I'm on the same boat with edeab220. I signed up a contract for a 1br unit in Elara, and stayed there twice. But last year I didn't use the 5000 points so I moved it to RCI after paying the transfer fee of $84. Now I have 10000 points to use this year, but since I have retired now, monthly fee and annual maintenance fee are too much for us. I called the resale department, they never answered until I kept calling the office in Las Vegas that handled our contract at the first time. After a few messages, and a persistent calling, sometimes I kept calling after leaving a message, the lawyer answer my question, saying that if I couldn't pay then the only option was for them was to foreclose it. She also said that they will not report to the Credit Report Agency. I thought this was odd, since everything I read in this forum said that my credit score will get a hard hit. Not sure who to believe now.
As of today, I just got a call from a collection agency, and I simply shouted at him and told him that I'm not going to pay a dime. I have asked my credit union to cancel the monthly payment starting this month, and the Credit Union said that the company wouldn't be able to use some trick to withdraw from my bank account again, since they put the amount to pay as 'varies' intead of what was my monthly payment so far. I also didn't pay my annual maintenance fee and got a few nasty letter from them, but they gave a number to call so I had a chance to tell them on the phone that I would not pay anymore since I'm retired and they said the collection agency will contact me.
What else do I need to do next? I plan to take the hit on my credit score, since I don't plan to borrow money or doing anything that need a good credit score. I told the caller today that I'm going to change my phone number but basically I just block his number. Do I need to spend any money to contact a lawyer to help me on this? What else do I need to do? I just don't want it anymore.
Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Thanks,
JJT03 - a newbie.
I'm sorry if I should start a new thread. But since all the info here pertinent to my situation, I hope it's okay for me to post.