If that is not an option, then consider selling your timeshare to someone who will soon pass away or to someone who will be returning to his home in China with no plans of maintaining residency in the USA.

Let’s say you know Mr. Smith, who has terminal cancer and is not married – or his wife has already passed away. He short on cash. You can pay him $500 to sign off the paperwork and take over your timeshare. You can even make him a promise, on paper, that you will pay the timeshare maintenance fees until he passes away. Once he is gone, timeshare jerks will try to make his heirs assume the TS, but they can’t do that without their agreement. Of course, Mr. Smith will have already warned his kids to reject the timeshare. Just make sure Mr. Smith lists his address at a regular home, not at a nursing home. That would definitely kill the deal. Keep in mind the TS will probably run a credit report on Mr. Smith, so he has to look good in that department. On the other hand, if they give you any argument, Mr. Smith can simply say he is buying the TS as a gift for his children to use.

Or you might visit your local community college or university and post something on the bulletin board indicating a foreign student who is planning to return “home” can make a few bucks by “buying” your TS. This student needs to have an address and current employment of some kind that would not make the TS people nervous about transferring the TS to him or her.

There is one more avenue – I have a friend who is Chinese. He told me lots of foreigners buy timeshares so they can have an address in the US which makes it easier for them to enter the country. I forgot the details, but maybe you could sell your TS to someone in a foreign country.

I would like to hear what the rest of you thinks about this idea. I even thought about making it a business – if I could figure out how to proceed, I could charge people $500 to sell their TS and actually sell it, unlike the scammers. Wouldn’t that be fun. Get people out of their timeshares, make money, and screw the TS’s at the same time.

ripoffreport.com/reports/directory/tahiti-village-consolidated

Robert Paisola appears to be a consumer advocate but also has some very painful claims made against him. I would review information on his websites but I would not do business with him.

The big story about Tahiti Village can be found here:

pissedconsumer.com/reviews-by-company/consolidated-resorts/consolidated-resorts-scam-20090116144243.html

Good luck!

Thanks in advance.

Just be very careful about hiring a lawyer – remember there are many scammers out there who promise to sell your TS. There might also be scammers posing as lawyers who promises to get rid of your TS.

Has or did this bill pass in Florida? I am from California. I do have a timeshare in FL.

Thanks for any ones help, it is greatly appreciated
Rita frm CA

Recently the TS showed up on my immaculate credit report as having gone to Meridian Collections to the tune of $8700. Can anyone here clearly define what happens if I let it go into foreclosure? I have no way to negotiate with Meridian because her name is also on the title (should I ask for power of attorney?). I want to be rid of this, and I can take the hit on my credit report. But how far can they go legally to collect?

The body which regulates what Florida Timeshares can and cannot do, says there has been no violation of Florida law as the law does not state that a buyer must be advised orally, it only stipulates that the 10 day cancellation clause must be written in “conspicuous” type (which my dictionary defines as attracting attention through being unusual or remarkable). Written in upper case on page 15 of the legal documents hardly fits the description of “conspicuous”.

The Westgate Corporate Office called me April 15 and said, we signed the contract and this rescission clause is written just above our signatures, so because we signed the contract is admission we were made aware of the recission clause. Westgate said we were bound by the contract, we cannot cancel, and they will not make our contract null and void as I requested. They said it was no different than if we had signed a contract for furniture or other. Can you imagine? Comparing buying a condo to buying furniture, a car or similar.

Florida law protects timeshare shysters but Florida laws need to change to protect one of their most valuable resources, tourists such as ourselves who bring much revenue to the Tourism industry in Florida. There are rules, but there are also exceptions to the rules has been my experience throughout life.

This whole Westgate experience has left a very bitter taste in my mouth….yes, I should have walked out the minute I got there OR stayed there all night to read the 30 page legal documents.

In the page of the legal documents with the Do you understand where the NP check yes or no for you, as she asks the questions, , a separate numbered statement should read: Do you understand that you cannot cancel 10 calendar days from the date of signing this contract. Yes. No

Florida Law needs to be changed. Hoodwinked

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