Susan - The amount of time and effort you have put into this is inconsistent with your claim that you are "just helping a friend who got ripped off by DRI."
Did I actually write that somewhere? That is how I got started, but my interest extended far beyond that one individual a long time ago.
I was looking at the forum rules and they include a statement that the board " is not for sales or solicitations."
I am soliciting help but I don't think that is the kind of soliciting the rules are meant to prevent. I can see why you don't want the board cluttered up with ads. But I don't understand your efforts to prevent like minded people from networking to solve a common problem.
Wouldn't at least some of the people here be interested in discussing possible solutions to the TS problems? I hoped the thread I started today would lead to such a discussion.
"I suspect that the attorney(s) involved cannot legally solicit for clients on the internet, so you are fronting for them."
Attorneys can and do solicit on the net. They can't solicit here of course, so it make sense that some might try to get in through the back door. But I've been all over the net asking people to share contracts for at least six months now. I've spoken to many, many people about their timeshares. Has a single person contacted you to say I am actually soliciting for an attorney?
God knows enough Tuggers have wasted my time by "fronting" as people interested in helping with the project when they were actually just trying to get information about it. I wonder what they planned to do with that information if they obtained it? In any case, I'm pretty sure I would have been discovered and reported long before now if I were fronting for an atty.
Since you continue to be secretive about the end goal and who is actually behind it - I'm not buying it.[/COLOR]
It's not a matter of being secretive. We see the problems in the industry. We believe those problems must be addressed. We are trying to figure out
the best ways to address those problems. In order to figure that out, we have to learn as much as we can about how it works. To learn as much as we can, we need to see documents! When we feel we have located every piece of the puzzle, then and only then we can decide how to proceed. And in the meantime, it would not be prudent to share the details of the project, especially with those that have no actual need to know.
What does my identity have to do with anything? I have enough integrity to make sure people know I'm using an alias. If I were comfortable lying, fronting, etc. I would simply have claimed I was using my real name.
We would LOVE to hear your member's thoughts on the best approach to resolving the problems in the industry. No one cares what name they use when they comment!
I think the amount of time and effort you have put into trying to stop people from working together is inconsistent with Tug's claim that the site "[e]xists
as a consumer advocacy organization providing an
unbiased source of information and advice on Timesharing...."
, a group of people have been engaged in a long term private investigation of DRI's business practices. We are nearly finished, but the speed and quality of our work is dependent upon our ability to obtain more copies of DRI purchase documents. We'd like to obtain copies of contracts from every year and every state. 
. Although we do not give legal advice, if we see a specific item of interest in your contract we will certainly bring it to your attention. If we all work together on this we WILL be able to make a huge difference for all consumers. 