News Flash:  April 2010 - American tourist beats credit card company.  Finally one of the many people who email us for help got the courage to take our advice and stand up to the credit card companies who make a profit off of you getting screwed by these Mexican Timeshare resorts.  Mr. L filed a small claims lawsuit against BankAmericard based on the fact that he cancelled his contract with the 5 days allowed by Mexican law, and the resort's continued effort to charge his account amounted to fraud and BAC was doing nothing to stop the fraud.  Mr. L got a judgment of $4750 against BAC.  If you legally cancelled your contract and the resort continues to bill your credit card, that is FRAUD and if your credit card company does not act, they can be liable.  By US law you are only responsible for the first $50 of a fraudulent charge if you notify your credit card company of the fraud in a timely manner.  You need to start standing up for yourself and fight both the timeshare resorts and your credit card company if necessary.  Once we start making the credit card companies pay the bill, they are going to rethink their position of supporting these crocked timeshare resort.

Negative Publicity is Always the best

 There is always room in the press for a good consumer fraud story.  While I was never successful in getting my story into the press, several people who have fought back have gotten their stories on local and regional TV.  You should also not forget local newspaper and radio.  As they say, "any publicity, is good publicity".  In today's political environment, a good story about how Americans or Canadians are being mistreated in Mexico should get a good bit of interest.   As with emails to government officials, if you email any news outlet, be sure to copy your Timeshare company so they know you are making these contacts.

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