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Re: Anybody Heard of Timeshares United? (by Bruce Z.):

jayjay wrote:

Again - NEVER EVER pay an upfront fee to any company to sell your timeshare. If they are a legitimate business they will take the fee AFTER the sale, not BEFORE.

The upfront fee companies take your money and put your timeshare on a list, that's all they do, they don't market it. You can do the same thing here at Redweek where there's a lot of internet traffic, or other listing sites, and save yourself a bundle of money.

The upfront fee salespeople are very good at what they do - persuading a desperate seller to list with them, much like a developer salesperson - they are very convincing. They will also tell you that your week is worth much more than it actually is. I honestly don't see how these people sleep at night.

Ask this nice lady if she will take the fee after the sale and see what she says.

My guess is the niceness would soon disappear. I have no intention of listing with them, But their methods were different enough to separate them from the pack of would-be scam artists that call me monthly. I still might e-mail her for mere entertainment purposes... Since I once fell for the listing scam, paying hundreds of dollars to Vacations R Us Online for their "market analysis" and phony offers to buy our week, I would have to be hard pressed to fall for that scam again.

I'm thinking about listing it for rent on redweek to cover the maintenance expenses, at least. I might've messed up this year since I own week 5...