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[ 2019 ] Instructions on cancelling your recent Wyndham timeshare purchase

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Can anyone please tell me if this letter that I sent is good enough statement of me telling them that I want to rescind the contract ?


Name of timeshare plan: Club Wyndham Access Vacation Ownership Plan

Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc



Email Dated October 24, 2022

Attn: Wyndham consumer finance

To whom it may concern

Good Afternoon

The purpose of this letter is regarding the required cancellation of my timeshare contract. Our names are …… and ……. and we purchased a timeshare with Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc on October 22, 2022, at the 733 3rd Avenue 2nd floor New York, NY 10017 location. The contract number is …….. and the member ID is …….. per the contract regarding this timeshare, I am contacting you within the rescission period in order to cancel this timeshare contract.

This is our formal rescission request. Please void all contract(s) and refund our down payment.

Please provide me with a written/email response once the contract has been voided.

Thank you in advanced

Sincerely,


And then we both signed

Looks fine to me - as long as the letter was postmarked before the required state based legal rescission period then you should be fine.
 

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Saved us ~$43k. We sent certified priority letters on Nov 1st to both the PO box and physical Las Vegas addresses. I saw the original transaction reversed on Nov 15th, and we received a confirmation letter about 2 weeks later. I wish I had seen the phone / email addresses earlier to verify everything was received, as for whatever reason we did not receive a confirmation email when the rescission notices were originally received.

Also just noting that the "free resort stay" we received for attending the timeshare presentation was not fulfilled by Wyndham, but through a 3rd party. Looking online there's tons of reviews about subpar locations, last minute cancellations, tons of hidden fees, etc. Not even worth sitting through the whole thing just for the "free" stay.
 
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Late to the party, but glad I found the forum. Just sent out my letter today. Per the contract I had to send letters to both the Orlando and Las Vegas locations which was done today. I also sent an email with an unsigned copy stating my intent as well, along with the tracking numbers for both letters. Fingers crossed all goes well. Contract was signed on Dec 11 stating I have 10 days to cancel, so I'm assuming that since letters were dated, signed and sent today the 19th, I should be good? Hopeful savings is $20,000.
 
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Late to the party, but glad I found the forum. Just sent out my letter today. Per the contract I had to send letters to both the Orlando and Las Vegas locations which was done today. I also sent an email with an unsigned copy stating my intent as well, along with the tracking numbers for both letters. Fingers crossed all goes well. Contract was signed on Dec 11 stating I have 10 days to cancel, so I'm assuming that since letters were dated, signed and sent today the 19th, I should be good? Hopeful savings is $20,000.
Update 1. Delivery receipt received for letter to Orlando Office. Waiting on confirmation of the one sent to Las Vegas Office.
 
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Update 1. Delivery receipt received for letter to Orlando Office. Waiting on confirmation of the one sent to Las Vegas Office.
Update 2: both letters have been officially delivered. Just spoke to a rep at the Las Vegas Department and the Recission is pending on my account and to give 30 days for refunds. Want to thank this group so much, just saved me a ton of money, regret, and shame!
 

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Maintenance fees can negatively impact the free purchase price over a few years.

Some people like the expanded ARP. I’m not into CWA but it’s nice for the newbies to see that there are deals to be had
 

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Hi there.
This forum is awesome
Got trapped in Orlando.
Sent rescission letters a week ago.
Post marked 3 days after contract
Awaiting response by them.
Will save 23k.
Thanks
Good choice. Now, if you actually want to own at Wyndham, go check out ebay. That $23k contract you almost bought can probably be purchased for a few hundred dollars.
 

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Hey all, signed a contract July 3, 2023 and just sent (July 6) a "standard overnight FedEx" cancelation letter to 6277 Sea Harbor Drive Orlando, Florida 32821 since in my contract said "PROVIDING NOTICE BY OVERNIGHT COMMON CARRIER DELIVERY SERVICE TO THE DEVELOPER OR THE DEVELOPER'S AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS"
 

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Hey all, signed a contract July 3, 2023 and just sent (July 6) a "standard overnight FedEx" cancelation letter to 6277 Sea Harbor Drive Orlando, Florida 32821 since in my contract said "PROVIDING NOTICE BY OVERNIGHT COMMON CARRIER DELIVERY SERVICE TO THE DEVELOPER OR THE DEVELOPER'S AGENT FOR SERVICE OF PROCESS"
Sorry, didn't mean to hit send on the above message and can't edit.. But to continue, I also signed up for their financing, so I won't be able to see a charge be reversed like some other on this forum. My question is, once I receive confirmation the letter was delivered, am I in the clear? There is no number or email listed in the contract to contact the Account Servicing Operations- Rescissions department to confirm they are starting the process to cancel my contract
 

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Is is the "mailed" date or "received" date that matters for the rescission?
I have 10 calendar days. I sent a certified letter on day 2. However, it's now day 6 and my certified letter is "arriving later than expected" and I'm getting nervous. Especially since days 9 & 10 are over the weekend when I assume they would not be there to sign for certified mail.
 

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Is is the "mailed" date or "received" date that matters for the rescission?
I have 10 calendar days. I sent a certified letter on day 2. However, it's now day 6 and my certified letter is "arriving later than expected" and I'm getting nervous. Especially since days 9 & 10 are over the weekend when I assume they would not be there to sign for certified mail.
The mailed date is important, especially sending certified. You are good! Don't fret.
 

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Is is the "mailed" date or "received" date that matters for the rescission?
I have 10 calendar days. I sent a certified letter on day 2. However, it's now day 6 and my certified letter is "arriving later than expected" and I'm getting nervous. Especially since days 9 & 10 are over the weekend when I assume they would not be there to sign for certified mail.

Timeshare salespersons may lie six ways from Sunday while trying to make a sale. But, timeshare companies don't fool [euphemism] with statutory provisions like rescission rights.
 

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Is is the "mailed" date or "received" date that matters for the rescission?
I have 10 calendar days. I sent a certified letter on day 2. However, it's now day 6 and my certified letter is "arriving later than expected" and I'm getting nervous. Especially since days 9 & 10 are over the weekend when I assume they would not be there to sign for certified mail.
Since you are still in the rescission period, send another letter, regular USPS First Class Mail (you know, the forever stamp) and also add a Certificate of Mailing ($1.95) to get proof for yourself that you mailed it within the allotted time. We saw another report where someone said their Certified Mail was lost. People here suggested they make copies of all the stuff they sent along with the tracking history and send another letter. They never came back to report what happened. More important that the method of delivery is the number of you send. I always suggest sending it twice. If email or fax is an option, use that as the primary and USPS as the backup.
 

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Since you are still in the rescission period, send another letter, regular USPS First Class Mail (you know, the forever stamp) and also add a Certificate of Mailing ($1.95) to get proof for yourself that you mailed it within the allotted time. We saw another report where someone said their Certified Mail was lost. People here suggested they make copies of all the stuff they sent along with the tracking history and send another letter. They never came back to report what happened. More important that the method of delivery is the number of you send. I always suggest sending it twice. If email or fax is an option, use that as the primary and USPS as the backup.
My certified mail came with a receipt showing that I sent it when I said - how is a "Certificate of Mailing" different? Wouldn't something like FedEx Overnight be a better second option?

I'm not able to find any email or fax information in my contract.
 

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Is is the "mailed" date or "received" date that matters for the rescission?
I have 10 calendar days. I sent a certified letter on day 2. However, it's now day 6 and my certified letter is "arriving later than expected" and I'm getting nervous. Especially since days 9 & 10 are over the weekend when I assume they would not be there to sign for certified mail.
The postmark date is what legally matters - as long as the postmark date from the certified mail item is within the rescission period - that's all that matters. As @dioxide45 said - Wyndham corporate isn't going to mess around with legal rescission processes - whereas anyone in the sales and marketing division will lie every day and twice on Sunday in comparison.
 

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The postmark date is what legally matters - as long as the postmark date from the certified mail item is within the rescission period - that's all that matters. As @dioxide45 said - Wyndham corporate isn't going to mess around with legal rescission processes - whereas anyone in the sales and marketing division will lie every day and twice on Sunday in comparison.
Got it. I was panicking a little because USPS doesn't seem to know where the letter is and if it's lost and Wyndham never gets it, the postmark date won't matter.
I've sent a copy of everything (including the certified mail receipt) to the email address I found in one of these threads.

Thanks everyone for the advice!
 

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Got it. I was panicking a little because USPS doesn't seem to know where the letter is and if it's lost and Wyndham never gets it, the postmark date won't matter.
I've sent a copy of everything (including the certified mail receipt) to the email address I found in one of these threads.

Thanks everyone for the advice!
If you sent it certified mail - that means someone needs to sign for it upon receipt. Basic Certified Mail sends you proof of send. If you added the additional Return Receipt Service then you'd also receive Proof of Receipt. I personally always recommend adding the Proof of Receipt - it's marginally more expensive and worth it - that way you receive both Proof of Send and Proof of Receipt - if for no other reason than peace of mind. :)

https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Certified-Mail-The-Basics#whatiscm
 

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If you sent it certified mail - that means someone needs to sign for it upon receipt. Basic Certified Mail sends you proof of send. If you added the additional Return Receipt Service then you'd also receive Proof of Receipt. I personally always recommend adding the Proof of Receipt - it's marginally more expensive and worth it - that way you receive both Proof of Send and Proof of Receipt - if for no other reason than peace of mind. :)

https://faq.usps.com/s/article/Certified-Mail-The-Basics#whatiscm
Yep, I also added proof of receipt!
 

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Got it. I was panicking a little because USPS doesn't seem to know where the letter is and if it's lost and Wyndham never gets it, the postmark date won't matter.
I've sent a copy of everything (including the certified mail receipt) to the email address I found in one of these threads.

Thanks everyone for the advice!
USPS still shows the certified mail as in transit, BUT a few hours after sending my email we received an email notice that our "AutoPay schedule" with Wyndham has been cancelled. So I'm assuming that's a done deal.

Thanks again. Saved $21k.
 
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