Consumer Fraud Legal Questions

You can't have your cake and eat it too. How convenient that you made a poor choice and just want no responsibility for it, no repercussions to the person YOU are accusing of criminal fraud and that the bank should just eat all that money while your friend enjoys the benefit of the free stuff he purchased. Sounds pretty ridiculous when put that way right? If its criminal fraud you have your freind prosecuted criminally so he goes to prison like all criminal should and you will have a better chance of arguing with the bank about some of the charges. Short of that, you will have to accept the fact YOU placed trust in someone not deserving of it and your price to pay is YOU just bought all those charges and can spend your money and time suing the friend for reimbursement, if thats even viable financially. ... Read Answer

This is likely to be a VERY complicated matter now as it is being dealt with AFTER all the papwerwork appears to have been signed. Though we do handle such cases, they do not start off as contingent fees cases and typically require a retainer and are handled on an hourly rate basis. If you are interested in retaining our office you can contact us at 1-800-922-6442 in Tampa to arrange for a FREE initial consultation. ... Read Answer

the problem here is..."and almost 2 years later". While it may still be possible to challenge this, it is no exponentially more complicated with such a long passage of time beofre action is taken. At this point you will need to retain a realestate lawyer with condo association rules experience to address this ... Read Answer

I suggest that you contact your credit card company, explain the situation, and ask them to do a "charge back."  This means that the credit card comany gives you your money back even if you can't get help from the vendor.  (This is one reason why you should ALWAYS use a credit card and not a debit card when buying on line or mail order.)... Read Answer

Document all actions and all conversations in writing and provide to all parties. Include the sales contract and the warranty contract. Make a detailed record in writing and demand that each party respond in writing. Document their responses. If needed, you can then go to court. You will have the written record for the court. Ed Dimon... Read Answer

Call the state of California Franchise Tax board (FTB) and ask them to update the public record and show that the lien was paid.  Ask FTB to give you a letter as proof. Then dispute the entry with the credit bureaus and send letter as proof.  It takes persistence to clear credit.  So youmay have to dispute the claim more than once.  It can take 60 to 90 days.... Read Answer

Generally, if you are using your hotel room in an ordinary way, then you have a limited right of privacy in the room. However, if the hotel believes that you are engaging in illegal acts or violating hotel rules, then hotel management has the right to enter and search your room without your permission. They will usually ask first but this not required if you refuse. If you told them that you had no pet but were in facts keeping a pet, then they can come into the room to verify if you had pets or not.... Read Answer