Original Message:
DON'T PAY A RESALE CO AN UPFRONT FEE (hundreds of $) TO SELL YOUR TIMESHARE (by R P.):
Ditto cynthia's post below especially the part where not a single soul has come forth on Tug that an upfront fee resale company has sold their timeshare.
It seems the upfront fee salespeople are coming out of the woodwork on Redweek in defense of their upfront fee scam since we are getting the message to members here not to pay an upfront fee to any redale company to sell your timeshare. Education = power for the consumer.
Some upfront fee scammers call it an upfront marketing fee (in the hundreds of $) instead of an upfront selling fee or commission. Don't fall for it. Don't pay any company an upfront fee to sell your timeshare.
cynthia281 wrote: TUG has 20,000 members and no one has been successful at selling via an upfront fee company. They will do nothing for you, not even Vacation Register with Ed McMahon's face plastered all over it. Buyers make inquiries, but they are not forwarded to the sellers. Sad, isn't it.