Getting rid of your timeshare

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Re: Getting rid of your timeshare (by Marty F):

Beverly,

I see that you have your timeshare posted on RedWeek for sale. Please be sure that your price is very competitive with others or you won't receive any inquiries.

Thanks, Marty

beverlycl wrote:
martinc84 wrote:
Has anyone on here used DRk14's (Community Health Training) service?

I could care less about the tax deduction and won't use it anyway. But I'm in a similar boat as others. The maintenance fees have more than doubled since I bought the 2 weeks I have at Atlantic Beach, NC. I have not been able to sell or even give away either week. I don't use them and they are winter months so they're hard to rent. The resort management will not take them back, I have asked.

I'm fed up with it and there seems to be no legal recourse other than what DRK14 is proposing. So has anyone tried it?

Thanks

I am in the same boat as you are. Have timeshares I will never use, can't rent, can't sell and the companies will definitely not take back the deed. What are we, the consumer, to do? We are faced with ever increasing Maintenance Fees and have no recourse. If we stop paying, then our credit rating is ruined and the Timeshare Companies will follow us to the grave and get their fees owing from our Estate. My personal opinion is that the Timeshare business and not simply Timeshare Resellers are nothing but scammers. The representatives of the original Timeshare Companies tell you one story..such as that if you wish to sell, the Company will take it back.This is an out and out lie, but how is one to prove it....it is your word against a representative who, in many instances, is no longer with the company. You are forced to sign on the dotted line and only after your signature is obtained are you given the papers and sufficient time to read and ask questions. By then it is too late...you are into a contract for life and even beyond. Any tax benefits are of no consequence to me because I live in Canada and thus have no interest. The only thing I want to do is get rid of the ever increasing Maintenence Fees and my name off the deeds. I am sure there must be thousands of us Timeshare Owners who are in similar situations and yet, there is nothing we can do? Or is there? I don't know...does anyone else. Please offer any advice and apparently giving to charity is out of the question, as has been noted in previous comments...I know here in my local area charities want nothing to do with timeshares. Thanks so much.