Omega Marketing Solutions any one had dealings with them?

Maybe I should report this person and his company to the attorney general to see what they have to say about this sort of fraudulent sales practice, it can't be legal to simply lie to people over the phone while trying to sell them a service. I was very close to signing up with this "gentleman" but luckily I came to my senses and called the resort. They never heard of David Bell, Omega Marketing Solutions, Omega Timeshares, or t

Filing a complaint with the Attorney General and the Real Estate Commision (of the state where the scam is located) is the only way these scams can ever be stopped.

leslies81 wrote:

Maybe I should report this person and his company to the attorney general to see what they have to say about this sort of fraudulent sales practice ....

Leslie,

You should probably call the attorney general and the better business bureau in the state in which this company is located so that potential customers of the company can see that alot of people have been dissatisfied with the service. Also, the attorney general can investigate their sales practices and if they are not telling people the truth, the att. gen. can shut them down.

tomn39 wrote:

Leslie,

You should probably call the attorney general and the better business bureau in the state in which this company is located so that potential customers of the company can see that alot of people have been dissatisfied with the service. Also, the attorney general can investigate their sales practices and if they are not telling people the truth, the att. gen. can shut them down.

Tom and JayJay are absolutely correct. The Florida Attorney General's Office needs to be given any information you can get to them on these scam companies. The more input and information the AG gets the better.

I don't know what an actual % of people that are ripped off is that do report their experience to the Attorney General but I'm guessing it is probably a small % over all.

It's not a crime for you to try and sell your timeshare but it certainly is a crime the way these upfront fee scam companies go about their business.

I have no dealings with the Omega Scam but they operate exactly the same way timesharemls.org does. I am in contact with state authorities in florida myself.

PS:

please note I am garym172............not the omega company jerk garym216 from an earlier asinine post.

just a sad coincidence we have a similar account name :-)

Don't do business with anyone from Omega, we paid them over $900 in September 2006 and we have not had a SINGLE offer on our property which is in Branson. I suggest you go through a real estate agent who gets paid after your property is sold. I wish someone had the money to sue these types of marketing programs.

Cindy,

May I suggest that you log a complaint to the Better Business Bureau about these folks. It may compel them to clean their act up or atleast it will make other people aware of what kind of people they are. Have you had any offers whatsoever? My ex-husband was contacted by those folks over there and we considered going with them to sell our condo at the Flagship in Atlantic City. He wanted me to pay half but I insisted on checking them out first. I'm glad I did.

Regards, Patty

Since Omega Marketing Solutions is supposedly an advertising agency, does anyone happen to know where they advertise? Do they have any commercials like the ones I've seen of Timeshares Only, or do they advertise in any nationwide newspaper? I know they don't come up on any search engine that I've checked for terms like "sell timeshare", "buy timeshare", "timeshare rental", or just "timeshare" in general. Where and how are these people advertising their units? Is it simply a website because I think we all know that doesn't do much good. Anyone know anything about this? What are the alternatives to going with a company such as this? Who owns these companies and what is their history of selling?

I've posted another forum topic on timesharemls.org and on getting these advance fee timeshare resale con men on national t.v. news shows.

Omega Marketing and timesharemls.org operate under the same scam business model. These two resale companies and all others that operate in the same manner need to be fought as much as possible.

Naturally contacting the Attorney General of the appropriate state and contacting all other appropriate state agencies is a start.

Another is to try our best to get a national prime time news show interested in this scam. Time share owners are losing millions each year and the owners of these companies are making millions--prime material for a news show.

However, they just won't decide to all of the sudden cover the resale scam industry on their own, they need help. This may or may not work but if everyone who has been ripped off by one of these scam companies write to Dateline or 20/20 or any other news show maybe then they will get interested.

The Dateline NBC address is:

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Jay Jay, how do we go about suing these people or atleast getting them shut down so that they can stop making money off of unsuspecting people who want nothing more than someone to help them out of a unit they no longer want?? It's disgusting that these folks (Omega) will lie through their teeth to steal money from those of us who have kids and grandkids. My father has alzheimer's and we are trying to pay for his medical care. I told this story to the girl at Omega that I spoke to and she seemed like she was so concerned about everything in my life until I told her that I wouldn't pay her $998 unless she sold my unit first. I even told her that the $998 could be held in a secure escrow account until the sale was complete. She (the girl at Omega Marketing) became a completely different person: rude, belligerent, demanding and just overall a hateful woman. She acted as if I was the one who was uneducated or stupid when it was her who was trying to swindle money from someone who actually knows the meaning of hard work. This company, Omega Marketing, should be shut down and these employees should be forced to give back any money they took from people who worked hard for it then had it weaseled away from them.

dianeh166 wrote:

Jay Jay, how do we go about suing these people or atleast getting them shut down so that they can stop making money off of unsuspecting people who want nothing more than someone to help them out of a unit they no longer want?? It's disgusting that these folks (Omega) will lie through their teeth to steal money from those of us who have kids and grandkids. My father has alzheimer's and we are trying to pay for his medical care. I told this story to the girl at Omega that I spoke to and she seemed like she was so concerned about everything in my life until I told her that I wouldn't pay her $998 unless she sold my unit first. I even told her that the $998 could be held in a secure escrow account until the sale was complete. She (the girl at Omega Marketing) became a completely different person: rude, belligerent, demanding and just overall a hateful woman. She acted as if I was the one who was uneducated or stupid when it was her who was trying to swindle money from someone who actually knows the meaning of hard work. This company, Omega Marketing, should be shut down and these employees should be forced to give back any money they took from people who worked hard for it then had it weaseled away from them.

irvinr2 wrote:

dianeh166 wrote:

Jay Jay, how do we go about suing these people or atleast getting them shut down so that they can stop making money off of unsuspecting people who want nothing more than someone to help them out of a unit they no longer want?? It's disgusting that these folks (Omega) will lie through their teeth to steal money from those of us who have kids and grandkids. My father has alzheimer's and we are trying to pay for his medical care. I told this story to the girl at Omega that I spoke to and she seemed like she was so concerned about everything in my life until I told her that I wouldn't pay her $998 unless she sold my unit first. I even told her that the $998 could be held in a secure escrow account until the sale was complete. She (the girl at Omega Marketing) became a completely different person: rude, belligerent, demanding and just overall a hateful woman. She acted as if I was the one who was uneducated or stupid when it was her who was trying to swindle money from someone who actually knows the meaning of hard work. This company, Omega Marketing, should be shut down and these employees should be forced to give back any money they took from people who worked hard for it then had it weaseled away from them.

I would suggest that you write down as much as you can remember, word for word, and then sent it to the attorney general. I would also suggest that you send a cc to the BBB. Persona;;y, I believe it's time to stop debating this issue and start looking for an attorney who wopuld be willing to take on this issue pro bono unless a settlement is made and then agree to a max payment of 35%.

Same story. It seems misery loves company. I would agree that the problem is that no one every follows up. Step one is the BBB with the state atty general next. The writer suggesting Dateline NBC probably has the best suggestion as govt officials do their best work with a camera crew in front of them. I too was told that offers were pending but couldnt be delivered until the fee was paid. Of course, that was the last contact. There are plenty of emails on this topic. Enogh talk, its time for action. I am going with the BBB and ATTY Gen for now. Network TV can work. I worked in that business previously so I dont mnd getting my hands dirty. If you are interested send me an email. Let's do this now.

garym is doing his darndest to get something done about the upfront fee company scams. If you've been scammed by one of these companies then write to Dateline, 20/20 and the attorney general in the state where the scam company is located. If enough people complain they will investigate. There's power in numbers.

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On my "Get the Scammers on T.V." post I mentioned I was contacting Judd McIlvain of troubleshooterjudd.com for advice on approaching Prime Time News/Magazine shows about getting the resale scam on TV. Judd has contributed in the past to 20/20 and 48 hours as an investigative reporter. Last Sept. I was also interviewed by Judd on his internet radio show about my experiences with the advance fee resale cons.

Judd just gave me a call and told me I needed to contact Dennis Murphy of Dateline since this is a story right up his alley. He didn't have his contact info today but will get it to me shortly.

He has also booked me back on his show for July 18th at 4:15 pm EST. He wants to follow up on what has happend since our last interview.

Judd does get a fairly sizable audience for his shows which deals with different types of consumer scams.

I'll have 15 minutes, possibly 30 to talk about the advance fee resale scam and the efforts being done to stop it.

I know what I want to talk about on the show but I am also open to any suggestions everyone has that would be good to cover as well.

JayJay, any specific thoughts you may have in regards to my previous post about my upcoming interview would be greatly appreciated.

I'm wondering if I should set up an email address such as gary@resalescamstoppers.com for example to give out just to see if I can get some feedback from owners that have been ripped off and to find out if anyone actually is following through on trying to stop this scam.

Thanks

garym216 wrote:

I actually sell timeshares for a resale company similar to this "Omega" and I hear this type of stuff all the time. The fact is you listened to the idea, had a chance to consider it, probably looked at the company info first, paid for the service, signed for it, and now you regret it so you're looking for someone to pin your frustrations on. You're frustrated that your resort won't help you, a realtor won't touch it and you can't sell it. You paid for someone to advertise something that's hard to sell and because they aren't bringing you the offers you want, you say you were scammed. No lawyer will say you have a case but good luck. Bottom line--Buyer's remorse

I am so glad I found this. Omega has been hounding us for a month trying to get us to sign up. THe money up front has just felt wrong to me from the get go. These posts finally convinced me NOT to do it. Can someone tell the the best way to sell? Redweek? ETC?> We just need to do so ASAP. Thanks. Paula in Fla

irac6 wrote:

garym216 wrote:

I actually sell timeshares for a resale company similar to this "Omega" and I hear this type of stuff all the time. The fact is you listened to the idea, had a chance to consider it, probably looked at the company info first, paid for the service, signed for it, and now you regret it so you're looking for someone to pin your frustrations on. You're frustrated that your resort won't help you, a realtor won't touch it and you can't sell it. You paid for someone to advertise something that's hard to sell and because they aren't bringing you the offers you want, you say you were scammed. No lawyer will say you have a case but good luck. Bottom line--Buyer's remorse

I am so glad I found this. Omega has been hounding us for a month trying to get us to sign up. THe money up front has just felt wrong to me from the get go. These posts finally convinced me NOT to do it. Can someone tell the the best way to sell? Redweek? ETC?> We just need to do so ASAP. Thanks. Paula in Fla

Well Gary, I was told that Omega would sell my timeshare for $13,000. They also stated that they would have it sold in about 3 months. If this is the same scam your company uses to get the peoples money, just stay where you are, your clients will get around to you eventually.

irvinr2 wrote:

irac6 wrote:

garym216 wrote:

I actually sell timeshares for a resale company similar to this "Omega" and I hear this type of stuff all the time. The fact is you listened to the idea, had a chance to consider it, probably looked at the company info first, paid for the service, signed for it, and now you regret it so you're looking for someone to pin your frustrations on. You're frustrated that your resort won't help you, a realtor won't touch it and you can't sell it. You paid for someone to advertise something that's hard to sell and because they aren't bringing you the offers you want, you say you were scammed. No lawyer will say you have a case but good luck. Bottom line--Buyer's remorse

I am so glad I found this. Omega has been hounding us for a month trying to get us to sign up. THe money up front has just felt wrong to me from the get go. These posts finally convinced me NOT to do it. Can someone tell the the best way to sell? Redweek? ETC?> We just need to do so ASAP. Thanks. Paula in Fla

Well Gary, I was told that Omega would sell my timeshare for $13,000. They also stated that they would have it sold in about 3 months. If this is the same scam your company uses to get the peoples money, just stay where you are, your clients will get around to you eventually.

I just Googled Omega Marketing Timeshares and came to these posts, which confirmed my suspsicions, which were based on: 1)they said they were responding to an email that I did not remember sending, but they said it had been some time ago, back in March. 2) The salesman claimed he had a e-scan of an international affidavit I signed when I bought the time share, but I had no copy in my paperwork, which I have all together. 3) The salesman claimed he could not copy, print, fax, or email me a copy of this document. 4) He wanted money up front, via my credit card # and was asking me for $1600 to do the title search, transfer, legal documents up front before actually selling the property. 5) He claimed he could sell it for over $4000 than I paid for it 3 yrs ago. 6) He used the typical sales technique (carrot on stick that will disappear within 24 hrs- you must act now) pressure that he had a buyer that he was going to speak with tonight, but that he had to get my paperwork/credit card # before this evening. 7) When I asked that he fax me the agreement that I would be signing so I could review it first without my credit card # on it, he could not do so, but could only offer sending me information, which he did. 8) When I asked if he understood why I would be hesitant to give out my credit card # before I reviewed an agreement, he assured me that my credit card protects me against fraud. 9 If something sounds too good to be true, it more often than not is too good to be true. 10) If the pressure to act /pay now is stronger than encouragement to investigate & review the business transaction, most likely a scam is involved. 11) If this business is legit, they need to act more legit.