BlueGreen Vacations Class Action Lawsuit: Timeshare Sales Tactics Are Unfair

BlueGreen Vacations Unlimited Inc. has been hit with a class action lawsuit accusing the timeshare company of using “hard sell” tactics and misinformation to convince consumers to enter into timeshare contracts.

Plaintiffs Kyle Miles and Jasmine Miles filed a class action lawsuit against BlueGreen Vacations, claiming the company engages in “the practice of making and advertising false promises and representations regarding its timeshare contracts that it did not intend to ‘intention to honor’. causing harm to consumers.

According to the BlueGreen Vacations class action lawsuit, the plaintiffs attended a timeshare presentation for BlueGreen in Las Vegas, Nevada, in December 2014.

“The presentation included other high-intensity sales tactics to entice plaintiffs into entering into a timeshare contract, including claiming that the presentation would only last two hours when it actually lasted more than five hours,” the lawsuit alleges. BlueGreen Vacations class action.

During the timeshare presentation, the plaintiffs were allegedly informed that if they were unhappy with the timeshare contracts that BlueGreen was selling, BlueGreen would repurchase the contracts.

The plaintiffs claim that BlueGreen told them the timeshare contract would only cost $15,000 over five years at an interest rate of 15.99 percent. However, BlueGreen’s timeshare contract was for $25,000 over 10 years, according to the timeshare sales pressure class action lawsuit.

According to the timeshare class action lawsuit, BlueGreen also misled presentation attendees by claiming that timeshare contract maintenance fees would not increase, when in reality, maintenance fees increase on an annual basis.

After the timeshare presentation, the plaintiffs were allegedly taken to a separate room where a BlueGreen Vacations agent read them the timeshare contract and asked them to respond, “I agree.” However, the plaintiffs allege that the terms actually contained in the timeshare contract are different from the terms promised when the timeshare was presented.

They also claim they were pressured to open two BlueGreen credit cards and put down the entire $5,000 deposit on the cards.

The BlueGreen Vacations class action lawsuit alleges that “BlueGreen’s false advertising causes significant and ongoing harm to consumers who are unable to resell their timeshare contracts to BlueGreen despite defendant’s representations.”

In filing the deceptive sales tactics class action lawsuit, the plaintiffs seek to represent a group of individuals in the United States who entered into a timeshare contract with BlueGreen after BlueGreen made representations about the possibility of reselling the contract to BlueGreen. They also seek to represent a Californian underclass.

The BlueGreen Vacations class action asserts claims for violations of the Florida False Advertising Law, the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, the California False Advertising Law, the Legal Remedies Act for Consumers and the California Business and Professions Code.

The plaintiffs are represented by Todd M. Friedman and Adrian R. Bacon of the Law Offices of Todd M. Friedman PC.

THE Class Action Lawsuit Over BlueGreen Vacations Timeshare Sales Tactics East Kyle Miles et al. v. Vacances BlueGreen Unlimited Inc.Case No. 1:16-cv-00937, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California.

UPDATE: The BlueGreen sales tactics class action lawsuit was dismissed on October 21, 2016. Please continue to check Top Class Actions for updates. We will notify our viewers if any new class action lawsuits are filed!