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Re: Anyone have experience with Castle Law Group, PC out of Tennessee (by Don P.):
Even if they were legit and filed a lawsuit against a timeshare company it would take years to drag through the courts . In a class action lawsuit even if they win the plaintiffs usually get a token settlement of a few dollars credit towards something the defendant has to offer . That's only pennies on the dollar . There are only a handful of class action lawsuits that paid the defendants a windfall of money.
The whole time the case proceeds through the courts you still have to pay all fees and assessments . And let's not forget the appeals if they lose. That could be at least another three years of paying fees and assessments .
For those of you that think they can get you out of your contract think again . They have no hidden secret that can magically void your contract. All they are doing is something you can do yourself. They contact the home resort and ask them to take it back . With a little time and effort you can do that yourself . I got rid of two timeshares in 2011 that way . All these companies do is send them a " lawyer letter " requesting the same thing but for some reason they think that since it comes from an attorney it has some magical powers. It doesn't .
My goal is to educate and warn the owners about these scams to prevent them from occurring in the first place . Over the years I see less and less owners complaining about being ripped off by the scammers in here. To me that is progress from years ago . There are still some post card companies and some exit companies out there that running these scams but they are slowly disappearing .
We need to keep the dialogue open in the forums and hope we eventually root out the scammers and hopefully influence developers to come up with an exit strategy that benefits both the owners and developers . Let's keep working together and see if we can come up with a solution .