Prosecutors say the company abruptly closed operations Friday without providing refunds, likely affecting hundreds of customers.
An Anchorage renter of recreational vehicles has again been sued by the state over deceptive business practices – three years after the firm was penalized for similar issues.
“I think this is fairly unique, because it’s happening at the beginning of the tourist season,” he said. “The expenses associated with this litigation provide extra motivation for Alaska Motor Home’s owners to siphon money from the company, rather than to refund consumers or pay the company’s other debts,” prosecutors said.said Alaska Motor Home had imposed steep terms on renters including “a $300/hour charge for late returns, a $1,000 fine for putting fish in the RV refrigerator, and a $1,000 fine for leaving an RV excessively dirty.
After the customer’s husband accidentally pumped gasoline into the RV’s water tank, prosecutors said, she informed the company and provided her Visa card. Staff did not immediately bill the card, but she soon saw $7,500 in unauthorized charges on it. After she froze the card and the American Express with which she had reserved the RV, she saw Harkovitch attempt to charge $7,240 on the American Express.
The woman said she thought the RV was insured against damage, based on statements in Alaska Motor Home’s advertising. An invoice charging an Alaska Motor Home customer $235 per day for 69 days’ loss of an RV’s use, according to state charging documents. After the state relayed word of the outstanding penalties to Florida authorities, in an effort to collect the funds during that case, an attorney for Alaska Motor Home told state officials on Monday that the company would be closing down its operations Friday.
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