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Mexican Cartel Targets Seniors' Timeshares

Powerful Mexican Cartel
Targets Timeshare Owners

Powerful Mexican Cartel Targets Timeshare Owners

Jalisco New Generation call scam might be its most lucrative venture

(Newser) - The scam started small. After receiving a call from a supposed real estate agent offering to broker the sale of their barely used timeshare to a wealthy Mexican businessman, the US couple agreed to send a few thousand dollars across the border to settle transaction costs. Then they sent more...

She Tried to Sell
Timeshares.
The Job Nearly
Killed Her

She Tried to Sell Timeshares. The Job Nearly Killed Her

A big decision fails spectacularly

(Newser) - Rosie Campos may be the worst timeshare saleswoman in the history of timeshare sales, and she provides a blow-by-blow account of her hellish experience in an essay at narrative.ly . Campos is American, but her husband is Mexican, and a few years back, they made the epic decision to move...

Are Dog-Sharing Plans Cruel?

Aug 5, 2008 10:20 AM CDT

Are Dog-Sharing Plans Cruel?

Practice, for pay or between neighbors, catching on; Boston bans renting pooches

(Newser) - Faced with a desire for a dog but lacking the ability to care for one full-time, some are turning to dog-sharing programs—though others say the idea is unhealthy for man’s best friend, the Wall Street Journal reports. “From a social standpoint,” programs like Flexpetz, which arranges...

Coney Island on Track for Ritzy Makeover

Jul 11, 2007 6:54 AM CDT

Coney Island on Track for Ritzy Makeover

Fans grumble at cyclone-speed gentrification

(Newser) - Landmark Brooklyn amusement park Coney Island is set to undergo a major makeover as an upscale techno-theme park with ritzy retail space and timeshare towers, the Washington Post reports. Thor Equities bought much of the six-block thrill park and officials hope to launch the $1.5B renovation in 18 months—...