Timeshares: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

LastWeekTonight

Topic

timeshare scams

Format

commentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2023–2024

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From the original HN conversations

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• 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 …

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

• 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. …