use our points, and if we didnt use all the points up by the end of the year we had to transfer them over to RCI or we would lose them. The Wyndham timeshare false advertising class action lawsuit says these misrepresentations are the same ones fed to many other customers during the timeshare purchasing processes, even after they purchase. I want to join in. I agreed to attend to discover the 1.5 hour session went for half a day and we were only away for 2 days. She . We had several military moves over this time time period, where ever we moved to they sent the bill, we paid the bill. we have experience the high pressure sales, the lies, maintenance fee always increases and not being able to book vacation because resort have nothing available. Additional details: Our first contract was purchased at Panama City Beach resort we were then talked into buying more at the New Orleans location because the points we had werent realistic In order to enjoy vacations so we purchased and they didnt combine the two then at this meeting we were pushed and pushed to buy into ANOTHER contract- a third. Even though I have timeshare I have not been able to stay at a prime location even though we book a yr in advance then we are sent on an extensive time consuming presentation exactly like the one described. They have additional charges that they dont tell you about for everything that you do. Hate Wyndham. We were also told we could book all over the US and later told only in a few resorts in the US. Add me! I have talked to so many owners and THEY WILL NOT BUY IT BACK LIKE THEY PROMISED ME, I want to be included as well. We are retired, elderly and were coerced and lied to. Now the maintenance fees continuously goes up and there was one time we were anyway in Vegas to use our points and they wanted us to go back down and talk with them because they wanted to upgrade us again, and we just kept telling them no no no and then somebody else sent a Supervisor to us and my husband just said no more upgrades and they really looked at us like mean. "She was determined to see this through to the end, to see 12 people hear the facts and hopefully have this whole record made public," said lawyer Chris Dolan. When I got home I was able to file all the necessary paperwork to get out of the timeshare. He stalled me for about 5 weeks with excuses that he was busy with appointments, etc. We could lose our home and our kids not have food on the table; but hey you got your money and now dont care. Interesting lawsuit v Wyndham from 20 mil pt owners Thread starterGrammarhero Start dateMay 28, 2020 Grammarhero Official TUGBBS Rescission Master TUG Lifetime Member Joined Jun 9, 2019 Messages 2,919 Reaction score 2,221 Points 399 Location Washington, DC Area Resorts Owned Wyndham 77k, VV Williamsburg 4L/4 & 2/2, DRI South Bend 1/1 absolute is the word, not obsolete. That info is somewhere in that large book they give you, they tell you that you can you points for car rental, and airline tickets but again they dont tell you that you get the same 2 cents on the dollar value if you use the points for anything other than reservations. Among the flat out lies: I want my money back and I said that to them and basically they laughed and went to sell to the next sucker. We were conned 2 times by sales reps. The Wyndham timeshare owners say that instead of mere updates, these meetings were an effort to get timeshare owners to shell out more money for more points or to access various amenities. They are only pressure driven sales. Dont believe them they are allowed to lie!!! I am super furious with this company treating us so poorly not going to work out for them. All of these comments mirror my experiences. Then the gift you something that expires in a 30days.like movie tickets..Not Worth my time! We originally bought with Fairfield back in the 90s with inheritance money and enjoyed our vacations. I learned on July 4th that I am a trust owner and that I could request a resolution because I did not feel that I was getting my monies worth. Mine did not get that far I was at a mall I paid $25 and was suppose to get a three day stay at a Wyndham hotel and dinner voucher never received it. Pretty much just have to say no and that youre already working with someone and dont need a new sales contact. vacation. Hello I also have experienced some of these issues but have not had booking problems until this year. I was advised at a Wyndham meeting that unless I bought more points I would be banned from using this resort. I was there over 4 hours. I was allocated a dedicated sales person who assertively kept me at the sales table for over 2 hours. This is not the first time Wyndham has faced claims that the company misleads and takes advantage of customers. April 20, 2023 4:22 AM ET. THIS KIND OF THING SHOULD BE ILLEGAL!! Now their tactics are that if I stop the auto payments their lawyers will come for me!!!!!! Both of them These people are scammers and I am a victim of their double speak and CIA torture tactics! The government or someone needs to stop these lies , deceit and harrassment!!! They have lied about timeshare and other Wyndham tactics to get you to sign. I wish to join this class action suit. Same here. They gave me 10,000 points. Please add me to the suit against Wyndham. It was a presentation that again lasted all day and ended up in my signing my name on a piece of paper which I felt I had to do just to get out of there. So glad to see this we had horrible experience When I called in they said you can only use it for purchases through them. We were told a monthly cost as if that is the payment each month for 24 months but not told they charge 20% interest starting the day you sign the document. How can we get in on the lawsuit because what they are doing is total misrepresentation/fraudulent. Check out Bay Area safety tracker, Bay Area Life; Sundays at 6:30 p.m. on ABC7. Especially today when there are other ways to rent homes to use where you want to go that you dont have to own a timeshare! Wyndham needs to be investigated for withholding properties from owners and selling them out on demand to the highest bidder. I bought when this company was called Trendwest in 1996. The guy in reception, we told them we were there for the Elton John Farewell concert because 50 years ago my then girlfriend that I subsequently married took this trip to commemorate our 50 years together. Was sent from one person to the next all saying they werent the ones to handle this matter. Club WYNDHAM Plus is a scam. Ive been through a number of these high pressure sales pitches that are nearly impossible to escape. For a long time now, we have had trouble finding a place where we want to go when we want to go. But she continued to drill us and make us feel stupid for not buying into more points to finalize our points and this was continuing out the door to our $100 gift card we received she just kept going. The first time we booked was in San Antonio and the entrance to the resort was just some door down an alley you see in crime movie. Is it to late to join the suit? Add me to this class action lawsuit. All Rights Reserved. Please add me, as my sister and I are single moms who had 3 children in tow. Obviously they are worth nothing, but so long as I own them, I must pay the quarterly assessment.