Protections failing time share buyers

Protections failing time share buyers

Sales unchecked by complaints, lawsuits

South Carolina has more time shares than every U.S. state except Florida, but the agency that regulates the industry has been hamstrung by budget cuts and now only has one person assigned to time share complaints.

Despite 32 pages of laws on time shares, South Carolina’s system of consumer protections is failing aggrieved buyers – people who thought they were buying a product, rather than paying their way into a tricky system of bidding and swapping and scrapping for service.