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Welcome
to the Sunset Harbour Club web
site. The aim of this site is to provide a medium through which
members of the club may communicate with their elected committee
members and each other.
We
aim to keep you informed of any news or developments concerning
the Club as well as giving you the opportunity to offer weeks for
sale, rent, purchase or exchange. This facility uses bulletin boards.
We advise that you read our help page
before using the bulletin boards.
It
would be really helpful to be able to contact interested members
from time to time. Therefore, unless you have already done so, please
fill in the form to join the mailing
list before proceeding. Your details are available only to the members
committee and once submitted are not accessible to any other visitors
to this site.
Important
note: Please read the disclaimer
before using this site.
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Spanish Police Raid
“Timeshare” Company
Dear Member and Owner,
Diamond Resorts International® has been notified that the
Spanish Police have conducted a raid, which has resulted in
the closure of an unscrupulous timeshare and holiday club
marketing company, Global Vacations Limited, alleged to be
linked to the resale company ETOO.
We are in complete support of this action and have copied
the letter below for your reference with guidelines to
follow in the event you have been impacted.
Regards,
Diamond Resorts International®
Towards the end of January, the Spanish police raided the
offices of Global Vacations Limited, a marketing company
selling Club Class Concierge holiday club membership,
arresting sixteen people on suspicion of fraud.
Victims of this alleged fraud will have been approached by
resale company ETOO telling them that a buyer had been found
for their points or week. They would have been told that the
transaction would have to be concluded in person in Malaga.
Once there the owners were met by Global Vacations Limited
representatives who try to sell them Club Class Concierge
membership. This may well have been alongside a cash-back
offer through CashBack Europe Plc.
To assist the authorities in Spain with their
investigations, evidence is now required from timeshare
owners and we encourage our owners, who either may have been
approached or been victims of this alleged fraud, to come
forward. A case can only be built up if sufficient evidence
is provided!
Complaints and evidence should be sent to the complainant’s
local European Consumer Centre, details of which can be
found on the ECC website http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/redress_cons/docs/ecc_network_centers.pdf
Photocopies of all documents, a brief statement providing
details about their case and photocopies of proof of
payments made should be provided.
UK based consumers should send their complaints to:
European Consumer Centre
1 Sylvan Court, Sylvan Way
Southfields Business Park
Basildon
Essex SS15 6TH
Tel: 08456 04 05 03, Fax: 08456 08 96 00, email: ecc@tsi.org.uk
OTE is issuing a press release on Monday to coincide with a
similar release issued by the UK’s Office of Fair Trading.
We also understand that BBC Watchdog is planning to report
the raids in its programme on Monday at 19h30.
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WEBSITE WARNING - DIAMOND
RESALES
A company in the name of Diamond
Resales has been contacting some of
our members regarding sales of Diamond Inventory, promising
members
high sales values for a deposit payment. It is the usual
approach, but
they do look more credible than most, and with the name linked
to DRI
we are concerned that some people will think there is a link.
There is
not.
As you can imagine we are actively looking to stop this asap,
but
there will always be a time lag, so we wanted to let you know.
Also,
Tony, if you could post a note on this company we would
appreciate it,
we are doing so on the DRI forums now.
I have copied a typical email that they send once contact has
been made
Thanks
Sarah
Sarah Hulme | Vice President of Global Club Operations | Diamond
Resorts International®
Diamond Resales
Handling Timeshare Sales and Resales For Over Twenty Years
Date 01/09/2008
REF TJB0808
For the attention of:
With ref to your property in Club Cala Blanca, please confirm
the
following details by return e mail.
I will call to confirm within 24 hours your acceptance of this
offer,
and that bank transfer has been forwarded to secure the
transaction.
Property
Club Cala Blanca. Gran Canaria, Spain.
Unit Type
1 Bed
Weeks
52 & 1 (fifty-two and one)
Offer price accepted
6,000€ (SIX THOUSAND EUROS)
Holding Payment
1,200 Euros (ONE THOUSAND, TWO HUNDRED EUROS)
Company holding account details for transfer
BANCO SANTANDER
ALHAURIN EL GRANDE
MALAGA
SPAIN
ACCOUNT DETAILS
PLEASE QUOTE
ACCOUNT TITLE WNA HOLD
ACCOUNT NUMBER IBAN ES21 0049 5792 1428 9502 1198
SWIFT CODE BSCH ESMM XXX
If this offer is acceptable to you we would like confirmation of
transfer of the holding fee and the date of the transfer, we
will then
forward you the full contracts for your approval.
If you prefer you can pay the holding by Visa or Mastercard, of
which
we will take details on your confirmation of acceptance.
The holding fee on your part is a security for the purchaser
that upon
completion, all certificates will be released to us in full, and
a
legal confirmation on our part that you have agreed to the sale
of the
above mentioned unit.
This reserve will be returned to you IN FULL upon completion of
contract.
The approximate completion will be six to eight weeks after
contract.
You will receive the contract within 5 working days of transfer,
for
you to sign and return.
I trust this offer will be to your approval and I will contact
you
within the next 24hrs to confirm.
Yours sincerely
James Jacobs
Sales Director
DIAMOND RESALES, 27, Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX
TEL: 0203 355 3749
info@diamondresales.com www.diamondresales.com
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Traffic
Offence Scam:
A company known as DRAYES is sending out official looking
letters indicating that the recipient has contravened road
traffic laws and has a outstanding Justice Department fine.
They are asked to send 129 Euros to a Spanish bank account
and warned that non-payment will be pursued through a UK County
Court incurring additional expenses.
The letter appears to be targeting timeshare owners and holidaymakers
and the matter is being investigated by Office of Fair Trading
who are liasing with Spanish Authorities. If you receive a
demand from this company do not pay it but contact the Office
of Fair Trading.
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