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Re: sELLING MY TIMESHARE (by Archie B.):

It's a buyer's market out there Vicky.

I offered one ebay seller his opening bid after his unit did not sell due to zero bids on ebay and my offer was turned down. The same seller then listed the same property again on ebay at an opening bid of $100 higher than the price at which it did not sell the first time.

At about the same time, I saw another owner on ebay offering his identical 105,000 points deeded property at the same Fairfield resort and offered him what I offered the last seller at $100 less ..., which he jumped at immediately.

I'm now one less potential buyer in the marketplace in competition for a time-share.

Moral of the story ... when one gets a genuine offer, do not reject it out of hand. Look around and see what other sellers are getting (NOT ASKING) for their similar properties. Many sellers are simply dumping their units at bargain prices because they don't want to be saddled with increasing maintenance fees and air travel costs, illness, old-age, or they may have inherited a property that they simply don't want to be burdened with the annual cost associated with keeping the place, and would rather settle with the estate through a quick sale. There are lots of bargains out there that competing sellers have to contend with. Timeshares are not the wonderful investment that trained salespersons touted them to be in their hyped presentations.

Like buying new automobiles at the dealer showroom at close to list prices ... timeshare re-sales seldom bring anywhere near their original purchase price. Used car dealer lots are over flowing with inventory ... and so are timeshare re-sales on the Internet.

Having said that, then there are the folks who are content to keep the old car until death, rather than sell it at giveaway prices.