I worked at a timeshare SCAM....I want to tell you about it.

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Re: I worked at a timeshare SCAM....I want to tell you about it. (by Chris V.):

just what is going on here.............GIVING AWAY A COMMODITY (A TIMESHARE IN THIS CASE)..........????? DOES HESS GIVE AWAY GAS? DOES WALMART GIVE AWAY BIKES? DOES MACY'S GIVE AWAY CLOTHING? BS TO "GIVE..." IF THE TIMESHARE INDUSTRY WAS BETTER MUNICIPALLY REGULATED, WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE FRAUD AND SCAM, SUCH AS THE MANHATTAN CLUB IN NEW YORK CITY, SCREWING OWNERS TO THE WALL FINANCIALLY AND OTHERWISE; AND WE WOULDN'T THINK OF GIVING AWAY OUR PROPERTY. WE WOULD AND SHOULD BE ABLE TO SELL IT AT A REASONABLE PRICE (OR ABOVE, IF WE WANT TO HAGGLE OR GIVE IT TO OUR BENEFICIARIES AND/OR HEIRS WHO SHOULD PROFIT FROM SUCH A POST DEATH GIFT EITHER BY USING IT OR BEING ABLE TO SELL IT AT REASONABLE VALUE.

lancec13 wrote:
fibon wrote:
@lancec13 : could you please recommend any company / or person who will accept donation of the Manhattan Club Unit? The Manhattan Club fess $2000-2500. Thank you

Have you tried asking the MC if it will take the unit back? Try explaining your situation.

Also, try listing it for sale or, more feasibly, for giveaway. Offer to pay closing costs and the next maintenance fee for whoever takes it. Timeshare Users Group (aka "TUG"; tugbbs.com) has a Bargain Deals section where you can advertise that you want to give your timeshare away to a willing taker. RedWeek also has a Bargain Basement section.

Just be careful about some companies who offer to take it for "little" money (say, under $1200) because they are likely running what's commonly called in timeshare circles a "Viking Ship" operation which is fraught with dangers and legal implications.