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

hello gregory alee,

"What am I missing?" you're missing the point. TMC is NOT A HOTEL. it started out, as we were (mis) led (by the lying sales staff) to believe, that TMC is our DEEDED home-away-from-home, NOT A HOTEL, but a commonly shared and owned TIMESHARE. we SHOULD HAVE BECOME VOTING BOARD MEMBERS MAKING DECISIONS. that did not happen and most of us, including me, were duped into believing that at the end of the day (all units being sold) we would take over the BOARD OF DIRECTORS. few if any, followed up on that part of eichner's continued fraud although some owners DID try unsuccessfully to do so.

you mention the example of HOTELS with similar square footage and accommodations and the prices thereof. this bears repeating: TMC IS NOT A HOTEL. it is a commonly owned timeshare. we were, again MISLED to believe that the maintenance fees would increase "very slightly over the years." a 4-to- 500% increase since the time of purchase is not a VERY SLIGHT INCREASE, it's a fraudulently exorbitant increase, again a matter of criminal fraud directed by TMC/EICHNER.

and that, gregory, is WHAT YOU ARE MISSING.

i must admit to total wonderment, vis a vis the reason you're defending the exorbitant maintenance fees at TMC, and in effect, eichner, who dictated that those fees be exponentially increased over time. it is difficult to understand why you appear to be so accepting of being lied to and defrauded. perhaps you have an undeclared reason for this, or that the degree of your wealth permits you to be unfazed by the percent amount of maintenance fee increases. a great number of owners are so financially dismayed with these increases, leaving many of them to be willing to give up their TMC ownership for nothing, just to escape further fraudulent maintenance fee increases and other issues, e.g., not being able to get reasonably desired TMC reservation time even with their paid maintenance fees.

i am also concerned as to why you're asking about the area of law practiced by mr jean-marc zimmerman. you can easily contact him directly to determine his legal expertise and how he is exercising it for many TMC owners' behalf. his contact information is within a few pages back from this one.

gregoryalee wrote:

I get what you are all saying about the maintenance fees, they keep increasing. They amount to about $430/night. I am a Penthouse owner and our floors are pretty nice. One bedroom, two bathrooms, fairly large - you know in total pretty large for a "hotel room".

I weigh the cost every year versus going to a regular hotel. When I look for a hotel room with the same square footage, I see rack rates of about $600-$700/night.

What am I missing?

PS: Isn't Zimmerman a patent attorney?