This company first overcharges for it services. 50% of the recovered amount is way to much for this service.
Then in my case, they erroneously overcharged me on top of the 50% fee. I called them numerous times and they say they will call me back. and they never do. The charge in question was the same amount that I was suppose to have paid, and somehow I misunderstood it as that, and I allowed it to be recharged on my credit card after the dispute. After carefully checking my records, I found out that I was deceived by ARS .
I ended paying about 65% for the recovery of my charges.
Wouldn't a legitimate company have immediately refunded any overcharges without playing dumb?
The answer is "YES", because I have dealt with responsible legitimate companies before.
Belief me this is not a legit, on the level outfit, I will not insult real companies by calling them a "Company" again.

Kimberly,

When you write derogatory post and sign it "secret" it would be smart not to send it from a very small town, Alabaster, Alabama the same day you sent me an e-mail from that location. Audit Recovery Systems has treated you very well and I'm so dissappointed that you chose to slander us rather then just say thank you for treating me like a valued employee, paying me for all the personal time I have taken off and for forwarding my check to Alabaster.

Shame on you Kimberly. Feel free to use us as a reference.

Barry

This is just to let everyone know that this scam company was raided and shut down by the Department of Agriculture today. This is likely temporary, as they would only have to pay some fines and get the proper licenses to re-open, but they are NOT allowed to contact customers and are NOT allowed to charge anyone any money until this happens. If you are contacted by anyone from ARS for any reason, you should immediately call the Department of Agriculture in Florida and let them know.

In case you are not familiar with this scam, this company will tell you they can get your money back after you've paid a bogus timeshare listing company. They will then initiate a dispute on your credit card and then charge you 50% of whatever they recover as soon as the credit card company issues a credit to you. What they don't tell you is that the credit card company ALWAYS issues a credit, but the credit is temporary and as soon as the credit card company contacts the original timeshare company, they will re-bill your credit card and you will be out 150%. This is a SCAM, and any company that claims that they can recover your money from a timeshare listing company is lying to you. You will get ripped off again.

If ARS calls you, immediately get the name of the representative and then call the Department of Agriculture in Florida at (850) 488-3022. If you are already working with ARS, IMMEDIATELY STOP ALL CONTACT WITH THEM. If they call you, hang up. If they have your credit card number, immediately call the credit card company and have the number changed. If you have authorized one of their agents on your account, demand that they immediately be taken off the account. This company should NOT be trusted with your personal information. They WILL rip you off. If they have recovered money for you, be aware that your card will VERY likely be re-billed sometime in the next six months. The same goes for other similar companies, such as Timeshare Task Force, American Recovery Task Force, National Recovery Task Force, Federal Fee Recovery, and anyone else claiming they can recover your timeshare funds. In fact, most of these companies used to operate as fraudulent timeshare resale companies. ARS is run by former Creative Vacation Solutions employees.

Be very careful. Never pay anyone up front to sell your timeshare, and NEVER allow a fee recovery service to go after the money you've spent with timeshare listing companies. You WILL (not might, WILL) get ripped off.


From Audit Recovery Systems' contract, item 5:

"Fees paid to you by ARS are earned upon the issuance of a provisional credit being issued to your account. In the even that subsequent investigation by the card issuer results in a reversal of any monies credited to your account through the efforts of ARS, you agree that ARS has earned the fee and it is non-refundable."

Translation: We will get you a TEMPORARY credit, take 50% of the amount of that credit from you, and then laugh at you when the temporary credit is reversed.