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Original Message:

Contract rescission (cancellation)... (by KC):

cindyd373 wrote:
Should I return everything they give me like the box which contains the flash drive and other freebies? This is in Wyndham i got the offer. Do you have any letter that i can possibly follow? Thanks very much...

All you need to do is simply state in writing: "I / We hereby cancel this timeshare purchase, as is my legal right". Sign and date. Period, amen. If there were any others (spouse?) who also signed that contract, they too must now also sign the rescission letter.

Include a photocopy (not the originals) of any contract documents you signed. Make sure that you send the rescission (cancellation) letter to the correct address by certified mail from USPS. Fax, FedEx, DHL, email, texts, smoke signals or carrier pigeons all do NOT cut it. The Wyndham corporate address for rescission should be very clearly identified somewhere in the written "rescission rights" information which must (by law) be provided to you at the time of contract execution (the info may be buried somewhere on that flash drive if you don't have a hard copy). DO NOT send your rescission letter to the resort where you made the purchase -- that's simply not how it works. Also, do not make or answer any (legally meaningless) phone calls at any time on this contract cancellation matter. No possible good can come from any phone conversations with hungry sales weasels desperately seeking to salvage the sale (and their commission).

You don't need to offer them any explanation. Contract rescission is a legal right provided to you by applicable state law --- available as long as you exercise it in writing and within the allotted time period of the state in which you signed the contract.

Westgate charges people $150.00 when they fail to return any materials or "freebies" provided at contract execution, but I have not heard of Wyndham doing so. Still, I'd return it all anyhow (separately from your rescission letter, sent later by the cheapest means available), but that's your own choice and decision to make.

Tick tock. Get writing, signing and photocopying and get yourself to the Post Office. There is a very specific and limited period of time for you to rescind this purchase and the USPS postmark date (not the later delivery date) is all that really matters and that's what will determine whether you rescind in time --- or not. If you snooze, you will lose.