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How is that not just ordinary fraud? That may be the best case scenario for getting out of the timeshare agreement, bring it up before the court and getting a judgement against the timeshare company.


> That may be the best case scenario for getting out of the timeshare agreement, bring it up before the court and getting a judgement against the timeshare company.

Suing someone requires money for lawyers. You can be out a significant chunk of a megabuck before you can land a solid judgement against someone. And I guarantee these scammers are experts at navigating the system.

It they won't let you out normally, you need to stop paying, let them foreclose and take the credit hit. You have to expect it to hit your credit, but often it doesn't because the timeshare companies don't want to attract the attention. Once you have signalled that you are willing to take the hit and you are not going to feed them any more money, most of them would rather not spend money foreclosing and would rather just move on to the next sucker.


Pretty much, but that's what timeshares kinda are...


It is ordinary fraud. That doesn't mean to expect justice to arrive swiftly. Look at what Trump does to vendors and event venues. https://www.newsweek.com/unpaid-debts-are-catching-donald-tr...




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