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ask-redweek-wyndham-ovation-help-owners-get-out (by Sylvia F.):
After our horrific experience with the timeshare people we were so mad how cunning they can be in this trade, we tell people we know- to beware of the timeshare sharks who are so heartless to easy preys. We were just passing by then and we are enticed with all the good shows and promises told us for just 30 mins of our time but we were held up, they used up our 1 day of holiday, very convincing with all their sales pitch tactics and promises until they had us signed. So just to get out, we thought what kind of "thing" is this! Not letting us go! So we hesitantly signed a deeded 2-BR Timeshare with El Dorado, the Granview at Las Vegas. We thought that maybe it is really true, decided to keep it to try and we will get rid of it, we fully paid $23K within a year after our purchase on Sept 2010 to avoid interest. Also, the Resorts people who sold us convinced us to exchange with RCI for a better window of resorts to choose from, but that is an additional fees to us plus the MF. Maintenance Fees is always increasing which is now $900/year. We keep it hard to be updated so we will not be penalized of late payment. We are not able to use the timeshare as much as always end up getting a vacation not of our choice so just to make use of our fees. We are so sad we lost all the hard earned money we paid to the timeshare. We are now at the year of retirement and with minimal income, we will not afford anymore to pay the MF plus RCI fees. And what a disbelief we learned we cannot even sell it or give it back but thru legal process. My husband is always worried and sleepless, I have been praying hard to lead us, almost got so discouraged and so helpless, been searching online and came across RED WEEK thru comments. THANK GOD and THANK YOU for this feature - the Ovation Program of Wyndham, as we are really hoping we will get help to exit from this contract. In the Ovation program, it states..."you (i believe meant for owners) deserve the same level credibility in closing this chapter of your life as when you opened it" - with this said....I am just begging Wyndham through RedWeek to help its owners especially those who are facing financial difficulty due to this, that there should be a monetary payback . And as for me and my husband, will be very grateful even for a portion of what we paid for, now when we decide to end. This will help us a long way towards our retirement which we lost when we opened the timeshare with you.