Comments on: YTB Class Action Denied – AGAIN!

By: Fifth Year – YTB Makes Travel Weekly’s Power List | Just Picture It Now

Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:25:22 +0000

[...] this year’s list especially gratifying is that all the crap from California, Illinois, and a handful of ambulance chasers is now behind the company. All laid claim about being a pyramid scheme. Thing is, pyramid schemes [...]

By: Last YTB Lawsuit Ends In Another Resounding “Thud” | Just Picture It Now

Wed, 13 Apr 2011 12:03:15 +0000

[...] of an online booking engine and not accounting for any monthly fees. We’ve learned from the Class Action that has been thrown out of court a half dozen times (and counting) that most who look for this type of refund or restitution don’t give the [...]

By: This Is Embarassing… | Just Picture It Now

This Is Embarassing… | Just Picture It Now — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 11:07:49 +0000

[...] the the $100 million Class Action filed two years ago has been pulverized, beaten, and obliterated by the Courts turning the entire [...]

By: TravelPro

TravelPro — Mon, 24 May 2010 18:35:06 +0000

LOL! You keep trying to justify your position John – that’s about all your good at.

PS – Sorry I pissed you off last week. (But you keep on opening that yap and leaving yourself wide open.)

By: jfrenaye

jfrenaye — Mon, 24 May 2010 12:17:08 +0000

According to YTB’s most recent report to the SEC, this class action is still in play. The foreign (out of state) defendants have been dismissed, but it is still proceeding in Illinois with the plaintiffs who are residents.

By order entered April 19, 2010, the Court granted in part and denied in part a motion to dismiss brought by Defendants YTB International, Inc., YourTravelBiz.com, Inc., YTB Travel Network, Inc.,YTB Travel Network of Illinois, Inc., J. Lloyd Tomer, J. Scott Tomer, J. Kim Sorensen,Andrew Cauthen, Meridian Land Company, Winfield Development, LLC, CCMP, Inc. (“CCMP”),Timothy Kaiser, M.D., Clay O. Winfield, and Robert Van Patten. In the April 19 order,the Court ruled that, as non-residents of Illinois, Plaintiffs Faye Morrison, Kwame Thompson,Jeffrey Hartman, Polly Hartman, JPH Development, Inc., Grace Perry, and Courtney Speed cannot maintain claims under the ICFA; accordingly, the Court dismissed the claims of those Plaintiffs.

Granted, this is good news for YTB, but a bit premature to say that the class action has been denied.

And yes, I have said many times that I thought the two initial filings were powerful and strong. A judge disagreed. As you well know, when you go into court, it can go one of two ways–yours or theirs. Even when you feel you are right, a judge may rule the other way.

I still believe YTB is a sham, scam and a loser for 99.9% of the people who are roped into it. I have stood by that assertion for many years and not waivered.

But now it seems that you may not be the man of your own convictions. YTB apparently was not the end-all that you “knew” it to be when you “left corporate America” 6 years ago.

Let’s let this case play out. Let’s let the Illinois Attorney General case play out. They could go either way. I guess the challenge is will YTB be able to collect enough new recruits to sustain the people at the top. THey have a serious cash problem and if it weren’t for the refund of the credit card escrow (because recruiting was so down) they would be very close to being out of cash.