Welcome to the start of another week at Inside Timeshare, over the past few weeks we have been publishing the story of Silverpoint and associated companies being liquidated to spirit money away for the Trotta family fortune. Today we look at a company employed by the RDO (Resorts Development Organisation) who endorsed Silverpoint who at the time were major members of the RDO. In light of what we now know, this endorsement is definitely suspect.
The company is Kwikchex who we have published about on several occasions, the company is owned by Chris Emmins who as a director does not have what could be called a very good track record resigning from 4 companies, held 17 appointments at 17 dissolved companies with “alleged” debts to creditors of around £500,000. See link below for the original article.
https://insidetimeshare.com/kwikchex-chris-emmins/
Kwikchex is tasked with protecting the RDO and its members from so-called “unscrupulous” companies which threaten the industry claiming they “provide investigation and verification services that deliver accurate online information about businesses”. This is done through their website Timeshare Business Check.
According to their website they “reach out” to businesses for information on the company etc, many companies do not respond as they have no legal requirement to do so. But when this happens the entry on timeshare business check for that particular company is not what you would call positive, bringing in links to other dubious websites funded by the RDO which discredit the company concerned.
Yet while doing this to companies which are not paying the RDO to be members, Kwikchex was endorsing Silverpoint a major RDO member and financial contributor at the time, using youtube videos of Club Paradiso members via “testimonials”. Fine, we will admit the resort and accommodation is excellent but what they have not shown is the tactics Silverpoint used to sell their products.
As we know Silverpoint sold various packages of timeshare, from packages of weeks sold as “investments” with the intention of rental income and resale at a profit in the future to the Company Participation Scheme. This particular product is a variation on the original product, the difference being the apartments are registered as companies in their own right.
These are all subject to many legal actions in the courts with Silverpoint losing at every stage, yet do we see Kwikchex publish anything about them on any of their websites? The answer is no, even though Silverpoint is no longer an RDO member.
So what do we have, a company funded by the industry endorsing a company that has for years been making millions from consumers with false promises and very dodgy products, while on the other hand attempting to discredit any other company that is not an RDO member yet is there to help consumers?
Can you the reader believe any information from Kwikchex or Timeshare Business Check in the light of this?
Somehow I don’t think so, the whole point of Kwikchex, Timeshare Business Check and the “Timeshare Task Force” is to protect the industry while all the time allowing the industry to continue with the same practises which have resulted in so many court cases with contracts being declared null and void and the consumer receiving back their money.
It must also be pointed out that none of these organisations has published any information on silverpoint liquidations or the fact that Club Paradiso is closed and no one knows when it will be or even if it will be reopened to members.
One thing is certain, these companies and the industry is very adept at convincing you the consumer that only they are telling the truth while placing doubt about any other company that is not associated with them. The upshot is you the consumer has nowhere to turn, the advice you will get is industry propaganda and weighed in their favour rather than yours.
Links to Kwikchex published testimonials authenticated by Kwikchex.
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