Original Message:
Re: Membership requirements for potential renters ($9.99 fee) (by R P.):
Kathy, the fee Redweek charges for a membership and customers seeking rentals is NOT an upfront fee. It is a membership fee. Redweek is a listing service same as myresortnetwork (listers have to pay a fee there also) and many other listing sites on the internet.
Upfront fee brokers charge in the hundreds to thousands of dollars, take your week and your money and in 99% of cases they do not sell your timeshare. There ARE hundreds of upfront fee brokers on the internet and elsewhere. Try researching them to see how much you would pay upfront to list your timeshare for sale with them. You'd be shocked.
kathyd122 wrote:Great advice Phill-- We are always told never to pay money up front to list our timeshare but that is exactly what Redweek requires. Also, they require upfront fees for possible renters -enough said I think we all got the jiff on thier scam. By the way-- not only have I just rented a unit from an owner on myresortnetwork.com but also form floridavacations.com (both for FREE - no membership required) and one of which was at the same location of one I was looking at on Redweek! I sugguest more Redweek owner look at these sites and move their unit to those positings -- They may just have rented their unit alo quicker!!