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Re: Re: Get out of Westgate Resorts (by KC):

johnh2286 wrote:
I was able to successfully get them to buyback their deed........<snip>......... Step 5; You're welcome.

It's a real stretch to call a deedback that actually cost you $2,500 more out of pocket a "buyback" or a "success".

Westgate did not "buy back" the deed. On the contrary, they "successfully" managed to extract $2,500 from you before agreeing to accept the deed back from you for free, paying you absolutely nothing. Accordingly, It's certainly open to debate who was actually the "successful" party here.

In any case, Westgate's well publicized "deedback" program (Legacy) has been in place for some years now. Using it does not require waiting for foreclosure proceedings to commence. Wastegate started out their "deedback" program some years back by charging $950 to accept "deedbacks". That figure became $1,800 about a year or so ago, iirc. Not sure how or why you had to pay them $2,500. Perhaps because they had already engaged a collection agency to chase you, maybe they imposed a "spite surcharge" upon you for dragging out the process? I dunno. Also not sure why you didn't just let them go right ahead and foreclose, which would have cost you absolutely nothing (except, of course, for the distinct possibility of a 7 years long negative credit report "ding" if there was also a loan default involved).

Be glad you're out. Westgate is the worst of the worst of all timeshare companies in the U.S., in my personal opinion. Only the timeshare operations in Mexico are worse.