Timeshare Consumer Group

Jon · Posted: Sat Jun 28, 2008 4:16 pm Post subject: TCG Imposters!

Please be wary of the following site:

www.timeshareconsumergroup.us

We are obviously not affiliated with Timeshare Rescue or their TCG in any way. Unfortunately, our name could not be copyrighted due to a legal hiccup, so consumers will simply need to prepare themselves to make the appropriate choice.

www.timeshareconsumergroup.org is the official TCG home.

Also note that we have always been and will always be the Timeshare CONSUMER Group, not "Consumers," in the plural.

As I said, please be wary.

* Update: this has also been blogged about elsewhere:

http://streettalkblog.com/?p=2688

evicpin · Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 70 Location: Midwesty

Wow.

Sorry to hear about this, although this impostor site clearly has a different goal and pales in comparison to this community.

warrenpeas · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Cali

Indeed. You guys should have filed for a trademark! That would have made such issues much easier.

That having been said, I think most consumers will be able to tell the difference between this group and the other. There's really no comparison. The other one isn't finished yet, though, I wonder what it will look like when complete.

Jon · Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2008 4:40 pm Post subject:

We are going through the process of obtaining a trademark. Until then,

http://www.timeshareconsumergroup.org/warning.html

rita_l · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 41 Location: US

Thanks for that article, it should set the record straight.

I just got an email regarding this, too. There should be no confusion, although some folks are still likely to get confused because of the name.

warrenpeas · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 34 Location: Cali

Yeah, I got the email, too. Sorry to hear about this, but then, there are a lot of sharks out there, and you guys provide a real service.

Jon · Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2008 7:39 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys. I agree that they pale in comparison and seem to have very different goals. I'll keep you posted.

dial-a-shue · Joined: 04 Feb 2008 Posts: 36 Location: The Big Snapple

rita_l · Joined: 08 Jan 2008 Posts: 41 Location: US

The comments at street talk make some rather lofty claims, don't they? Geez, this business is cut-throat.

Jon · Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 5:41 pm Post subject:

evicpin · Joined: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 70 Location: Midwesty

Well, I notice the industry resource links have changed. That's good, some of the associations always bothered me; not because of problems with said links, but because I like how the TCG is an unbiased source. S'all good.

Jon · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 9:54 pm Post subject:

talez · Joined: 01 Oct 2008 Posts: 10

Have you contacted them about the name collision? Anyway, that site looks very much like a scam. It has close to zero information. Just a phone number to reel you in.

Jon · Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2008 5:06 pm Post subject: