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Original Message:

No magic beans... (by KC):

The simple, straightforward and unvarnished truth that some people choose to just conveniently ignore is that NO attorney and NO law firm, no matter who or where, possesses ANY "magic beans" or "secret processes" or ANY other elixirs with which to extricate someone (ANYONE, to be more precise) from a legal, contractual obligation into which they once voluntarily signed on and entered of their own free will --- it's a CONTRACT!

Frankly, I suspect that some of these "escape / relief / exit / rescue" entities (yes, including the lame law firms) just take the donor money and drag their feet until foreclosure inevitably occurs. At that point, they can (truthfully) say "See? Now you're out". Sadly, that foreclosure would have ultimately occurred anyhow, without paying ANY outfit or ANY attorney a penny.

There is absolutely no question that timeshare developer salespeople are lying and deceitful parasites and scum, but that does not alter or impact the validity of a contract voluntarily executed by a timeshare buyer. The contract ITSELF even states **IN WRITING** that oral claims and representations are not in any way binding, essentially stating that "if it isn't in writing in the contract, it does not exist". All that aggressive sales weasel drivel and nonsense was essentially just meaningless noise floating temporarily around in the air.

It will take legislative and regulatory reform at the Federal level before anything will change in the age old game of snake oil sales. In days of yore it was snake oil --- today's it's the "timeshare pitch". The big difference in today's "product" is the existence of a legally binding and enforceable written contract, voluntarily executed by BOTH parties involved.