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Has anyone stopped paying maintenance fee for Mansfield in Australia?

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I have tried to deed the weeks back and am getting nowhere, I have contacted Classic and sent notices to the resort to post that I will give them away free. Considering just stop paying the maintenance fees and was wondering the ramifications of doing this. Has anyone had any experience with this? Thank You
 

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You should just give the units away for free here on TUG. I would think someone would take them. They are less than 1 cent per point, if you have RCI Points. I have kept mine (two of them). The conversion rate of AUS to US Dollar is pretty good most of the time.
 

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I just found out from the management company that whomever I give the units to must be a citizen of Australia or New Zealand. Any ideas of where to advertise the units? I would like to give them away.
 

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So stop paying.
 

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I just found out from the management company that whomever I give the units to must be a citizen of Australia or New Zealand. Any ideas of where to advertise the units? I would like to give them away.
I agree with the above. Stop paying.
 

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Mansfield sent a survey: Owners can log into the following link and express opinions on keeping Mansfield as a timeshare or ending it: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LECC2022

I said I want to end my ownership as soon as possible. When asked if I thought it should end as a timeshare, I answered Yes, and it asked when, and I chose the under 5 years choice.

I will keep it if I have to, but with our decisions on Wyndham Platinum Founder's ownership and what we will keep to remain Founder's, we have to decide what we really need. We can use Wyndham points for exchanges through RCI.

I always hoped to visit Mansfield one day, but it seems that coastal locations will be our aim for Australia.
 

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Mansfield sent a survey: Owners can log into the following link and express opinions on keeping Mansfield as a timeshare or ending it: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LECC2022

I said I want to end my ownership as soon as possible. When asked if I thought it should end as a timeshare, I answered Yes, and it asked when, and I chose the under 5 years choice.

I will keep it if I have to, but with our decisions on Wyndham Platinum Founder's ownership and what we will keep to remain Founder's, we have to decide what we really need. We can use Wyndham points for exchanges through RCI.

I always hoped to visit Mansfield one day, but it seems that coastal locations will be our aim for Australia.
I received a letter today. I am not totally comfortable with just stopping paying the maintenance fees, but with only being able to sell to someone from Australia, it does limit the options. I thought I would send the board a letter asking them to take back the 2 units and see if they respond. The last time I received nothing back.
 

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I received a letter today. I am not totally comfortable with just stopping paying the maintenance fees, but with only being able to sell to someone from Australia, it does limit the options. I thought I would send the board a letter asking them to take back the 2 units and see if they respond. The last time I received nothing back.
Just curios, since I am in the exact same position: Did you receive a response back from the Board ?
 

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I have heard nothing back from the Board regarding deeding the units back. I did get a survey regarding the sale of the property.
 

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Although my situation is a bit different, I appreciate your comments. I too own Classic Holidays (Boambee Bay) and want to divest myself of this liability. I too just learned that it can only be sold to an Aussie or a Kiwi. Funny, they were glad to take my $$$ years ago. I too have received suggestion to just stop paying maintenance fee and am somewhat uncomfortable with that. We have excellent credit scores and want to maintain that. On the other hand, I was told it would cost them more money to try to collect from us the annual fee. Classic certainly has demonstrated a lack of concern for us. We offered to just give them the deed to no avail. Just wondering if there is any "new" information regarding this issue??? Thanks
 

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I am betting that the requirement to transfer to only an Aussie or a Kiwi is because it is *much* easier for them to collect from citizens in those countries, and they probably realized how difficult and expensive it is for them to collect from US citizens. I think you could probably walk away and not really be that concerned about a hit to your credit score, esp. since it is MF vs. a mortgage/loan.
 
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