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Re: How to get rid of a timeshare you no longer want .... (by Susan N.):
Comment above-"I feel that the persons that annually write maintenance fee checks,yet KNOW that they can't take the time to travel to the resort,are most likely throwing away $$$$ in other every day expenses, and are in NEED OF financial counseling! " Are you kidding me???!!!! I have a timeshare at Bluebeards Castle in St Thomas USVI that I have been trying to sell for the last 3 years!!! I have tried Ebay, listed it on every state on craigs list, posted it on every timeshare site that I could find, put an add in the local paper and have yet to be able to sell it. Not to mention all these sites that I list it on I have to pay. More money going out on this timeshare! There are no charities that will accept Bluebeards including the one listed above! The only other option I have is to foreclose on it but I cant even do that cause its paid off! have not used it in the last 4 years due to one year getting married, the next year we moved to a new town, the next starting a new job that I could not take time off, and the next year we had to take in my grandmother, so who are you to tell me that "I NEED FINANCIAL COUNSELING"????? I have tried to rent it and still no bites! This timeshare has several lawsuits going on and half the rooms are closed due to mold so who would want to stay there. I have even contacted an attorney to see if there is a legal way to get out of the deed. NOPE!!! So I am stuck with a deeded property with a main. fee of 1,050.00 a year. Not to mention the cheapest airline tickets that I could find are around 700.00 pp. We took our honeymoon to mexico for a week( at a 4 star resort on the beach, which Bluebears is not even on the beach), w/airlines, all inclusive to ten different restaurants, and had a spa package included for 1,800 total for both of us! So what Im saying is it is still cheaper for us not to use the timeshare since the whole trip cost the same of what just our airline tickets would be, not to mention we still have to buy food and drinks for a week!!! When I originally purchased this timeshare the maint. fee was 400.00 so in 6 years its gone up almost 700.00!!! How dare you accuse people that they are throwing away money in every day expenses when you have no idea of peoples situations!!!!