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Re: IBD-MARKETING . HAS ANYONE HEARD OF OR DEALT WITH THEM ? (by Rob K.):

sheilaswanger4 wrote:
sheilaswangerworkflowonecoms wrote:
I DID AND I THINK THEY ARE A RIP OFF

SO DID YOU LIST WITH THEM AND WHAT HAPPENED ? I HAVE BEEN GETING CALLS FROM A BRIAN DAVIS AND HE PUTS ON A GOOD SALES PITCH, BUT SOMETHING JUST DIDN;T SEEM RIGHT. THEY WANT THE UP FRONT PRICE OF $689 (WITH AN AARP DISCOUNT WHICH I'M NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BE A MEMBER OF ) . WITH ALL THE UP FRONT FEE WARNINGS TOLD OF HERE I HAVEN'T LISTED WITH THEM.

YOU ARE WISE NOT LISTING WITH THEM. WE HAVE 2 TIMESHARES THAT WE WANTED TO GET RID OF. WHEN THEY FIRST CONTACTED US THEY WANTED $1600 A PIECE JUST TO LIST THEM. AFTER QUESTIONING THE UPFRONT FEES AND WANTING TO PAY AFTER THEY SOLD, WE ENDED UP PAYING $400 TO SELL BOTH OF THEM. RICH LONG, THE ASSOCIATE, TOLD US THAT HE WOULD HAVE THEM "SOLD IN A MONTH" AND THAT THEY WERE GREAT TIMESHARES. IF FACT HE GUARANTEED THAT HE COULD SELL THEM FOR US AND THAT "IBD" WAS NOT A LISTING AGENT LIKE MOST SITES WERE. IBD "AGGRESSIVELY MARKETS THESE PROPERTIES" ALMOST 8 MONTHS LATER, WE HAVE HAD ONLY 11 HITS ON BOTH OF OUR TIMESHARES AND THE MAJORITY OF THOSE WERE OURS. I HAVE CALLED NUMEROUS TIME TO GET A HOLD OF RICH AND HE IS EITHER NOT IN OR THEY MAKE US SOME EXCUSE. THEY ARE A SCAM. DO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES WE DID!!!! TURN & RUN