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Re: CHECK THIS OUT - IGT CLOSED
Posted by Still Concerned on 3/15/06

    I understand that people who traveled with the Maloofs want to believe
    that they are victims like everyone else in this situation.
    Unfortunately, this simply does not seem be the case. It bears
    mentioning that in this strain, it was already brought to everyone's
    attention that the Maloof's former travel company in the 1980's,
    International Travel, did EXACTLY THE SAME THING to traveling students,
    teachers and church groups. The article, from March 4, 1988, appeared
    in the San Jose Mercury News. For those of you who wish to visit this
    directly, please go to http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/
    Click on archives and search for Joseph A. Maloof.
    Because it is archival, there is a charge to view the whole article. I
    have pasted it below for reference:

    [TOUR PROMOTERS FACING CHARGES CANCELED TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS COST PATRONS
    NEARLY $1 MILLION
    ED POPE, Mercury News Consumer Writer

    The Santa Clara County District Attorney's Office filed criminal charges
    Thursday against the owners of a Campbell travel firm that allegedly
    canceled European trips for hundreds of students and church members last
    summer and failed to return their money.

    More than 350 people from the Bay Area and around the state -- many of
    them youngsters who worked jobs and held fund- raisers to pay for the
    trips -- lost nearly $1 million when the owners of Travel International
    declared bankruptcy and sought reorganization.
    Al Bender, chief of the district attorney's consumer fraud unit, said
    Joseph A. Maloof and his wife, Sharon, were charged with 179 counts
    involving violations of the state Travel Promoter Act.

    They also are charged with three counts of making false and misleading
    statements in conjunction with their new business, Travel Selections of
    Campbell, Bender said.

    Travel International set up educational overseas trips, generally to
    Europe, which were promoted through school sponsors solicited by the
    Maloofs, Bender said. Most of the trips cost more than $2,500.]


    Enough said?

    On 3/15/06, Karen Hull wrote:
    > I have read about the Maloofs and the allegations against them. I
    > have taken about seven trips with them and have NEVER been unhappy
    > with the trips or my relationship with their company. It is tragic
    > that their names are being dragged through the mud when the only
    > things they are guilty of is trusting the wrong people.
    >
    > How sad! I have trusted them all of these years to make the best
    > decisions for my groups, and they have. When they needed to trust for
    > themselves, they made the wrong decision.
    >
    > Let's pray for some justice for Joe and Sharon.
    >
    > Ohio English teacher
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > On 3/14/06, Houston teacher wrote:
    >> I have been doing business with Joe and Sharon for about 8 years. I
    >> have delved into this tragic situation with alot of direct questions
    >> to both the Maloofs and Ron Hansen. I think I have cut through alot
    >> of crap during the months after Christmas '05 when I read the
    >> signals that IG Tours was probably failing and my June school trip
    >> would most likely suffer or cancel. It was Ron who fed me the lies
    >> and the fingerpointing and Joe and Sharon who gave me honest answers
    >> that made sense. I truly believe that the Maloofs are guilty of
    >> falling prey to a wolf in sheep's clothing. That wolf was Ron.
    >> What could the Maloofs possibly do when Ron forced them from the
    >> company they had worked so hard to build?
    >>
    >> It wasn't the Maloofs who bailed. It wasn't the Maloofs who
    >> continued to send much inflated bills to groups that had no chance
    >> of completing their trip. If you have ever had conversations with
    >> both ends, haven't you noticed which party gives the evasive answers
    >> and endless illogical excuses? I know what is in my gut. The
    >> Maloof's greatest sin is that they trusted Ron Hansen.
    >>
    >> This perspective does not come from a bitter customer who was
    >> cheated. My trip actually went to Europe in June of 2006. I know,
    >> that means that my group was funded by other aborted trips despite
    >> the fact that our participant price was inflated far beyond the
    >> contracted price. I am truly sorry for that. I don't think I could
    >> have weathered the guilt of telling my students that they had been
    >> duped by a company I had picked for them. I lived in fear of that
    >> happening for months and it made me a nervous wreck! I truly think
    >> the only reason my group actually got their trip is because I
    >> hounded and threatened everyone at IG Tours from January to June! I
    >> also dragged our school business office and our school attorney into
    >> the mix early on. I am really sorry for the group leaders who
    >> actually lived the nightmare that I feared but I don't think the
    >> Maloofs are the culprits.

     
     

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