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Re:The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable ... by cableshaft on Thursday March 23, 2023 @12:14PM (#35277042)
Yeah, John Oliver just did a Last Week Tonight on Timeshares. He goes over that in the video. Also there are scam companies that exist that promise to take your money to help you exit your timeshare agreement, then disappear. So you get double-scammed. And somehow this is technically legal?

Link to the Last Week Tonight video: https://youtu.be/Bd2bbHoVQSM

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Re:The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable ... by janj on Thursday March 23, 2023 @01:12PM (#35277917)
I was contacted by those people and others, both threatening and claiming to want to help. I had a suspicion they were all affiliated with the parent scam company Westgate and so never considered dealing with any of them. Maybe they weren't related to Westgate but good to keep in mind anyone in this space is not to be trusted.
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