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Re: Getting rid of your timeshare (by NoOneYouKnow):

This thread is getting really close to the truth about timesharing.

The sad thing about most internet timeshare forums is that they are monopolized by a very small number of timeshare owners, some who make their living off of timesharing or running forums, who spend hours every day bragging about how smart they are and how great timeshares are.

I know because I did (spent hours a day, not making a living doing it).

They run off anyone who has anything different to say.

They cannot stand that anyone might have an opinion different than theirs, and acquire positions of "management" on the forums that allow them free reign, m/l.

So, those few who actually use Internet search engines to see if it would be a good idea to buy a timeshare, which for those few who do is normally after they have already bought one, too late, get a highly-skewed, rose-colored-glasses view of timesharing.

The lack of balance on Internet forums purporting to be neutral and unbiased is almost as misleading as how the industry sells them to begin with. Biased forums support the industry.

There does not appear to be any forums telling the truth. After all, once you don't want anything to do with them, very few people would spend their time on forums about them. Only very special people feeling compelled to tell the truth. (smilie here)

The truth is that millions of people vacation every year without the burden of a timeshare. They get great accommodations and great prices, even staying in timeshares for less than the owners have to pay.

You do not find out timesharing is not for you, is not what you were told it is, until it is too late, and you have that "all-so-important" legal obligation to live up to your promises.

Take a look at the major forums. With dozens of boards on each of them, how many have boards devoted solely to the problems associated with timesharing?

And with that, I will probably not be able to post on other forums any longer, even having not mentioned any specifically.

It's hard for me to be saying this because I have been very close, virtually, to a lot of people on internet forums, but, oh well, don't you think 15 years is long enough? (another smilie)