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[Q=ken1193] People willingly pony up and pay SMTN, for reasons unknown to me...[/Q] The reason(s) why people pony up and pay SMTN is because SMTN convinces these owners (and the owners foolishly believe) that using this listing website will fetch them "Full market value" (i.e. the tens of thousands of dollars they paid the developer) for their unit. Whereas using more reasonably-priced, more effective listing services such as RedWeek, Timeshare Users Group, My Resort Network, etc. is for "desperate" owners who are trying to unload their units ASAP just to stop paying the maintenance fees, likely for peanuts even free, but can't/won't get "Fair market value". As long as there are owners out there who keep fantasizing that their units can sell for what they originally paid the developer, SMTN and sadly, many of the upfront resale scam artists, will continue to thrive.