Complaint #1697238 submitted on 12/15/2015 relating to BB&T Financial. Complaint relates to Bank account or service Other bank product/service - Using a debit or ATM card .
Complaint was submitted via Web and sent to the company on Tuesday 15th December 2015.
My wife and I were vacationing in XXXX XXXX XXXX for the 1st time XX/XX/XXXX. We attended a presentation for XXXX XXXX on Monday, XX/XX/XXXX and purchased a timeshare. The next day we were at the marina and speaking with someone at a booth. He sold different excursions like for fishing trips and such. Of course, he asked us we had been to any presentations and we said yes and told him we had purchased a timeshare at XXXX XXXX. We also told him we were having second thoughts about the purchase. He told us that by law we had 5 days to cancel. He also told us he could set us up at another presentation with a vacation club and they would purchase our timeshare and we would be able to have a membership and save a lot of money. We looked at our contract for XXXX XXXX and discovered that we in fact did have 5 days to cancel. Well, we should have just cancelled. Instead, the next morning we went to the presentation at a place called XXXX. This is a very nice area of XXXX with beautiful home overlooking XXXX. We were taken in a taxi to a very nice home. We were greeted by a very nice and professional looking woman who sat down with us and asked us to show her our identification and a credit card. This seem like a standard procedure as this happened when we went to XXXX XXXX. She proceeded to ask us a few questions and then introduced us to a gentleman by the name of XXXX. At this point, we are not sure if this is his real name. He started explaining to us how this vacation club called " XXXX '' would allow us the flexibility to use our money for a variety of different types of vacations. He told us that he would purchase our XXXX XXXX timeshare and we did not have to cancel. He told us that what we paid to XXXX XXXX would be applied to our vacation club membership. It all sounded too good to be true and as part of becoming members we would receive a two week vacation for XXXX. He wanted us to pay {$8000.00} but we told him that we could not. So, agreed to pay {$4000.00} and finance {$4000.00} for 12 months beginning XXXX XXXX, XXXX. He gave us the paperwork to look over and we had breakfast outside on the patio of this home overlooking a beautiful pool. We paid him {$4000.00} with a debit card.
Last month we started getting emails from XXXX XXXX about our account. I finally called XXXX last Friday and learned that our timeshare had not been purchased or transferred. I looked at my paperwork for XXXX and called the toll free number. It is not a valid number. I called so called XXXX 's cell number. It is not a good number. I sent an email to XXXX and XXXX and both bounced back as invalid email addresses. Basically, all the information given to us was fake. A total scam. We have contacted our bank and are hoping to get the money bank.
| Company | BB&T Financial |
| Complaint ID | 1697238 |
| Date Received | 12/15/2015 |
| Product | Bank account or service Other bank product/service |
| Issue | Using a debit or ATM card |
| State/ZIP Code | CO 802XX |
| Consumer Consent | Consent provided |
| Company Public Response | Company chooses not to provide a public response |
| Company Response To Customer | Closed with explanation |
| Submitted | Web 12/15/2015 |
| Result | Timely Response: Yes, Consumer Disputed: Yes |
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