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Re: Re: Has anyone actually been able to sell their Westgate Park City timeshare? (by KC):
carlab242 wrote:Per Westgate’s recommendation I have contacted a company, “Timeshares Only” about selling my Westgate property that I purchased in 2013 or 14. This company is endorsed by ARDA….website arda-roc.org. I have been scammed previously by sending an upfront advertising fee. This company is again offering to list my property and also offers to rent it out in the meantime until it sells. The advertising fee up front is approx. $700 and selling price between $10,000 and $13,000. I have checked everything I can think of to check and it seems legit but concerned about it being another scan. Do you have any knowledge about this?
The unfortunate truth is that most Westgate timeshares have very little value in the resale market, sometimes none at all, for the reasons described in some detail within this very thread. No one on Planet Earth is going to pay you anywhere in the "thousands" for a Wesrtgate resale, no matter what you paid originally. $10k or more in the resale market is just a pipe dream, quite frankly. Hundreds? Maybe.... if you're very lucky. Thousands? Never gonna happen.
If you discover that you get only "crickets" from a Timeshares Only "listing", you can always consider pursuing a "deedback" with Westgate, under their program (which they call Legacy). It will surely cost you $1,800 or more and all fees must be paid up to date and with no loan balance, but it would be a quick, clean, permanent and lawful "exit". However, people have reported that Westgate "cherry picks" what they will accept as deedbacks, so your particular week may or may not be "eligible" for Legacy consideration. Don't shoot the messenger; I'm just offering some honest (even if unwelcome) information and food for thought. Good luck!