msnalini
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- Club Land'Or
Hi
I received a disturbing email from the management today. To be honest, they are known to send disturbing communications from time to time which outline rock and hard place options such as (but not an exhaustive list) demanding that you pay special assessment or your ownership will be canceled etc. Today, they asked me to pay the first quarter balance to terminate the membership on a fully paid account, i.e., no mortgage balance only annual dues billed quarterly. So, I called and spoke to the only person that picks up the phone regardless of what number I call, who claims to be a paralegal (Some 3 years ago she told me that she was the legal counsel for Club Land'or). After some initial condescending speech from her which kind of led into her telling me that I make poor decisions such as buying timeshares without understanding how they work, I said that I didn't spend the kind of money to be pushed out only after 20% of the time has passed and that has nothing to do with my understanding of timeshares. She then told me I have the option to move to a different resort but need to pay $40K to keep my account active and if I fail to make even a single payment then I will lose the remaining time on the contract. FYI, I paid over 25K so far in ownership costs, annual maintenance and special assessment dues in the 8 years that I owned in a 40 year ownership agreement. So, I asked them what is the guarantee that after paying all that money that they will not do the same, she responded that it can happen. When I questioned the ethics she said that idiots will be idiots and that I am a whacko for asking her all these questions and should read fine print before signing documents. I said that I would speak to a lawyer she told me that they are incorporated in the great state of Virginia and that there is no legal recourse for idiots like us. And yes, she actually said that. I requested that I get a record of that conversation since they record for "quality and training" purposes. The irony is that they want me to pay more money to terminate a service that I will no longer be able to use. The woman on the call threatens legal action (levy) against me if I don't pay the unpaid first quarter balance ($294.87) when the quarter is not even complete. When I said to her that she wont scare me like that, she told me "You must feel real good saying that, you whacko!" and hung up on me.
I am looking to see if there are any other such owners that have become victims of this scam. If so, is there some kind of a legal recourse we can all look into together. Somehow, I feel that there is something we can do. Also, I would like to attach the actual email communications from them here but wasn't sure if this site allows it. We live in a world where the offenders have offending rights and victims are victimized again and again. I would really like to post that email so the world gets to see what horrible people they are!
I received a disturbing email from the management today. To be honest, they are known to send disturbing communications from time to time which outline rock and hard place options such as (but not an exhaustive list) demanding that you pay special assessment or your ownership will be canceled etc. Today, they asked me to pay the first quarter balance to terminate the membership on a fully paid account, i.e., no mortgage balance only annual dues billed quarterly. So, I called and spoke to the only person that picks up the phone regardless of what number I call, who claims to be a paralegal (Some 3 years ago she told me that she was the legal counsel for Club Land'or). After some initial condescending speech from her which kind of led into her telling me that I make poor decisions such as buying timeshares without understanding how they work, I said that I didn't spend the kind of money to be pushed out only after 20% of the time has passed and that has nothing to do with my understanding of timeshares. She then told me I have the option to move to a different resort but need to pay $40K to keep my account active and if I fail to make even a single payment then I will lose the remaining time on the contract. FYI, I paid over 25K so far in ownership costs, annual maintenance and special assessment dues in the 8 years that I owned in a 40 year ownership agreement. So, I asked them what is the guarantee that after paying all that money that they will not do the same, she responded that it can happen. When I questioned the ethics she said that idiots will be idiots and that I am a whacko for asking her all these questions and should read fine print before signing documents. I said that I would speak to a lawyer she told me that they are incorporated in the great state of Virginia and that there is no legal recourse for idiots like us. And yes, she actually said that. I requested that I get a record of that conversation since they record for "quality and training" purposes. The irony is that they want me to pay more money to terminate a service that I will no longer be able to use. The woman on the call threatens legal action (levy) against me if I don't pay the unpaid first quarter balance ($294.87) when the quarter is not even complete. When I said to her that she wont scare me like that, she told me "You must feel real good saying that, you whacko!" and hung up on me.
I am looking to see if there are any other such owners that have become victims of this scam. If so, is there some kind of a legal recourse we can all look into together. Somehow, I feel that there is something we can do. Also, I would like to attach the actual email communications from them here but wasn't sure if this site allows it. We live in a world where the offenders have offending rights and victims are victimized again and again. I would really like to post that email so the world gets to see what horrible people they are!