I sent the letter: Certified, Return Receipt Requested.
If they don't "receive" the letter, or if don't refund the down payment, what would be my next recourse?
Do lawyers in Florida take these sorts of cases on contingency?
Thanks again for your advice.
Relax. You've done what is required to rescind; the law is on your side and you're not going to need to hire or pay any lawyers. Even the slimy "Weasels of Westgate" do not dare to openly defy state law --- and the Florida Attorney General's office always has the timeshare industry in FL within view somewhere on its' radar screen.
Your rescission will be (i.e.,
must be) appropriately processed and full refund will be (i.e.,
must be) be issued to you. Westgate simply has
no other choice or option.
Rest assured that your contract will be cancelled and your refund will be issued, but also understand and accept that it
could (lawfully) take up to 45 days before you actually have that deposit refund in your hands. More realistically, refund issuance will probably take just about a month.
P.S. You may very well soon get phone calls from Westgate, desperately trying to salvage the transaction.
Don't talk to them ---
don't answer or return their calls.
Any telephone conversation on a contract matter is legally meaningless anyhow; let your signed rescission do
all of the talking for you on this matter from now on.