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

hi grante9,

thanks for your positive response and excellent additional ideas (escrow, etc.) you need computer "savviness" .......simply to receive and respond to emails. you have already demonstrated your computer facility by contributing to this forum.

"I'm an optimist" your quote...........GREAT; NEVER SAY NEVER. keep don quixote's "to-dream-the-impossible-dream" attitude in mind regarding this crappy TMC issue that we owners are stuck with. maybe we can claim a victory; we won't know if we don't try.

keep in touch.

chris

grante9 wrote:

chrisv126,

grante9, I'm an optimist (though not tremendously computer savvy, which looks like a need these days), and would connect myself and spouse to such an effort. We signed a mortgage agreement purchasing 1/52 use of a one bedroom unit in Oct 2002 every year and in Feb 2003 added 1/104 use of another similar room every other year. Every class action suit crossing my desk seems to benefit the attorneys way more than owners. It's understandable because paying a retainer was the proposal put on the table and some/many (don't know the count) accepted the proposal.

Another path might be to come together, create an escrow account managed by an owner executive team to advocate/arbitrate this situation for TMC owners. Wrongful death, failed medical procedures, proprietary disputes, etc. are often settled this way with a 60% client/40% attorney, to a 75% client, 25% attorney split basis. More thought/conversation needed, but continues the train of thought (14,000 to 18,000 owners is significant).

gescott3

chrisv126 wrote:

beckyf76, regardless of where we live, perhaps if we form our own COALITION OF FINANCIALLY DISTRESSED TMC OWNERS (COFDTMCO) as a real entity, we can all get together via email or even if via conference call. we can work on a strategy that can possibly be financially beneficial to all of us. it appears to be a total impossibility to get a list of all TMC owners from anyone who has it. if we can get this COALITION going, and get some media newspeople's' attention and "advertise " for us, we might be able to get a good portion of owners to join us. this could lead to getting the names and contact method to reach many owners (a list of most owners). so much of what's being said in this forum is GIVEBACK, GIVEBACK, GIVEBACK. we all gave mucho dineros, in payment for our weeks. THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT MANY OF US (i truly am empathetic to those in such a big financial bind that it would be impossible to join us in my proposed coalition effort) CAN'T HOLD OUT GIVING AWAY OUR PURCHASE MONEY TO THOSE BASTARDS ONLY TO HAVE THEM RE-SELL IT AT A MEGA PROFIT...........AGAIN........

i fully realize this is a "don quixote dream" of mine, but he fought the windmill and won, and he made aldonza a real lady who he loved, and she finally loved him back. so, if this idea seems worthy of trying, perhaps you can join me as sancho panza, don Q's loyal friend, and work side by side in pulling this COALITION idea off.

if i can garner some agreement to move forward with this plan, please let me know in this forum. we can share strategies and incorporate ourselves into a viable opponent to the TMC management, past or present, who screwed us royally and left us BEGGING TO GIVE BACK OUR INVESTMENT. i would offer my email address IN THIS FORUM to have owners come forward with their contact information, and i would start our own owners' list........perhaps this could mushroom into others offering their email addresses to share the chore of getting more owner names and contact information. then we can reach, hopefully, most, owners to assist with details of our plan.

obtaining this list of owners and their contact information, has been an "unreachable goal". with the goal accomplished, we can then, perhaps with a more secure sense, get involved with an attorney who would use the list as a legally appropriate instrument in helping us owners to reach financial justice against the fraud, lies and shams handed to us by the TMC developers.

ok, this is a lengthy dissertation, but hopefully an eventually a fruitful one.

GET IN TOUCH.

chris