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Re: Getting rid of a time share. (by Lewis M.):

The Timeshare Relief people are unscrupulous and prey on old people. My dad is 85 and has a popular timeshare in Palm Springs that he has used or traded through RCI for many years. But now that my mom has Alzheimers he doesn't travel much any more so he decided to try and sell it. Enter Timeshare Relief with their ads offering to BUY his timeshare. I told him if you can sell it and get a good price go for it. He told me he wouldn't take anything less than $5,000. Next thing I know, he calls me and says he has PAID THEM $3800 to "take it off his hands." Whaaaaaaat??!! Turns out they did a big psychological number on him and convinced him it was a terrible financial burden on him and his heirs (they play on the victim's heart strings that they are doing the best thing for their kids). They brought up Hurricane Katrina and the huge assessments on timeshares afterwards and every other scare story they could think of. By the end of it, they had him convinced they were DOING HIM A FAVOR and he hands them his credit card and they rip him off for $3800 AND take his valuable timeshare away from him! What a scam. He had talked about giving the timeshare to me and my brother but I foolishly thought maybe he could get some money for it. By the way, he was in no distress. The timeshare was paid off and he told me he didn't have any trouble paying the yearly maintenance fee. He wasn't in need of "timeshare relief" but as soon as they had him in their sights they wasted no time separating him from his timeshare AND his money. How can this kind of scam be legal?