Ohio to sue ‘timeshare exit’ companies for failing to deliver $68K in services

Where to stay on vacation? Some people like resorts but others prefer timeshares. (Ellen Creager/Detroit Free Press/TNS)

Where to stay on vacation? Some people like resorts but others prefer timeshares. (Ellen Creager/Detroit Free Press/TNS)

Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has announced Wednesday that the state is suing a New-Jersey-based “timeshare exit” company in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court as part of a trio of “failure to deliver” lawsuits.

The lawsuit targets TS Relief Group and TS Holding Unlimited, which are companies that claim to offer “timeshare exit” services, where they assist people trying to get out of timeshare contracts, which are often sold using deception and high-pressure tactics.

However, the companies are accused of using the same kind of tactics to sell their services during in-person meetings with consumers, promising to negotiate on the consumer’s behalf with the timeshare servicing company and accepting money from the consumer up front, according to court documents.

The lawsuit alleges that the companies then didn’t deliver the services within the promised 90-day period, repeatedly delayed when they would do so and ultimately never did. Meanwhile, consumers continued to be charged by the timeshare servicing companies.

In all, the attorney general said that seven customers of the companies reported losing a combined $68,239.

The lawsuit asks the court to pay restitution to its defrauded customers and fine the companies up to $25,000 per violation mentioned in the suit.

Yost also announced a lawsuit in Franklin County against Marioth Custom Construction and its owner for repeatedly delaying remodeling services, and a lawsuit in Hamilton County against Weapon X Motorsports and its owner for filing to fulfill orders for car parts and other items.

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