Ua hoʻoholo ka luna kānāwai Federal ma Delaware i ka hihia Wyndham Vacation Resorts Inc. ma muli o Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act (NDTPA).
ʻO nā mea hoʻopiʻi ʻo Steven lāua ʻo Elizabeth Kirchner a me Robert Weston i lawe mai i nā hihia kūʻē iā Wyndham me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole i haʻi ʻia e ke kanaka pilikua timeshare i nā mea kūʻai aku i ko lākou mau manawa he 'ʻuʻuku inā, he waiwai kūʻai hou.'
Ua ʻōlelo pū ʻo Kirchners a me Weston e pili ana nā mea nona ka timeshare Wyndham i nā uku huna, nā pilikia o ka loaʻa ʻana a me nā hemahema ʻē aʻe.
Wahi a nā mea hoʻopiʻi Wyndham Ua mālama ʻole ʻia e wehewehe ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea kūʻai ke hoʻihoʻi hou i kā lākou manawa kūʻai aku a ʻimi i kahi haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa ma mua o ka 'prohibitive' Wyndham ukupanee o 15.9%.
Ua ʻōlelo pū lākou ʻaʻole lākou i ʻike ʻia e hiki ke piʻi wikiwiki nā uku makahiki, e hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka ʻoihana i nā ʻāpana a pono e hoʻopaʻa ʻia i hoʻokahi makahiki ma mua.
Hoʻopaʻapaʻa pū ʻo Kirchner lāua ʻo Weston e hoʻopaʻa inoa ʻo Wyndham i nā mea kūʻai aku i nā ʻaelike me ka hāʻawi ʻole ʻana i ka manawa e heluhelu ai i ka paʻi maikaʻi.
Ma ka lā 27 o Malaki 2023, ua hōʻole ka Lunakanawai Apana ʻo Delaware ʻo Richard Andrews i nā koi e pili ana i ka NDTPA, e ʻae ana me Wyndham manawa manawa ʻAʻole hiki ke manaʻo ʻia he waiwai a lawelawe paha i hoʻoponopono ʻia e kēia kānāwai.
Eia naʻe, ua hōʻike pū ʻo ia ʻaʻole i lohi ka lawe ʻana i nā ʻōlelo hoʻopiʻi hoʻopunipuni ma o ka haʻalele ʻana a me ka uhaki ʻana i ke kānāwai Tennessee Timeshare e kūʻē i ka hui.
Ua hoʻoholo ʻo Judge Andrews e hāʻule kēia mau koi hoʻopunipuni ma o ka waiho ʻole ʻana i loko o ke kānāwai o 3 mau makahiki, a no laila hiki ke hoʻomau ʻia nā koi.
Ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe hoʻopiʻi i kā lākou hana kānāwai ma 2020, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole i hōʻike ʻo Wyndham i kahi ʻano pilikia a me nā palena' me kā lākou ʻaelike timeshare i mea e maʻalahi ai ke kūʻai aku.
Aia ʻo Wyndham ma kahi o 925,000 mau lālā a loaʻa i ka loaʻa kālā makahiki o $5 biliona e hana ana ma kahi o 25,000 mau ʻāpana ma 220 resorts e like me ka poʻe hoʻopiʻi. Ke ʻōlelo nei lākou ʻo ke kumukūʻai maʻamau o kahi lālā Wyndham ma kahi o $21,000.
"Inā kūleʻa ka hana Kirchner/Weston," wahi a Andrew Cooper, Luna Nui o European Consumer Claims (ECC), "hiki iā ia ke wehe i ka puka i ka nui o nā koi like e kūʻē iā Wyndham a me nā mea hoʻohana timeshare ʻē aʻe o US.
"ʻAʻole hauʻoli nā mea nona ka timeshare ma US, a me ʻEulopa a me nā wahi ʻē aʻe i ke ʻano o ke kūʻai ʻia ʻana a me ka hōʻino ʻana i ka hopena o kā lākou mau lālā i ko lākou ola.
"E nānā mākou i nā hanana i kēia hihia Wyndham me ka hoihoi."
