More than $ 35,000 in fines for four companies

Marie-Eve Dumont

Monday, 26 February, 2018 22:49

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Four companies of timeshare must pay more than $ 35,000 in fines for having concealed important information to consumers, or to have acted without a licence.

The company Club is The Heavenly, that belonged to Jean-Sébastien Monette, nicknamed the ” King of time-sharing “, at the time of the alleged events in 2014, has been sentenced to 12 670 $ fine. Mr. Monette should also personally pay 1766 $.

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Jean-Sébastien Monette

The Office de la protection du consommateur (OPC) reproached them for having used contracts that do not conform, who did not indicate, among others, the customer’s right to cancel within 10 days, not to have mentioned the existence of a booking fee and acting as an itinerant merchant without a license.

The company Voyagesclub.ca and its owner Patrick Tessier required to pay a total of 11 884 $ for the same offenses, except the peddler trade.

Fake discount ski

Companies Phoenix Spa & Resort Évasionpoints.com and their owners have to pay more than $ 11,000. Phoenix Spa & Resort would have argued that a stay in a holiday complex gave discounts on ski tickets, which was not true.

These two businesses are most active, according to the Registrar of companies.

The Newspaper has extensively reported questionable practices of companies of a vacation time-share, also called ” time-sharing “.

Many judgments have been rendered in the course of the past five years by the Court of small claims in favour of consumers unable to cancel their contract and obtain a refund.

“The small things “

They were thus prisoners of agreements worth thousands of dollars that could last tens of years signed under the pressure of sellers.

“The conviction for the ambulant commerce could be a track legal interesting for the consumer before the Court. When you sign a contract with a ambulant commerce, the law says that we have 10 days to cancel the contract, ” insists the spokesman for the OPC, Charles Tanguay.

Joined by The Journal, Jean-Sébastien Monette argued that it was no longer the owner of the business Club, The Heavenly, and has refused to comment on his fine personal.

He asked the representative of the Journal de Montreal, ” not to call the small things “, before cutting the line. It has been impossible to contact Patrick Tessier.