Timeshare Relief shills abound! Another new one on TUG today. Drives me crazy!

[Dave M Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Dave M]

I think folks who've paid the piper for all those years should be allowed to deedback to get a graceful way out of their jam.

The challenge with that approach is that it would put enormous pressure on the HOA and would likely result in increases - perhaps significant increases - in fees for the remaining owners. The resort's expenses won't go down much so the total maintenance fee revenue must remain the same, but with fewer owners to pay.

How is that fair?

Thus, my guess is that, for purely economic reasons, HOAs generally will not accept timeshares back (except for foreclosures) unless they believe they can easily sell those weeks at no net cost to the HOA.

[shopgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shopgirl]

What could you possibly disagree with?

Extort money? Where are you getting the idea that our board is extorting money from anyone? Our maintenance fees at Twin Rivers are $504 per year.

Geez, have you ever heard of Marriott? They are the big company that charges $1,000 for maintenance fees and I can exchange into those resorts with my Twin Rivers week.

I have talked to many, many of these owners in person, because we go to every annual meeting, and I have yet to talk to one that feels they are in a "jam" with their ownership. Your assumptions are completely off-base. I did talk to an older couple at the meeting that wanted to go anywhere with their week besides Twin Rivers. They were amazed that we had been to Hawaii with our week and asked how we did that. I told them all about Interval International, and our excellent trades over the years. When they were new members, they had no luck with exchanging. II has gotten better and because I encouraged them to try again, and they were going to join that day. They are not the only ones who would benefit by my knowledge of exchanging. I have so much I could share.

We have had the same management company for 26 years and if our owners contact the owner of Allegiant and ask to get out of the deed, we let them. If someone calls me off of our next newsletter and wants out of their week, I will advise the board to let them out. But if we advertise that fact in a newsletter, it would be to the detriment of everyone, including the older folks who choose to keep their weeks, because we have to pay the bills.

Foxrun is a really great resort, with incredible trading power and maintenance fees of only $550. I am very pleased with my four weeks. If there is an assessment, we have done that with Twin Rivers and it is okay by us. Low fees do not last forever, as we found out 7 years ago, with our assessment to fix decks and remodel kitchens at Twin Rivers. The resort is better for it. I like that Twin Rivers has accountability to owners and a board that has owned for many, many years. All of the board, except one, are original owners. I am proud of that.

Bottomline: All older people are not broke and many take vacations. Some would just like to do something other than go to the same place year after year. I am going to help them. If owners want to get rid of their weeks, first they need to make the call. We are not going invite a deluge of owners to deedback their weeks.

[shopgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shopgirl]

NEW SHILLS ON TUG! This time for Sell My Timeshare Now, an upfront-fee company. Some guy named Arctic Cat is claiming he sold a week for a 6K profit over his ebay purchase by using this site. Why would anyone buy a week on ebay and then pay a fee of $499 to list it on an upfront-fee site. BROTHER! Am I tired of the shill posters. SCUMBAGS!