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Re: Has anyone dealt with Americap International Corp.? (by KC):
Re: >> I really don't know what your options are, Terry. Maybe small claims court?? I have emailed Chris letting him know that his RedWeek.com account has been suspended until you receive your check. That's about all we can do from our end since an escrow company wasn't used in the rental transaction.
I hope it's just a matter of a paperwork problem or the check is actually lost in the mail. But in either case you need to receive your check before he can contact anyone else on our website. << =======================================
Personally, I hope that Americap / Chris Wood is **PERMANENTLY** BANNED from RedWeek -- not just suspended. This kind of deceit, delay, unfulfilled promises and incompetence is simply inexcusable. RedWeek doesn't need "businesses" or people like this discrediting the site by mere association. DUMP them!
I really and truly wonder about outfits such as this one (and Mr. Preston Green's as well, although I can't recall the name of Green's enterprise). More specifically, I wonder to myself whether they even HAVE what they are peddling. Or, instead, do they simply get some "earnest money" from a prospective buyer / renter as in-hand incentive ---and then try to FIND that particular timeshare in the distressed market? I don't claim to know, but I AM certainly suspicious, particularly after reading of the "10% retained", even for a cancelled / failed transaction. I smell something rotten there......
Forget about small claims court, unless both parties are within the same state AND geographically close enough within that same state to accomplish "service of process" (such as delivery of a summons) AND you know exactly where they are physically located (a P.O. Box just ain't gonna cut it). If out of state, the defendant can simply ignore the "invitation", virtually without any consequence. The entity might even be a cute and elusive business setup (e.g., incorporated in Delaware, 800 phone number (with the "rep" located virtually anywhere), a P.O. Box set up somewhere for "payment processing", etc. You could exert a lot of time, effort and money chasing ghosts. Hit them HERE (and everywhere else they appear on the Internet) and just put them right out of business, to the benefit of other consumers --- AFTER they square up with those whose money they have taken and produced nothing in return. Just my opinion........