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Corporate Credit Card Sucker Trap

January 16, 2015 by Wina Sturgeon Leave a Comment

There are many ways to keep from getting caught in the 'Sucker Trap' of store credit cards, starting with the obvious: never signing up for one in the first place. But the bait used to trap you may prove too tempting to resist. So, here are six ways to protect yourself if you get caught in the sticky web of store credit cards: There are two major times when you will be … [Read more...]

Utah Senate OKs Prison Move –Big Payday For Senator Niederhauser

March 6, 2013 by Richard Markosian 1 Comment

  One of the sleaziest forms of get-rich-quick schemes found especially in Sandy and Draper is developers going into the business of politics in order to find and accomplish special favors. Senator Wayne Niederhauser scored a big win yesterday passing a bill in the Utah State Senate that would move the Draper prison. This would be a great idea for State Senator … [Read more...]

Karma Catching up to Westgate Owner David Siegel

August 20, 2012 by Richard Markosian 21 Comments

Utah Stories began reporting on David Siegel and his timeshare ripoffs beginning before the housing bubble in 2008. At that point Siegal was at the top of the world, looking to post $1 billion in sales with his company Westgate Resorts. We learned from attending a Westgate Resorts timeshare presentation that his sales associates flat out lied to customers. After we initially … [Read more...]

Westgate Resorts Class Action Lawsuit

March 10, 2011 by Richard Markosian 97 Comments

Nevada court might finally deliver timeshare ripoff victims the justice they deserve. It has been amazing that such a blatantly dishonest company as Westgate Resorts has been able to continue lying to customers and selling timeshare rip-off scams for as long as they have. It actually appears that Westgate might finally get what they deserve. A class action lawsuit has … [Read more...]

Timeshare Scam from Westgate Resorts

June 13, 2008 by Richard Markosian 19 Comments

Part III in the ongoing story of attempting to fight back against Westgate Resorts rip-off time share scam. See our previous story on Vegas time share scams. In the previous installment I described how Westgate Resorts in Las Vegas used dishonest practices to sell us a time share single-week package for Miami Beach, Florida. We bought the package with the assurance that we … [Read more...]

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