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Re: WALK AWAY FROM TIMESHARE (by Dano333):

jayjay wrote:

I don't think you're pulling anyone's leg .... I believe you.

I think it was because you got a lawyer involved, which in the long run will pay for itself. However had you merely quit paying maintenance fees without your lawyer's letter then they would have come after you bigtime, no matter how much the lady laughed.

Very good jayjay. Yes, the lawyer's involvement is critical. It shows you're serious and sought a legal opinion before acting. Everyone should do the same if they feel the same way I do. Also, if I could have gotten the weeks I wanted when I contacted the resort, then I probably would have continued as a member. So what happened? Back in the late '90's and up to maybe 2003, I could my week or weeks in March booking as late as Jan. of that year. Then something changed. It got to the point where I got up at 1:00 AM EST the 1st of Sept. to book in March, using their interactive web booking site. Believe it or not the site would say "no rooms available". And that was at more than one of their resorts. So the next day I called (hard to get through) and spoke with a cust. service rep. He verified that indeed there were no rooms available. That can't be! Also, I work with people (also members) who looked at what was going on in much more depth than I did. They said a certain hotel chain would be offering rooms for the dates that I wanted even before the six month booking window that we're restricted to. When we signed our contracts we were told that "by law the resort can not oversell timeshare memberships". We truly believe that they have, by a lot. I also mentioned this to the customer service lady, the one I advised that I no longer wanted to be a member. She danced around that one, and yes, that did speed things up in my favor, no more had to be said on my part. .pdf files coming your way. Thanks for your past business, sorry to see you go, goodbye. I think a class action suit against those guys is in order. The first order of business should be "let's have a look at the books". Remember, a lease/ownership has to work both ways. They can't just keep taking your money and you get nothing in return, and I don't mean a cold weather guy like me having to make do with a week or two in August. You don't have to put up with shoddy treatment. Fight back.