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Has anybody been told that the only way to get out of a timeshare is to actually pay to get out of it. A company contacted me called Givebacktimeshare.com and I listened to their video presentation about the state of the Timeshare Market and how flooded it is with people trying to sell them. How I am lucky because the fact that I am viewing the video my property is still eligible to be in their program. Not only am I not getting anything for my timeshare but they want me to pay them to "officially" be released from the title. Does anyone have knowledge of this concept. It obviously sounds ridiculous.
 
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Did they call you "with a buyer"? Do they want money now? Avoid them

ANY group that calls YOU is 99% certain to be an upfront fee company. What are those? A group that makes great sounding promises to rent/lease/sell/transfer/etc your timeshare or system membership points at a good to great price. They often claim to have a buyer or a renter or a group wanting space, etc - but then YOU have to pay to assure the process gets done. In realty that is all they really want - the upfront money paid by you and they can basically disappear (you'll hear nothing more from them & they will be very hard to impossible to reach) to go after the next victim. DO NOT try to deal with them as it is a scam. Forget any "guarantees" as they are unenforceable (ask yourself what recourse you'd have if you couldn't reach them tomorrow or they simply never followed through with the promises made). Forget any protection from a credit or debit card. They have things set up so what you are promised meets the minimum requirements to assure they, not you, get paid. DO NOT try to use them or you will be out whatever money they manage to get from you. THAT is a guarantee you can bank on unlike the meaningless, unenforceable one they are trying to lure you in with. There are many ways to be out of your timeshare ownership without having to pay thousands to one of these scam companies.
 

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Has anybody been told that the only way to get out of a timeshare is to actually pay to get out of it. A company contacted me called Givebacktimeshare.com and I listened to their video presentation about the state of the Timeshare Market and how flooded it is with people trying to sell them. How I am lucky because the fact that I am viewing the video my property is still eligible to be in their program. Not only am I not getting anything for my timeshare but they want me to pay them to "officially" be released from the title. Does anyone have knowledge of this concept. It obviously sounds ridiculous.

Here's a previous thread about this company:

http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=137041
 
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