Please add my name to the Tahiti Village victim list. My wife and I purchased our pretend condo in August 07 (they gave us a deed like we really own something, but its worthless). Nobody in their right mind would buy this property. I certainly wasnt thinking clearly when I handed over a check for over $1,000 and agreed to pay this corporate rip off $186 a month for the next 11 years.
Well, Im a little slow at processing information, but I finally took out a calculator and ran the numbers.
I figured that if I continued to pay $186 a month for 11 years (that's the deal I got) it would be close to $25,000 at the end of my payment schedule. Then I would have to continue to pay maintenance fees.
If I used "my property" one week every other year (thats also a specific detail of my contract) I would be paying close to $700 per night. I'd be paying that much that for a room that today I could rent for about $85 per night if I was to make an online reservation. Why am I being charged so much more than the guy off the street? Im supposed to be an owner this place!
With my down payment and monthly payments I've lost over $2,000 on this deal already and weve never used the place. I emailed Consolidated Resorts and told them I was canceling my contract and asked them to stop deducting from my account. They ignored me and collected anyway. So I cancelled my bank account.
Then, they called me and said they would report me and my credit would suffer. I said, "Do what you have to do." Now, they keep calling my wife at work and sending her emails saying we cannot cancel our contract and that they are charging us late fees...
I've contacted the Washington State attorney general's office and they tried appealing to Consolidated Resorts on my behalf, but it didn't help. The attorney general advised retaining an attorney if I wanted to pursue the matter.
An attorney may be in my future, but right now I'm ready to call one of the television consumer advocates in my area. Im also considering walking around the Tahiti site with a sign saying Tahiti Village is a Rip Off - Dont be a Sucker Like Me!
This ordeal has my wife very upset. She is a cancer survivor and I'd like to minimize her stress. When I told Tahiti Village that we had some medical issues this winter, (that was the first reason I cited for wanting out of the contract and it was the truth), to paraphrase the thugs they replied "sorry for you, you still owe us."
Do I have any other recourse?
I just want to walk away and have them stop bothering my family and me.
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