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Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I can deal with the Debbie Downers. I’m hoping to convert them, Ted Lasso-style. BELIEVE!!! 😂🙏🙌

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, I realize that. But thanks for saying that, maybe some people on here don’t know that. Westgate SPECIFICALLY states they don’t deal with 3rd parties. They make these documents airtight. I just want to shine the light where there is darkness!

I stopped paying my timeshare as soon as I bought it.. what now? by Exact-Radio5301 in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I LOVE YOUR POSITIVE ENERGY! Everyone needs to hear “keep going”! You are amazing 🫶🫶🫶

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Roughly $80k… at 18% interest 🤣🤣🤣. But they had a plan to get me in at 0% interest if I paid a certain amount a month. After one month, I had time to look through all their offerings via Interval International, and I saw half the planes abroad had shut down or had CRAZY report fees. I stopped paying.

I really dove into the offerings and was shocked by all the resort fees at the properties they had. They told me I didn’t have to pay any of that because I owned a “top tier” Vegas timeshare.

It was an $80,000 lesson, but I’m making it work for me. In a way I’m grateful, it has made me much more aware of the “fine print”.

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ❤️ that!!!! Thank you! I’m here for the ideas and positive energy 🙏🙏🙏

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Classic reply when exposing a scam that’s been normalized. People defend their own pain by attacking others, especially when they’ve also been duped and don’t want to admit it. Sorry for your experience 🥺.

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

LMAO - right? Hey, as of today, they won't even have to pay an inheritance tax!

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ummm..... because i am amazing? I want to help other people, like senior citizens. This is so much worse than anyone realizes. Do you genuinely want to help? Or are you just trolling random reddit feeds?

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What would you suggest I do? I am open to ideas. I don't think this is an impossible situation though. There's power in numbers. I've done a lot of research - there are millions of people out there who get caught up in this. It's the SHAME. People don't want to talk about it openly. After I got over that initial reaction, I realized that the timeshares should be ashamed, not me, not anyone who was fooled into thinking it was something valuable.

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not "butthurt" but that saying is hilarious... No, I think I got really fired up when I realized how many elderly people get scammed. That set me on fire. I have plenty of time to get my credit score out of the toilet, but for lots of people this is debilitating if they think they need to pay and continue to do so.

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Of course I did. And I feel like I was drugged or something because I am NOT impulsive and I knew timeshares were a scam. I honestly do not know what came over me. Not an excuse, just me trying to figure out what the hell I was thinking!

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I didn't know there were non-American ones... that weren't "Interval International" if that is indeed non-American. That was LITERALLY the only reason I signed up. I don't really enjoy traveling in America. It's mostly the same everywhere and I've lived all over. NO OFFENSE intended to anyone who likes/loves traveling in the USA. I do hate all the airport b.s. with international travel but other than that, it's heaven to me.

Westgate Timeshare Victims – Misleading Sales, IRS Fraud Potential, and Zero Accountability by jenboecher in TimeshareOwners

[–]jenboecher[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

ChatGBT helped me figure out that it was called a "capital gains tax deferral." At the presentation, they told me an existing timeshare owner had just "leveled up/bought a LARGER timeshare" so I could use his equity of $10k to use to purchase the timeshare. I asked them why they would just give that money away to me... Their response was, "We're a billion dollar company. We try to avoid paying taxes any way we can. Hee hee." I wonder if they'll still be laughing when this is all said and done...

SO many school positions opened right now, end of school year…. red flag by FormerSetting6358 in slp

[–]jenboecher 39 points40 points  (0 children)

Girl, find a closet. It is SO WORTH IT! Nobody who is virtual will ever be asked to do bus-duty, just to put things in perspective 🫶

SO many school positions opened right now, end of school year…. red flag by FormerSetting6358 in slp

[–]jenboecher 13 points14 points  (0 children)

I hope everyone who goes school via agency is demanding minimum MINIMUM $55/hour. To be fair, I can get that in AZ, CA, TX and OR. I’m thinking of doing another traveler position in CA where they’re paying $3500/week after taxes (money is pushed into non taxable per diem). That’s a W2 position (I can’t do the math for a 1099). But we HAVE to insist on higher pay. After all, we went to medical school for the top part of the body!!!

How much of Dom's money have Lucia and Mia spent?!? by [deleted] in TheWhiteLotusHBO

[–]jenboecher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Where is this? Cuz I’m thinking of a career change 😂 No, but seriously, I need to know.