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Re: Re: Re: Maintenance Fee went to collections (by KC):

petulap4 wrote:

So what can we do in a case like this, there must be a some kind of loophole.

Rest assured that there are NO "loopholes". Wastegate has a very active and reasonably competent cadre of attorneys --- and a long established and well deserved reputation for having a genuine fondness for litigation.

Some years ago, Wastegate established a "deedback" program which they call "Legacy" ("Larceny" might have been a more appropriate program name, but I digress). The fee that you cite in an earlier post is almost certainly the cost to utilize that "deedback" program.

That said, the good news is that you are apparently located outside of the U.S. (since you have quoted their "deedback" fee in a currency other that USD). Wastegate is not going to undertake the expense, time and inconvenience to initiate legal action against anyone in any country other than the U.S.; it's quite simply not worth their time or expense or bother to do so. They will simply foreclose at some point, taking the ownership back through that legal avenue.

In short, pay them NOTHING and just walk away --- and try to forget that you have ever even heard the word "Westgate". This recommendation would not necessarily apply if you were a U.S. resident and therefore much more vulnerable to legal action(s) that Wastegate could (and might very well choose to) initiate here in the U.S.