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Timeshares: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight · 8.4M views · 2023-03-20 · 25:32

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Overview

John Oliver's Last Week Tonight segment on timeshares covers how people get sold into them, why they are so hard to leave, and the exit-company scams that target owners trying to get out.

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Cited in threads about hard-to-cancel subscriptions and timeshare scams as an informative overview of the sketchy exit industry.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 3 months · HN mentions 2023–2024

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VTimofeenko · 2024-09 · Recommendation

I am very sorry to hear that and I hope they can properly escape this situation. Maybe my opinion is biased (the media generally does not publish "everythibg is a-OK" articles), but my perception of the timeshare escape industry is that they are sketchy too. I think this Last Week Tonight episode is very informative on the topic: [VIDEO]

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dixie_land · 2023-05 · Recommendation

John Oliver had an interesting segment on timeshares and argues timeshare exit companies are even bigger scams: [VIDEO]

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cableshaft · 2023-03 · Recommendation

Yeah, John Oliver just did a Last Week Tonight on Timeshares. He goes over that in the video. Also there are scam companies that exist that promise to take your money to help you exit your timeshare agreement, then disappear. So you get double-scammed. And somehow this is technically legal? Link to the Last Week Tonight video: [VIDEO]

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