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Re: Manhattan Club Lawsuit (by Chris V.):

mazarati wrote:

The 9 month rule is not the problem here. It's other things. The 9 month rule is important as those needing a full week must have that opportunity or there would be nothing but fragmented weeks available. Every timeshare on earth that allows less than one week stays has the 9 month rule because it's absolutely necessary.

The problem is that almost all timeshares who offer less than one week reservations are flawed. Timeshare only really works well for those who want whole weeks AND can plan ahead. If you ask timeshare to give you 3 nighters and on short notice, you will be very disappointed (as you are). Most timeshare experts in places such as Red Week or TUG know this. It's not what people want to hear but unfortunately it's reality.

What we really need at the MC is control of the board. If we get that, we can address the abnormally high management fees etc and get our annual maintenance fees back down below $2000 per year. Maybe even down to $1800 or so. We need to have control like other projects. Eichners built in a clause saying as long as he owns one single MC ownership, he has board control. Normally after about 60% sellout, owners gain control. This is the problem.

say what you will about the "nine month rule" (which i think is bull****). when we bought our 2 weeks at TMC, we were told by the manipulated, lying sales person that TMC was our "home away from home in new york city." by all standards, we owners should be totally homeless for the time we bought at TMC. your point about reserving one week vs a day or two at a time might have a bit of merit, but not in light of what i just stated above. we were defrauded, lied to and scammed from the first moment of the bull****, lying and misrepresenting sales presentation. yesterday, i tried to get a reservation at TMC for june 7 and was told i would be put on TMC famous wait list...........what a total joke, sham and fraud. i went to booking.com, and was able to make a reservation for june 7 about 5 minutes after hanging up with TMC reservation clerk who was rather snotty to boot! so there goes your "9 month rule" when it comes to paying extra to get a reservation..........i.e., on top of my outrageously high maintenance fees.