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Re: Manhattan Club Lawsuit (by Dennis C.):
In some of the letters that people are sending to Judge Rakower contain arguments that are not convincing or valid.
One is the math of 14,000 X 52. There are sooooo many different plans that it makes the ownership math and TMC capacity impossible to calculate. Some owners have every even or odd year, some have no weekends, some have every three years and so on. One of the cases was based on this erroneous assumption and was dismissed by the judge a few years ago. (the latest estimate is 18,000+ owners) The MC lawyers also showed flaws/contradictions in the complainant's SPECIFIC data on whether or not they were in good standing at the time of reservation request, and other issues/weaknesses that the lawyers found in the specifics of the several complainants in THAT case.
The other argument that: '....one can get a hotel room in NYC for far less than $2,000+/week, therefore cost is outrageous and fraudulent'... is also flawed. If one searches for SUITES WITH KITCHEN that sleeps 4, you'll find that $300-400/night is about the going rate. So be careful in your arguments in the letter.
Over the holiday a relative got into TMC for one night via an owner's posting on this discussion board. They needed one more night at TMC and got it through Hotels.com....but .... it... was.... $600+.
Clearly there is a lot wrong, criminal, fraudulent, sleazy, with the TMC under the Eichner regime, but be careful in making your case, check the facts and assumptions that you use so that you present a strong, unassailable argument.