Ijaji Federal in Delaware wagweba Wyndham Vacation Resorts Inc. ityala esekelwe Nevada Ukukhohlisa Trade Practices Act (NDTPA).
Abamangali uSteven noElizabeth Kirchner kunye noRobert Weston baye bamangalela uWyndham besithi isigebenga samaxesha asiphumelelanga ukuxelela abathengi abanokuba ngabathengi ukuba izabelo zabo zexesha 'zinexabiso elincinci ukuba, likhona, lithengiswe kwakhona.'
I-Kirchners kunye ne-Weston ikwabanga ukuba abanini bexesha le-Wyndham baxhomekeke kwimirhumo efihliweyo, imiba yokufumaneka kokubhuka kunye nezinye iintsilelo ezahlukeneyo.
Abamangali bathi Wyndham Ukungahoywa ukucacisa ukuba abathengi abanakukwazi ukuphinda babonelele ngeemali abazithengileyo kwaye bafune umyinge osezantsi kunenzala 'ethintelayo' ye-Wyndham ye-15.9%.
Bakwabanga ukuba abakhange baziswe ukuba imirhumo yonyaka inokunyuka ngokukhawuleza, kangangokuba inkampani ithatha iincwadi ezingaphezulu/yongamela iiyunithi kwaye ugcino kufuneka lwenziwe ngaphezu konyaka omnye kwangaphambili.
UKirchner noWeston nabo baxoxa ukuba iWyndham ithumela abathengi ukuba basayine iikhontrakthi ngokukhawuleza, ngaphandle kokunika ixesha lokufunda ushicilelo lwekhontrakthi.
Ngomhla wama-27 kuMatshi ka-2023, uMgwebi weSithili saseDelaware uRichard Andrews wakhaba amabango asekelwe kwi-NDTPA, evumelana noWyndham ukuba. ulwabiwo lwexesha ayinakuthathwa njengempahla okanye iinkonzo ezilawulwa ngulo mthetho.
Nangona kunjalo, waphinda wavakalisa ukuba akubanga xesha lide ukuzisa amabango okunyanzeliswa kobuqhophololo ngokutyeshela kunye nokwaphulwa kwe-Tennessee Timeshare Act ngokuchasene nenkampani.
UJaji u-Andrews ugwebe ukuba oku kuphenjelelwa ngobuqhetseba ngamabango okusilela kuwela phakathi kwe-3-year statute of limitations, kwaye ngoko ke amabango angaqhubeka.
Abamangali becala baqala isenzo sabo somthetho ngo-2020, bechaza ukuba i-Wyndham 'yasilela ukutyhila uchungechunge lweengxaki kunye nokunciphisa' kunye nezivumelwano zabo zexesha ukwenzela ukuba kube lula ukuthengisa.
I-Wyndham inamalungu angama-925,000 kwaye yenza ingeniso yonyaka ye-5 yeebhiliyoni zeedola ezisebenza malunga neeyunithi ezingama-25,000 kwiindawo zokungcebeleka ezingama-220 ngokutsho kwabamangali. Baqhubeka besithi ixabiso eliphakathi lobulungu beWyndham lijikeleze i-21,000 yeedola.
"Ukuba isenzo se-Kirchner / Weston siphumelele," uphawula u-Andrew Cooper, i-CEO ye-European Consumer Claims (ECC), "inokuthi ivule umnyango kumthamo omkhulu wamabango afanayo ngokuchasene ne-Wyndham kunye nabanye abaqhubi be-timeshare base-US.
“Abanikazi bamaxesha amaninzi e-US, naseYurophu nakwezinye iindawo abonwabanga yindlela abathengiswe ngayo kwaye badanile yindlela ubulungu babo obubuchaphazele ngayo ubomi babo.
“Siza kubukela ngomdla okwenzekayo kweli tyala laseWyndham.”