Ijaji likahulumeni e-Delaware likhiphe isinqumo ecaleni le-Wyndham Vacation Resorts Inc. elisekelwe ku-Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act (NDTPA).
Abamangali uSteven no-Elizabeth Kirchner kanye noRobert Weston bamangalele u-Wyndham bethi umdondoshiya wehlulekile ukutshela abangaba abathengi ukuthi izikhathi zabo 'zinenani elincane uma likhona,'
I-Kirchners kanye ne-Weston futhi bathi abanikazi be-timeshare base-Wyndham bangaphansi kwezimali ezifihliwe, izinkinga zokutholakala kokubhuka nokunye ukwehluleka okuhlukahlukene.
Abamangali bathi Wyndham bayekele ukuchaza ukuthi abathengi ngeke bakwazi ukukhokhela kabusha ukuthenga kwabo kweshare lesikhathi futhi bafune inani eliphansi kunenzalo 'enqatshelwe' ye-Wyndham engu-15.9%.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, bathi abazange baziswe ukuthi izimali ezikhokhwayo zonyaka zingakhuphuka ngokushesha okungaka, kangangokuthi inkampani yenza amayunithi amaningi phezu kwezincwadi/iqondisa nokuthi ukubhuka kufanele kwenziwe kusasele unyaka owodwa.
U-Kirchner no-Weston baphinde baphikisa ngokuthi i-Wyndham ujantshi wesitimela ifaka amakhasimende ekusayineni izinkontileka ngokushesha, ngaphandle kokunikeza isikhathi sokufunda imibhalo yenkontileka.
Ngomhla zingama-27 kuNdasa 2023, iJaji lesiFunda saseDelaware u-Richard Andrews wenqaba izimangalo ezisekelwe ku-NDTPA, evumelana no-Wyndham ukuthi izinkathi azikwazi ukuthathwa njengezimpahla noma amasevisi alawulwa yilo mthetho.
Kodwa-ke, uphinde waveza ukuthi akukephuzi kakhulu ukuletha izimangalo zokunxeshezelwa ngokukhwabanisa ngokungenzi kanye nokwephulwa kwe-Tennessee Timeshare Act ngokumelene nenkampani.
IJaji u-Andrews linqume ukuthi lezi zimangalo zomgunyathi ngokufaka izicelo zokweqiwa ziwela ngaphansi kwesimiso semikhawulo seminyaka emi-3, futhi ngenxa yalokho izimangalo zingaqhubeka.
Abamangali becala baqala isenzo sabo somthetho ngo-2020, beveza ukuthi u-Wyndham 'yehlulekile ukudalula uchungechunge lwezinkinga nemikhawulo' ngezinkontileka zabo ze-timeshare ukuze kube lula ukuthengisa.
I-Wyndham inamalungu acishe abe ngu-925,000 futhi ingenisa imali yonyaka eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezinhlanu zamaRandi asebenza cishe amayunithi angama-5 ezindaweni zokungcebeleka ezingama-25,000 ngokusho kwabamangali. Baqhubeka bathi izindleko ezimaphakathi zobulungu beWyndham zizungeze u-$220.
“Uma isenzo se-Kirchner/Weston siphumelela,” kuphawula u-Andrew Cooper, oyi-CEO ye-European Consumer Claims (ECC), “kungase kuvule umnyango wenani elikhulu lezimangalo ezifanayo ngokumelene no-Wyndham nabanye abasebenzisa i-timeshare yase-US.
“Abanikazi abaningi bezabelo e-US, kanye naseYurophu nakwezinye izindawo abeneme ngendlela abathengiswe ngayo futhi baphoxekile ngendlela ubulungu babo obube nomthelela ngayo ezimpilweni zabo.
“Sizoyibuka ngentshisekelo intuthuko kuleli cala laseWyndham.”
