Diamond Resorts: A Consumers Tale

CLA International would like to thank Inside Timeshare and Irene Parker for allowing us to publish this article in full from their website, published on Friday 16 March. Once again welcome to Friday’s Letter from America, this week Irene Parker interviews yet another military veteran family about their experience with Diamond. Joshua and Nichole Parker are just another couple in a…

Selling Points is a Scam Say National Consumer Commission

Some time ago the following information was published regarding the South African companies Flexi Club, Club Leisure Group and other associated companies regarding their points system. The National Consumer Commission has called the point system a “Scam”, and declared that these companies have engaged in “unconscionable conduct” under the Consumer Protection Act. The commission has now…

Manhattan Club: $6.5 Million Settlement

It would look like the long drawn out battle between the New York State Attorney General, Eric T Schneiderman and The Manhattan Club is finally over. It was back in July 2014, that AG Schneiderman announced he had obtained a court order halting the sale of timeshares at The Manhattan Club. As AG Schneiderman put it in July 2014 “Purchasers Duped Into Paying Tens Of…