U.S. couple finally home after month in Mexican prison over timeshare dispute #Trending #US News #World #Mexico #Timeshare

https://globalnews.ca/news/11115584/michigan-couple-paul-christy-akeo-mexico-jail-timeshare//612

@timkawakami@sportsbots.xyz Ok, but who's gonna wear No. 97? #timeshare

#timeshare s are unconscionable, they should be outlawed altogether.

https://wapo.st/3CTR1g7

Was hier an #Timeshare durch geht ist schon irgendwie krass.

Um mich herum 4 Tische an denen gerade Vertragsunterlagen ausgefüllt werden.

😳

Time share scamming has now turned into a new scam called vacation club. Same racket, new name.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/31/realestate/unlimited-vacation-club-hyatt-contracts-deception.html

#TimeShare #Vacation #VacationClub #News

@ai6yr

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Cabins – billed as “villas” — start at $99,999, plus a monthly fee, for the operational life of the vessel, at least 15 years.
"

Whoa... a 3 year cruise BUT you will still be paying "a fee" for another 12 years (aka operational life of ship)...

What's up with that!!

#Timeshare of all timeshares...

🤯

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/02/22/thousands-of-americans-fall-prey-to-mexican-cartel-cjng-timeshare-scam/72695295007/

Yet another reason to not own a #timeshare

Past mark, future mark. You were a mark already, you bought a time share! Of course people are going to come at you for seconds. #timeshare Including the #timeshare_exit_industry which is a secondary fraud.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2024/02/22/thousands-of-americans-fall-prey-to-mexican-cartel-cjng-timeshare-scam/72695295007/

Ontario proposes to change consumer protections, double fines for businesses https://bit.ly/40bdiO4 #ConsumerProtection #AC #Appliances #Timeshare #onpoli @ontariogreens @onpoli

I'm thinking, if you vacationed 1 week a year, and paid $215 a night for a hotel, that is the same as a typical annual maintenance fee on a #timeshare ($1500), so even if the upfront cost was cheap or $0 (which it can be on the 2ndary market, $2k +/- ... it still doesn't compete with paying cash for a hotel.

I survived the #timeshare sales pitch. If Hilton offers you a cheap hotel deal, it might be a timeshare pitch.

Here is what John Oliver had to say -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd2bbHoVQSM

Years ago, dumb me bought a #timeshare. Not just buy but auto paid to my #CreditCard (also dumb). I wanted to pay but just switch method. They ignored me.

So, I called card company and service rep said I couldn't stop the auto billing because timeshare company was also customer on the account.

Perfect, realized! Followed up call in writing telling them to get future pay from the other account holder and cancelled card. Worked a charm without a dent in credit.
#GoodTimes #PersonalFinance

@BryanLastRedDrop @ElleGray lol. But did you ever try to sell a #timeshare 😤

John breaks down the massive scam that is timeshares.

#johnoliver
#timeshare
#scam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd2bbHoVQSM

Šis pastāsts par ASV juridisko sistēmu un krāpniecības iespējām (#timeshare) ir nereāls.
Pirmkārt jau pati sākotnējā krāpšana, tad visas tās "exit" komānijas...
Bet mantojums, kurš defaultā pienākas - kaut kāds galīgs čau.
Kā tas viss var būt legāls :D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd2bbHoVQSM

so uh, anyone willing to give #legalAdvice in regards to a #timeshare type scam?

There's this piece of shit "dude ranch" that my mom idiotically signed a lifetime contract for when I was just a child. My mom died two years ago, and my dad lives with us now and is quite frail and doesn't even have a credit card, all he has is his social security and my mom's retirement (which also gives him healthcare). So we decided to stop letting the fuckers strongarm us--I sent them a snail-mail letter along with an official death certificate for my mom, and said if they don't start charging us, we will be taking legal action against them.

They never replied to the death certificate letter, but six months later sent a generic letter STILL ADDRESSED TO MY DEAD MOM demanding the "delinquent" payment. We decided to ignore it, managed to go almost a year without hearing from them again, then today we get this piece of shit letter from them (see attached).

I've checked the contract and there's nothing about taking a hit to the credit or anything--it just says the penalty for nonpayment is loss of access to the grounds (big whoop)

But in this fucking letter, the fucking scammers are threatening to put negative points against our credit (I assume just my dad, since my name isn't on the letter, just my dad and my mom)

Since there's nothing about a hit on our credit in the contract, isn't this illegal? I assume we'd have to hire a lawyer to fight it? But my dad is never going to use his credit anyway, and I don't think he's going to be with us much longer, either. Does a bad credit affect anything like his existing social security income or my mom's retirement? Or can we just ignore it?

There are posts all over the internet of them scamming other older people just like my mom, who keep paying even though they're on fixed income and can't afford it. I don't know how lifetime contract timeshares are even legal--I assume they must own a lot of congressmen to keep it unregulated.

I'm shaking but furious. Good news is they're in a remote part of southern Californnia--with any luck, the next wildfire will burn the fucking assholes to the ground.

Free buggy ride or not, avoid timeshare presentations and save yourself from high-pressure sales tactics

Don't let the promise of a free buggy ride (or any other "incentive") lure you into a timeshare presentation!
Cory Fawcett is a general surgeon and the author of The Doctors Guide book series.

https://youtube.com/shorts/tShKHjv0n40

Listen here: https://kevinmd.com/podcast

#timeshare #timesharepresentation #salespitch #ripoff #scam #beware #secondarymarket #realestate #investing #vacation #buggyride

Don't fall for the timeshare trap: Just say NO to high-pressure sales presentations

Just say NO to timeshare presentations! These high-pressure sales tactics can result in you overpaying for a timeshare with little to no bargaining power.

Cory Fawcett is a general surgeon and the author of The Doctors Guide book series.

https://youtube.com/shorts/k6B1fPfJuig

Listen here: https://kevinmd.com/podcast

#timeshare #timesharepresentation #ripoff #scam #beware #secondarymarket #realestate #investing #vacation

@mayor Oh god yes. Very #timeshare #70s #conferenceXYZ #dtss

Yes, I was a child.

Doi barbati de familie isi unesc fortele intr-o cruciada pentru a-si salva familiile dintr-un paradis tropical, dupa ce s-au convins ca un american are un plan sinistru de a le lua oamenii dragi lor.
#TimeShare #TiempoCompartido
https://www.portalultautv.com/time-share-tiempo-compartido-2018/