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hi, I am another owner at Taino Beach which uses Ritz beach Resort units or did last year anyway, while they were waiting to see if I guess there would be any insurance payment for the ruined Tain Beach REsort units. There isn't, they are flat on the ground, and we all got a letter saying we wd have to pay a huge dues increase--NOT ALLOWED by our contract by the way---amounting to 6 times what we were previously paying. If we don't want to be robbed like that, we are told we can just walk away from our timeshare ownership and they won't charge us anthing to rob us of that timeshare---so they can resell the week, obviouslyl at a personal profit into their pockets.n We are being robbed right now as we speak. Formerly, the so-called "levy fee" that you speak of was around $88.00 for a week, in 2005 and 2006, for maid service (even tho 'you don't get maid service while you are there, only clean towels if you ask for them; it's for the cleanup after you LEAVE--but oh well,-- and also for the grocery run to stock up your unit's kitchen with a week's groceries. May I ask how much they are charging you now for this maid/grocery run fee? [Q=hight] (1) At the time of my purchase I was not informed of the extra charge for "utilities" at check-in. Do any other owners have a problem with this? (2) The letter concerning the assessment: It states "The damage was repaired with insurance funds but it has resulted in a review by the management -----" The amount of the assessment, and the extent of the new improvements, was decided by the "management". Are the owners not involved in these decisions? waynehight@avsia.com[/Q]