A rental THIEF is potentially back in business

[huey578]

I don't know if Auntie gave it to her, sold it to her (unlikely, I'm thinking! ), or if Auntie passed away and bequeathed it to her. I guess I could check NY public records for a death certificate, but there has to be a limit somewhere...

As I recall, back in the day, Auntie promised us she was taking the niece off the account so she couldn't do any more rentals. And as far as I know, that has held true, until this conveyance. In any event, whatshername is now the proud owner of a 150-point BCV contract.

I think both the Auntie and Niece need to be throw in jail

 

[JimMIA]

I need to make one correction here. I used the term "Auntie" several times in above posts. It was kind of a play on words which Dani, Stacey, and Heather will understand, but most of you won't.

Turns out, there is a very nice poster here on the DIS who uses the screen name of "Auntie." She is NOT the evil aunt! I've gone back through my posts and edited them, but I want to be sure everyone understands they are NOT the same people.

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Also, just for an update, I have received about 25-30 inquiries about rentals. So far, nobody is negotiating with the thief that I know of. Hopefully, she'll just sell the contract.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Hopefully, she'll just sell the contract.

From your lips to God's ear, Jim!

 

[chris1gill]

It's really great to see Stacey bought & Dani is still on the board... I don't frequent the DVC board every day, but lot's of days

The situation at the time was quite unbelievable, I would thoroughly believe the Aunt wanted to be done with the liability of the fraud & would give her niece the contract, however, since she was the owner at the time & maybe since (maybe there's more we don't know) she's still responsible IMHO...

Jim, thanks for keeping up on this, it's easy to just move on & forget & let them start the fraud all over again....

 

[owtrbnks]

Just wanted to echo the words of others on these boards,
"THANKS for looking out for others JIM."

 

[Sammie]

You know, even though these forums are widely used, it's still such a small percentage of people that are DVC owners/renters etc. that we really have no idea just how widespread these fraud issues might be. I hope there is some way member services can flag the records of anyone that might have a history of "questionable activity" and watch those contracts a little more closely.

I feel for anyone that is scammed as I have been before (not DVC related), it is an experience no one wants to go thru, but I have to say that I am not paying dues to have Disney be the watch dog on rentals.

This is a private transaction between two parties and I for one am glad, DVC takes no part in it.

Basically the savings involves risk and everyone should realize that.

 

[JimMIA]

...but I have to say that I am not paying dues to have Disney be the watch dog on rentals.

This is a private transaction between two parties and I for one am glad, DVC takes no part in it.

I agree I don't want my dues spent in this way, but I don't think that's the primary reason why DVC will never get involved. DVC is simply not going to spend anyone's money to provide comfort and security to their competitors.

The likelihood of fraud in a DVC rental is very small. People who own DVC interests tend to be fairly substantial people, and they are not inclined to rip anyone off. But it's up to both parties in a rental transaction to do a reasonable amount of due diligence to protect themselves.