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LAST WEEK TONIGHT
WITH JOHN OLIVER
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Welcome to "Last Week Tonight" !
I'm John Oliver.
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Thank you so much for joining us.
It has been a busy week.
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The ICC put out a warrant
for Putin's arrest,
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Joe Biden opened up federal
lands in Alaska for drilling,
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despite specifically promising
that he wouldn't,
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and Trump claimed that he might
get arrested next week.
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And if you are wondering how
he is doing right now, don't worry,
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because in this video that he released,
directed toward farmers,
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it seems like he's doing great.
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I made farmers happy
and rich again,
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and they're doing a fantastic job,
and you know what ?
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Someday, it'll become time for them
to leave this beautiful earth,
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and they'll be able to leave their farm
without taxes, to their children.
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I got rid of the death tax on farms
so that when you do pass away
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on the assumption that you love
your children,
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you can leave it to them
and they won't have to pay tax.
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If you don't love your children so much
and there are some people that don't,
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and maybe deservedly so,
it won't matter
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because frankly, you don't have
to leave them anything.
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Thank you very much.
Have fun.
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He's still got it !
He has still got it !
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And by it, I mean whatever it is
that is so deeply wrong with his brain.
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Do you know how much
you have to hate your kids
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to get distracted by that thought
in the middle of a political speech ?
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"We should have pulled out troops
from the region sooner.
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Speaking of regretting
not pulling out sooner, Don Jr".
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And then-and then they shot
that with two cameras !
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They cut something out of that,
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and given what they kept in,
I am dying to know what it was.
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And then to stick the landing
at the end with "have fun ?"
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It's impeccable !
It's all just impeccable.
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But this week has been dominated
by the continuing fallout
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of the collapse
of Silicon Valley Bank.
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Early Monday, Biden spoke out
to try and stem any panic.
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{\an8}President Biden sought to assure
the country before markets opened.
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{\an8}Americans can have confidence
that the banking system is safe.
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{\an8}The news is welcome relief
for Ben Kaufman,
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{\an8}founder and CEO
of kids' store CAMP.
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{\an8}Most of his company's money
was in SVB when the bank went under.
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{\an8}Desperate to raise cash,
his company slashed prices by 40%.
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{\an8}We sent out an email with a discount
code. The code was "bank run."
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I see what he's doing there.
But if you weren't following the news,
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getting an email with the discount
code "bank run" is pretty alarming.
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"Remember that little shop where we got
a birthday present for your niece ?
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They're offering 70% off with the promo
code 'last resort the world is on fire.'
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Is everything okay ?
Do we need to turn on the news ?"
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You've probably seen
a bunch of explainers this week,
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so I won't bore you
with every little detail.
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But very broadly speaking, SVB had
invested a lot of its customers' money
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in long-term treasury bonds.
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But as the Fed sharply raised
interest rates, those bonds lost value.
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And when the bank sold a lot
of its securities at a huge loss,
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its customers panicked,
and there was a stampede for the exits.
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It's essentially a classic story
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of a bank doing a lousy job of judging
and hedging against risks,
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although, if you are Fox News,
there is another explanation.
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{\an8}Silicon Valley Bank
is a woke Biden bank.
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{\an8}SVB was California's woke,
trendy bank.
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{\an8}Here's my concern,
this is a woke bank.
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{\an8}Did Silicon Valley Bank
get woke and go broke ?
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What are you talking about ?
That is so stupid I'm almost jealous.
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Because it must be so very nice
for them to be able to automatically
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blame everything they don't like
or understand on wokeness.
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"It rained on my birthday
because of critical race theory
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and my son called me a bitch
because of socialism,
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and I was late to work today
because of a bunch of pronouns.
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I believe these things
mind, body, and, soul
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and it makes my life
monumentally easier."
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And the full context
for the "woke bank" narrative
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is somehow even dumber
than you might think.
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Basically, Fox grabbed onto
some of SVB's diversity initiatives
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who tried to spin those
into the reason for the collapse,
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even though, as one expert
in consumer finance pointed out,
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"It had nothing to do with it,"
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adding that trying to tie
the two together is like saying,
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"Why isn't blue
the answer to one plus one ?
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It's banking 101.
That's what was going on."
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And of course it was,
hedging against risk
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is a foundational lesson of banking,
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along with "buy low, sell high"
and "wear a fancy suit and tie
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so no one can tell you have no idea
what the fuck you're doing."
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And to be honest,
that one is still pretty handy.
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We will learn more about exactly what
happened at SVB in the coming weeks.
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But they weren't the only
financial institution that went down.
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Signature Bank also went under,
after a similar run by depositors.
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And already, we are learning
more than anyone wanted to know
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about what was going on inside it,
because what you're about to see
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may be one of the least
consequential decisions they made,
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but it was definitely
the most embarrassing.
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Top executives at Signature Bank
play themselves
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in a series of wacky
promotional videos.
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{\an8}Is there a book,
"How to Build a Bank for Dummies ?"
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The over-the-top videos
feature bank employees
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in cringeworthy song
and dance numbers.
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This Signature video
is also eerily prophetic.
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{\an8}What possible fate will become
of our bank
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{\an8}other than to diminish and fail ?
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{\an8}I happen to know for a fact,
that won't happen.
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Holy shit !
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In terms of things
that have aged badly,
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I'd say that this falls somewhere
between mid-aughts Gwen Stefani,
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my actual body,
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and the October 1976 cover
of Sesame Street Magazine.
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They didn't know ! They didn't know !
I'm assuming, they didn't know.
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And again, there is a lot
we still have to learn here.
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Figures like Elizabeth Warren
are pointing to the 2018 law
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that rolled back
some of the Dodd-Frank Act,
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which removed institutions
like SVB and Signature,
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basically, all but the biggest banks,
from the highest level of scrutiny,
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like more frequent
stress-test requirements.
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While some will push back on that,
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saying that the rolled-back rules
and regulations
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couldn't have prevented this week,
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and that they already have more
than sufficient controls in place,
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Warren has a pretty solid
response to that.
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{\an8}We've had a number of those
CEOs on the shows in the last few days,
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{\an8}Fifth Third, Schwab,
they do their own stress testing.
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{\an8}Not everyone
was behaving in a risk profile,
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{\an8}in a risk manner
that Silicon Valley Bank was.
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{\an8}I'm sorry.
I taught school for many, many years.
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{\an8}And I did not let my students
do their own testing.
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Right. Clearly, banks
can't be trusted to self regulate.
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That should be incredibly obvious,
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like the fact that the sky is blue
or Guy Fieri is a generous lover.
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Flavortown is a state of mind, and
he will make sure that you get there.
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And it is not a great sign
that an investigation
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into whether the Fed
was derelict in overseeing SVB
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has been entrusted to the Fed.
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Overall, it seems like the people
in charge of keeping our economy safe
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will keep telling us "We can police
ourselves, nothing will go wrong."
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But if I may quote a former
leading man currently looking for work,
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{\an8}I happen to know for a fact
that won't happen !
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You know what ? This time,
I think he might actually be right.
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And now, this !
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And Now:
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For St. Patrick's Day, Local News
Did What They Always Fucking Do.
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{\an8}Top of the morning to you,
happy Friday.
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{\an8}Welcome to this Irish edition
of "Good Day Marketplace".
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{\an8}- I'm Cameron McFontana.
- And I am not doing an accent.
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Top of the morning to you
on this fine Irish day.
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All right, let's get to it.
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{\an8}- We haven't said it yet.
- Top of the morning.
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{\an8}Top of the morning to you.
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{\an8}6:45 there on St. Patty's Day.
Top of the morning to you.
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Top of the morning to you.
You didn't insult a single person.
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{\an8}- Top of the morning to you, lassies.
- Top of the morning.
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{\an8}- Can you do an Irish accent, Tinley ?
- I have no clue.
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Pot of gold to y'all there.
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{\an8}That was not
a very good St. Patty's Day accent.
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Green helps you become invisible
to leprechauns.
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- I didn't know any of that.
- You're too tall to be a leprechaun.
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- He's even got a fisherman sweater on.
- We got this.
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You know the lore
behind the fisherman sweater.
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When the seamen would go out,
some of them wouldn't come back.
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The ships would sink
and things like that.
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The bodies would wash up, and they
would be able to identify the family
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by the sweater
that they were wearing.
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By the kind of yarn ?
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By the kind of sweater,
that's from what I understand.
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- Let's bring it back to positive.
- So we're gonna bring it back to...
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We're bringing it back to positive.
Top of the morning to you !
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Moving on.
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With it being spring break season,
our main story concerns vacations.
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A wonderful time to realize
that you're in love with someone,
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or realize
that you are absolutely not.
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And be honest, you knew
in the TSA line before the flight.
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Keep the streaming
passwords for as long as you can
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but do give back
his grandmother's ring.
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Specifically,
we're going to talk about timeshares.
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Some of you might be thinking: "Are you
going to tell me that they are a scam ?
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Because surely
everybody knows that."
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And it is true that the sketchiness
of timeshare vacations
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has been a punch line on TV
for years.
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You moron,
these aren't free vacations.
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These are timesharing deals,
they're total scams.
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These timeshare people, they don't
stop until they sell you something.
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They prey on the weak
and gullible, i.e. you !
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Perhaps you and your yellow friend
would like to set up a timeshare plan ?
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Don't do it, Sandy !
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I won't give in to your timeshare
vacation scam !
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Yeah, suspicions
about timeshare programs
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are so ubiquitous they can get laughs
in children's programming.
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Obviously, SpongeBob was never
going to say yes to a timeshare.
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Otherwise they'd have had
to change his theme song to this.
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Who lives in a pineapple
under the sea,
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except for one week a year
when he's in a studio in Key West ?
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SpongeBob SquarePants !
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Yeah, still good but doesn't quite
have the same ring to it, does it ?
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But despite decades of mockery
on TV,
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timeshares are a much bigger business
than you may think.
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They're actually
an $8.1 billion industry,
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with nearly ten million households
owning one or more types of timeshare.
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They can be sold by big hotel chains
like Hyatt and Marriott,
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as well as companies
like Wyndham and Westgate Resorts.
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But one of the things that may've
obscured their continued growth
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is that they're not always
called timeshares now.
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They've been rebranded
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as "vacation clubs"
or "vacation ownership plans".
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And while traditionally,
you'd buy a timeshare
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that consisted of one week every year
at, say, a condo in Florida,
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now companies offer "floating weeks"
that can theoretically be used
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anytime throughout the year,
or "timeshare points",
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where you buy points
that you can redeem
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in a number of resort properties
owned by the same company.
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But whatever you call timeshares,
the people selling them
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maintain they are not excellent value,
they are actively good for you.
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Here is a vice president
at Westgate
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firing up his sales team
in the weirdest possible way.
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- Why are we here ?
- To save lives !
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To save lives. Those who take
the fewest amount of vacations
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are most likely
to have a heart attack.
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You're just like a doctor,
a nurse, a fireman,
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{\an8}policeman, a lifeguard.
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{\an8}They all save lives,
and you all do it, too.
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Timeshare salespeople save lives
just like doctors and nurses !
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That is why, during the initial
outbreak of the pandemic,
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we New Yorkers would loudly cheer
for all the timeshare salespeople
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as they came back from work.
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We'd do that at 6:00 PM, and then
if we still had some energy left,
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we'd throw a few claps
to hospital workers at 7:00,
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for whatever they were doing.
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But the fact is,
timeshares don't save lives,
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in fact, in many cases,
they can fuck them up.
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Because they are incredibly easy
to get into, but , as you will see,
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incredibly hard to get out of,
so let's talk about timeshares.
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Let's start with the first thing you
probably already know about them
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that they tend to be sold
in person, aggressively,
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and while you're already
on vacation,
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often by suckering people into
agonizingly long sales presentations
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with the promise of a free gift.
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There are so many horror stories
out there,
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like the woman whose parents were
subjected to a seven hour sales pitch
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that ended with them spending
more than $10,000 on a timeshare,
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or the person who signed an agreement
following a five-hour presentation,
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because, quote, "I'm a diabetic.
After five hours, I just gave in.
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I needed something to eat."
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And I do get that.
"Listen to a timeshare presentation"
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is dead last on the list of things that
I want to do for five straight hours,
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right after "watching 'Avatar:
The Way of Water,'"
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"telling children their pet hamster
was eaten by their other pet hamster
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and that neither one ever knew
the child in question existed,"
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and "hearing other people talk about
watching 'Avatar: The Way of Water.'"
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The problem is, though,
once you are in that room,
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companies can go to extreme lengths
to get you to commit on the spot.
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Just watch as that Westgate
executive encourages his staff
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to stop at nothing
to make a sale.
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Our number one person in Orlando
owns several weeks of timeshare.
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You should own
at least one week yourselves.
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And if you don't,
lie and say you do !
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Don't let these people leave here
without buying something !
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Something !
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I don't know
what is more alarming there:
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that he knew a camera crew was filming,
and instructed his sales team to lie,
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or that he knew that
and willingly wore that shirt.
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Because what the fuck
is that thing ?
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It looks like someone ate a Persian rug
and then threw up on him.
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He looks like the mascot
for divorce.
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Lying is actually a key strategy
for many timeshare salespeople,
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they will lie about everything,
from the ease of making reservations,
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to the total cost of the timeshare.
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According to a lawsuit
against Wyndham,
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salespeople even had an acronym,
"TAFT" "tell them any frigging thing".
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And come on !
At this point, just say "fucking".
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'Cause it's one thing to lie,
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it's another to do that
while talking like a middle schooler
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who's in the car with their mom
but still trying to sound hard.
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But the thing is, lying is basically
allowed in this industry.
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Many timeshare agreements contain
"a clause that absolves the developer
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from responsibility
for anything sales reps say".
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It's often referred to by attorneys as
the "salesman's license-to-lie clause."
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I get that sales reps bullshit
customers constantly.
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It happens to me every time
a Warby Parker employee tells me
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"You look so cool !"
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But you wouldn't expect them
to be able to lie
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about something as objective
as how much a thing will cost.
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The good news is depending
on where you made your purchase,
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you can have between three
and ten days to rescind your signature.
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But, remember, a lot of people
sign up for timeshares on vacation,
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so that tame-time may expire
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before they get home or have a chance
to have a lawyer look at the contract.
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This would be less of an issue
if people loved their timeshares.
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But a study found that 85% of timeshare
owners regret their purchase.
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Which is a rate of regret on par
with people who bought teacup pigs
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only to realize
that teacup pigs don't really exist.
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What do exist are baby pigs
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that grow into a 90-pound piece of
livestock that can suffocate your cat.
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Let's talk about why people
might regret buying a timeshare.
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And the first major reason,
unsurprisingly, is cost.
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The upfront cost for a one week
annual timeshare vacation
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can average around $24,000,
but that is just the beginning.
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Because on top of that come
other expenses like maintenance fees,
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which typically go up every year,
and at high-value resorts,
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can run from 2,500 to $3,500
per year.
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And you're on the hook for those costs,
whether you use your timeshare or not.
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Which actually brings us
to another major problem,
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'cause if what you bought
is points or a "floating week plan",
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you need to book time at your resort,
which can be unexpectedly hard.
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Listen to this man explain
his attempts to book a vacation
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at the Westgate timeshare
that he bought in Branson, Missouri,
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six years earlier.
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- The first year...
- I call a month in advance.
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{\an8}They say "You're calling,
you're giving us a very short notice".
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Year two,
they called six months in advance.
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"You're calling too early".
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Year three they called two months in advance,
but we're told they called too late.
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"Then you can still go, but we have
to charge you like any other person".
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So far, the Naseers
have spent more than $15,000
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for a timeshare
they've never spent a single night in.
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When the Naseers
complained to Westgate,
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they were told they would have
an easier time using their timeshare
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if they upgraded to a better plan
for an additional $15,000.
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Yeah, that's not great, is it ?
Being asked to pay $15,000
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for something that you've only seen
in pictures is not a timeshare.
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That's an expensive and remarkably
niche OnlyFans account.
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But Westgate's response
is pretty common across the industry,
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once you buy a timeshare,
the pitch is,
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"you really need to upgrade to get
the most, or, possibly, anything,
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out of your purchase."
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And these upgrades are a fundamental
part of the business model.
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At one investment conference,
Marriott stated that every $30,000
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spent on the purchase
of a new timeshare
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should generate an extra 20,000
from upgrades after just five years.
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It's hardly surprising that companies
pressure people to pay for upgrades,
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sometimes with the exact
same aggressive tactics
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that got them to buy
the timeshare in the first place.
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Customers of Wyndham Resorts said
that whenever they'd go on vacation,
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they'd be forced into so-called
"owner update meetings"
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where they were then pressured
to spend more, like this woman.
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The 76-year-old widow is deep in debt,
owing more than $175,000
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after she claims she was repeatedly
tricked and harassed
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into buying timeshare points.
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Folds also claims
in her lawsuit Wyndham
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sales reps told her things
to convince her to buy more points
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that ended up not being true.
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If I would just sign it,
they could lower the interest rates.
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- Is that in fact what happened ?
- No. No.
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She says Wyndham's salespeople
also told her the company
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would buy back
any extra points she didn't use,
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and that, too, she later found,
wasn't as it had been explained.
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- Were you surprised to discover that ?
- Very surprised.
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Not only surprised, you may need
to bleep this out, I was mad as hell.
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She is pissed there.
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I know "mad as hell"
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might not sound that extreme
to us delinquents on HBO
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but coming from a 76-year-old woman
in Tennessee,
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that's equivalent
of a child screaming "motherfucker"
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through a bullhorn
at an elementary school.
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It's that level of intensity.
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So, between fees and the constant
pressure to pay for upgrades,
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you can see how people might
end up regretting their purchase.
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Even those who initially
enjoyed their timeshare
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might end up wanting
to get rid of it,
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either because they're getting older
and not wanting to travel as much,
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or they're just getting tired
of going to the same place.
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The problem is, whatever your reason
for wanting to leave a timeshare,
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you will soon realize
it is very hard to do that.
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That is because many agreements
contain a "perpetuity clause".
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That means that the purchase, as well
as all those regular maintenance fees,
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are a "non-cancellable
lifetime obligation."
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Which is ridiculous,
a contract for a vacation
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shouldn't be harder to get out
of than fucking Scientology.
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Where's Shelly, by the way ?
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I'm sure she's fine,
but where is Shelly ?
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Some developers
claim to have programs
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where they'll take
a timeshare back,
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but there is a lot of fine print there,
including the fact
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that they're often only available
at the developer's discretion,
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and could involve
paying a significant fee,
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which sometimes can be equivalent
to two years of maintenance fees.
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And if the company
won't take it back, good luck.
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Because "it can be hard, if not
impossible, to sell a timeshare".
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The resale site Redweek
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shows a number of them being sold
for literally $0.
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And keep that in mind
anytime anyone says
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that a timeshare
is "an investment".
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Investments are supposed
to gain value.
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A timeshare
is as sound an investment
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as opening a Ghislaine Maxwell
themed restaurant.
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"Ghisly's !
When you're here, you're in danger !"
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And all this
actually gets one step worse,
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thanks to something that's often framed
as a selling point for timeshares.
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That's a great feeling to know that our
grandchildren when we're not around.
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- Yeah, it's passed on to them...
- ... Ill be enjoying it.
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It will be our legacy to them.
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{\an8}Even as we pass on,
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{\an8}we can continue
to give that to our children.
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{\an8}It's a gift that will keep on giving,
beyond us.
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Now that we have two children,
it's kind of exciting that we know
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that our credits
will never go to waste.
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It will still be in our family
through our boys.
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One of those boys seems happy,
but the other one does seem pissed,
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and much more interested
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in the upside-down construction truck
that he's holding.
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He's right. If there's one thing
to take away from this episode,
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it's that if you have a choice between
a timeshare and an upside-down truck,
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take the truck every time,
at least you technically own that.
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But given everything
that you've seen so far,
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you won't be surprised to hear
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that many people aren't super-keen
on inheriting a timeshare.
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And while you can technically
decline it,
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that can be much, much harder
to do than you might think.
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Walking away does take work.
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Namely, you must file
a disclaimer of interest
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with the court saying
that you reject the timeshare.
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You only have nine months after
the death of your loved one to file it.
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And even then,
it's not that simple.
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When the first person in line
rejects the timeshare,
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it goes to the next in line
and then the next and the next.
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Every single person
has to file all of that paperwork.
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It's true. Every single person.
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And timeshare paperwork clearly
isn't what grieving families need.
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It is pretty upsetting to think
that there might genuinely be a market
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for sympathy cards that say
"I'm sorry for your loss,
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but also, move fast if you don't
want to get stuck with the fees
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on your dead mom's Hilton Head
two bedroom."
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And all of this brings us to what might
be the most surprising thing here:
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timeshares are so difficult
to get rid of,
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a whole separate industry
has now cropped up,
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known as the timeshare
exit industry.
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You may have seen ads
on TV for them,
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{\an8}or upbeat segments
on local stations like these,
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{\an8}for a company
called Timeshare Termination Team,
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{\an8}where they can get
a pretty strong endorsement.
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{\an8}Colorado's timeshare termination team
has 100% success rate.
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{\an8}Joining us, trusted advisors
Brian and Holly Wilbur
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{\an8}with the first steps you need to take
to legally get out of your timeshare.
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{\an8}I'll be honest,
I know I said this before too,
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{\an8}I didn't think this was possible,
but it actually is !
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That sounds pretty great,
doesn't it ?
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The basic pitch of exit companies
is, for an upfront fee,
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they'll either resell your timeshare
or get you out of your contract.
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And given how critical
they are of the timeshare industry,
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you might assume that they are
the good guys in this story.
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Unfortunately, they are very much not,
which you probably already suspected
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after that woman
claimed a 100% success rate.
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Because that is one of those phrases
that's an automatic red flag,
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like "endorsed by Dr. Oz"
or "Forbes cover model",
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It just immediately
raises suspicions.
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Also, you should know,
while that sure looks like the news,
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crucially, it,
and all those shows you just saw,
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are "sponsored content" programs.
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We did a story on them
a couple of years ago,
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and it's where local stations
will allow you to buy your way
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00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,839
into fake segments that look like news,
but are in fact, ads.
446
00:24:18,240 --> 00:24:22,636
We actually bought our way
onto that exact show, on Denver 7,
447
00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:24,596
to sell a Nazi fuck blanket.
448
00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:27,715
And if you've missed that story,
go back and watch the whole thing
449
00:24:27,799 --> 00:24:30,955
because that was one hell of a sentence
that's missing 21 minutes of context.
450
00:24:31,039 --> 00:24:34,796
Anyway, as it turns out,
Timeshare Termination Team
451
00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:37,916
was even sketchier
than our Third Reich fuck fleece,
452
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,195
because not long after that,
453
00:24:41,279 --> 00:24:44,880
Denver seven's actual news team
had this story to report.
454
00:24:45,680 --> 00:24:48,119
Debi hired the company
in June 2019.
455
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:51,200
In all, she paid more than $14,000.
456
00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:55,920
{\an8}I signed a two-year contract
that ended this last June.
457
00:24:56,759 --> 00:25:00,356
Under the terms of the con,
if they don't resolve my issue,
458
00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:01,480
I can get a refund.
459
00:25:01,960 --> 00:25:05,596
Two years came and went. That's
when she went looking for answers.
460
00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:09,035
And so, I came to see them,
and it's empty.
461
00:25:09,119 --> 00:25:12,039
The signs are still up
on this office in Greenwood Village.
462
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:16,839
But there's no employees.
The furniture is gone.
463
00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,076
First, I'm not sure
it was totally necessary
464
00:25:20,160 --> 00:25:23,995
to force her to go back and knock
on the glass of a clearly empty office,
465
00:25:24,079 --> 00:25:25,396
but I'm very glad that they did.
466
00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:29,400
But second, that is a 19th century
snake oil salesman-level scam.
467
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,116
They just disappeared.
One moment they were there,
468
00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:34,475
the next they were suddenly
gone with no warning,
469
00:25:34,559 --> 00:25:37,319
like a ghost,
or a TV show on HBO Max.
470
00:25:38,759 --> 00:25:41,720
Everything's fine at this company !
Everything's fine !
471
00:25:44,079 --> 00:25:47,116
And unfortunately,
that is by no means a one-off.
472
00:25:47,200 --> 00:25:49,916
As one consumer advocate puts it
"I don't like generalizations
473
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:54,515
so I'll say that 99% of them
don't do what they say they will,
474
00:25:54,599 --> 00:25:56,475
or worse,
are out-and-out scams".
475
00:25:56,559 --> 00:25:59,076
But you know what,
I do like generalizations,
476
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:02,920
so I'm happy to say timeshare
exit companies are total bullshit.
477
00:26:03,559 --> 00:26:06,955
A lot have followed the same
basic pattern that you just saw:
478
00:26:07,039 --> 00:26:08,389
they charge an upfront fee,
479
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,636
and then either stall indefinitely
or fully disappear.
480
00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,515
And they are taking advantage
of people on a massive scale.
481
00:26:14,599 --> 00:26:16,475
In Missouri,
one group of companies
482
00:26:16,559 --> 00:26:17,955
stands accused
of deceiving consumers
483
00:26:18,039 --> 00:26:22,839
into paying more than $90 million for
exit services that were not delivered.
484
00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:24,675
And while that case is still pending,
485
00:26:24,759 --> 00:26:28,275
all of these other companies have
gone under in recent years.
486
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:32,359
I know that these exit companies
might seem suspicious to you now,
487
00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:34,275
but they have slick marketing,
488
00:26:34,359 --> 00:26:37,659
and have been endorsed by some
supposedly financially savvy people.
489
00:26:38,039 --> 00:26:41,475
In fact, Dave Ramsey,
the popular personal-finance guru,
490
00:26:41,559 --> 00:26:44,836
who, to his credit,
has been a vocal critic of timeshares,
491
00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:48,000
actually gave one exit company
a ringing endorsement.
492
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,390
{\an8}Timeshare Exit Team will get you
out of their timeshare.
493
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:54,740
{\an8}You're going to pay them money
to do that. That's what they do.
494
00:26:55,039 --> 00:26:57,475
{\an8}And they charge you upfront and they
give you your money-back guarantee
495
00:26:57,559 --> 00:27:00,059
{\an8}if they don't get you out,
but they'll get you out.
496
00:27:00,240 --> 00:27:02,195
That sounds trustworthy,
doesn't it ?
497
00:27:02,279 --> 00:27:05,995
And why wouldn't you take the word
of a man who's look and general vibe
498
00:27:06,079 --> 00:27:10,400
answers the question "what if Billy Joel
and Dr. Phil had a kid and it sucked ?"
499
00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:13,515
But not long after that,
500
00:27:13,599 --> 00:27:17,076
the Washington State AG
sued Timeshare Exit Team,
501
00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,836
claiming, among other things,
that the majority of its customers
502
00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,035
either did not receive
their promised exit,
503
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,876
received one that caused them
unanticipated negative financial,
504
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,156
or other consequences,
505
00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:29,836
or received an exit that the customer
could've obtained for themselves.
506
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:32,755
The company eventually shut down,
but only after it was forced
507
00:27:32,839 --> 00:27:35,515
to pay $2.6 million in restitution.
508
00:27:35,599 --> 00:27:39,199
And if you're thinking any of that
gave Dave Ramsey pause for reflection,
509
00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:41,319
you should know, it did not.
510
00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:45,596
After Inside Edition did a segment
covering Timeshare Exit Team's issues
511
00:27:45,680 --> 00:27:47,995
and questioning
his endorsement of them,
512
00:27:48,079 --> 00:27:49,720
he pushed back like this.
513
00:27:50,599 --> 00:27:53,836
I didn't know you could
buy a story on Inside Edition.
514
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,020
I know you were a tabloid,
but I didn't know you were that low.
515
00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,275
Or are you just so dumb
that you didn't understand
516
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,235
you were on the wrong side
of this argument
517
00:28:02,319 --> 00:28:03,819
on the basis of the consumer ?
518
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,900
So, this is why Timeshare's
not on the air anymore.
519
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:08,960
Timeshare Exit Team.
520
00:28:09,319 --> 00:28:11,920
But guess who's still on the air ?
Me.
521
00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:15,359
Me.
522
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:21,119
And I'm sitting
in a $300 million paid-for building,
523
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,000
neck-deep in cash, you jerks.
524
00:28:26,880 --> 00:28:27,920
Yeah !
525
00:28:28,319 --> 00:28:31,156
That is champion
of the working people, Dave Ramsey,
526
00:28:31,240 --> 00:28:34,636
bragging about being neck-deep
in cash to his own viewers,
527
00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,916
who got caught up in a scam
that he actively promoted.
528
00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:38,920
All while having
his hands like this,
529
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:42,275
a pose used almost exclusively
by cartoon super villains
530
00:28:42,359 --> 00:28:43,920
plotting ways to kill Batman.
531
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,515
But the thing is,
there is no right side to be on here.
532
00:28:48,599 --> 00:28:53,715
Timeshare companies and timeshare
exit companies are both terrible.
533
00:28:53,799 --> 00:28:56,949
One is a shitty business model
that's somehow technically legal,
534
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,396
and the other is oftentimes
an out-and-out scam,
535
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:01,316
but neither is good.
536
00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:03,396
And it's very important
not to lose sight of the fact
537
00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:06,356
that, beneath all of this,
are people who can get victimized,
538
00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:08,000
and in some cases, twice.
539
00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:10,515
If you watch a lot of stories
about these companies,
540
00:29:10,599 --> 00:29:13,356
it is heartbreaking just how
often the people in them
541
00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,680
talk about how ashamed they feel
about falling for this.
542
00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:19,680
Nobody in my family knows.
Nobody.
543
00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:22,836
Makes you feel bad when you think
you've done something this stupid.
544
00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:26,156
When we bought the timeshare
which took us to the cleaners
545
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:28,275
and it just made me feel stupid.
546
00:29:28,359 --> 00:29:31,880
{\an8}It doesn't make me feel good.
I think I'm smarter than that.
547
00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:33,675
Yeah, I get that.
548
00:29:33,759 --> 00:29:37,876
But to be clear, the shame here should
not be on the people who were duped.
549
00:29:37,960 --> 00:29:39,995
It should be
on the industries that exploited them,
550
00:29:40,079 --> 00:29:42,675
told them any frigging thing
they wanted to,
551
00:29:42,759 --> 00:29:46,720
and abused their understandable
desire just to take a fucking break.
552
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:49,156
So, what can we do here ?
553
00:29:49,240 --> 00:29:51,590
On the off chance
that anyone watching right now
554
00:29:51,640 --> 00:29:54,400
is considering a timeshare,
don't do it !
555
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,636
If you know someone considering it,
send them this segment.
556
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:02,796
If you happen to inherit a timeshare,
get rid of it as fast as possible.
557
00:30:02,880 --> 00:30:04,475
And if it's too late,
and you're stuck with it,
558
00:30:04,559 --> 00:30:08,636
you can try and give it away
for $0 online,
559
00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:12,076
but the truth is, you'll only
be fucking someone else over then.
560
00:30:12,160 --> 00:30:14,235
Unfortunately,
the best option might actually be
561
00:30:14,319 --> 00:30:15,916
to call the timeshare company
562
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:19,350
and see if there is any chance
that they will take it back from you.
563
00:30:19,559 --> 00:30:21,876
As for exit companies,
as you have seen,
564
00:30:21,960 --> 00:30:25,235
there's been sporadic legal action
against individual companies,
565
00:30:25,319 --> 00:30:28,515
but by and large,
it is a whack-a-mole ecosystem,
566
00:30:28,599 --> 00:30:31,356
when one goes down,
another one tends to pop right up.
567
00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:33,596
So, the truth is,
the best bet right now
568
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,715
seems to be to make sure
that we all warn each
569
00:30:36,799 --> 00:30:39,759
other about just how fucked up
this whole industry is.
570
00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:43,275
Or, I suppose,
we could go another way with it,
571
00:30:43,359 --> 00:30:45,316
and if you can't beat them,
join them.
572
00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:48,235
So, joining me now
for a special sponsored segment
573
00:30:48,319 --> 00:30:50,755
that she may or may not
have paid $3,000 for,
574
00:30:50,839 --> 00:30:53,275
please welcome back to the show
my lovely wife,
575
00:30:53,359 --> 00:30:54,720
Wanda Jo Oliver !
576
00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:07,799
- Hello there, m'Wanda !
- Hello there, m'John !
577
00:31:08,759 --> 00:31:11,955
Now, Wanda, I understand
you have a new timeshare product
578
00:31:12,039 --> 00:31:13,316
that you'd like to share with us.
579
00:31:13,400 --> 00:31:17,400
That's right. I'm here to introduce my
new company, Timeshare Exit Squared.
580
00:31:18,559 --> 00:31:23,119
Yes, the world's first-ever
timeshare exit company exit company.
581
00:31:24,359 --> 00:31:25,556
Fascinating, Wanda !
582
00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:28,279
What does Timeshare Exit Squared
do exactly ?
583
00:31:28,599 --> 00:31:32,000
Let's say you're stuck in a timeshare
584
00:31:32,359 --> 00:31:34,876
and you go to an exit company
to get you out of the contract.
585
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:39,839
That company just took all your money
and disappeared without doing a thing !
586
00:31:40,359 --> 00:31:43,116
Timeshare Exit Squared can free you
587
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:46,250
from your timeshare exit company
and get all your money back !
588
00:31:47,359 --> 00:31:49,235
That is amazing, Wanda !
589
00:31:49,319 --> 00:31:54,279
You are truly saving lives,
like doctors, nurses, and firefighters.
590
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:57,880
You are. You are. You are.
591
00:31:58,680 --> 00:31:59,680
You are, Wanda.
592
00:32:00,759 --> 00:32:02,559
I am way better than all them !
593
00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,195
All those people are scum
compared to me ! I spit on them.
594
00:32:07,279 --> 00:32:11,235
You spit ?
As you should, m'Wanda !
595
00:32:11,319 --> 00:32:15,839
Tell me, how exactly
does Timeshare Exit Squared work ?
596
00:32:16,359 --> 00:32:18,200
It couldn't be easier, m'John.
597
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:24,599
Simply pay us a quick and easy
upfront fee of $20,000,
598
00:32:25,119 --> 00:32:27,920
and within three-to-58
business months...
599
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,316
Your timeshare exit company
600
00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,279
will deposit a full refund
to your bank account.
601
00:32:39,640 --> 00:32:41,400
Wanda, is that guaranteed ?
602
00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,680
It's even better than a guarantee.
It's a pinky swear promise !
603
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:48,556
I like it. I like that.
604
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,116
That's why Timeshare Exit Squared
605
00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:57,116
has over 9.3 billion happy customers
and a 200% satisfaction rate.
606
00:32:57,200 --> 00:33:00,755
- A 200%, you said ?
- That's right !
607
00:33:00,839 --> 00:33:03,400
For every Timeshare Exit
Squared customer,
608
00:33:03,759 --> 00:33:07,480
another random person
is also left satisfied.
609
00:33:08,839 --> 00:33:10,475
Wanda, that is incredible.
610
00:33:10,559 --> 00:33:14,119
I'll be honest, I didn't think
this was possible, but it actually is !
611
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:18,636
It sure is, depending
on your definition of "possible!"
612
00:33:18,720 --> 00:33:20,000
Sure. Sure, that's fair.
613
00:33:20,319 --> 00:33:22,076
And if you run into any problems
or delays,
614
00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,916
{\an8}just call our hotline
at 1-800-Flowers.
615
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:27,279
{\an8}Nice, nice, yeah.
616
00:33:28,759 --> 00:33:32,035
Or come to the Timeshare Exit
Squared offices.
617
00:33:32,119 --> 00:33:34,079
How would someone do that,
m'Wanda ?
618
00:33:35,200 --> 00:33:40,156
All you have to do is drive up
next to the Timeshare Exit Squared van
619
00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,279
and scream
your 27-digit case number,
620
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,130
and we'll be happy
to help with anything you need,
621
00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:49,460
until we cross the border
into Nogales, Mexico.
622
00:33:49,680 --> 00:33:51,279
That sounds very reasonable !
623
00:33:51,599 --> 00:33:53,836
But people should act fast,
shouldn't they, m'Wanda ?
624
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:55,079
That's right, m'John !
625
00:33:55,480 --> 00:33:59,275
This particular company is only going
to exist for the next three days.
626
00:33:59,359 --> 00:34:00,675
Right. Right.
627
00:34:00,759 --> 00:34:02,109
Then we're shutting it down
628
00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:03,876
and starting a new one
in the Cayman Islands !
629
00:34:03,960 --> 00:34:05,796
- Have you ever been ?
- I haven't !
630
00:34:05,880 --> 00:34:09,155
I could sell you one a week a year
there for just $50,000.
631
00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:10,199
I like it !
632
00:34:10,679 --> 00:34:13,916
And nobody leaves here
without buying something !
633
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:15,075
Something !
634
00:34:15,159 --> 00:34:17,475
She's right.
Thank you so much, m'Wanda.
635
00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:19,475
That's our show,
thank you so much for watching,
636
00:34:19,559 --> 00:34:22,409
we're off next week,
we'll be back after that, good night.
637
00:34:22,599 --> 00:34:24,119
Thank you so much, m'Wanda.
638
00:34:25,079 --> 00:34:26,880
It sounds like a fantastic deal !
639
00:34:31,719 --> 00:34:33,920
I'm neck deep in cash, you jerks.
640
00:34:38,119 --> 00:34:39,559
{\an8}Adios, amigos !
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