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Re: Omega Marketing Solutions any one had dealings with them? (by Pamela A.):
jayjay wrote:To All Timeshare Owners- I hope you read this There will always be an up front fee when you sell a timeshare. You did not make a real estate purchase! You paid UP FRONT for all of the vacations you're planning to take in the Future. The tricky part is finding the right company to work for you. Fortunately there are sources online you can use to do simple research to make sure you are picking the right company. Had any of you taken two minutes to check out Omega Marketing at www.bbb.org you wouldn't have given them any money to start with. They are not a member with the BBB and have only been in business since May 2006. Also you can compare traffic rankings and exposure to sites using www.alexa.com or www.rankings.com. This way you can see if the company even gets any exposure to their website. When you pay up front to sell a timeshare you are not paying a commission up front you are paying for advertising! Also, check out the website and compare it to others, is it easy to use and find what you're looking for? This is important stuff. Most people are just mad because they didn't do any research first. And for the record E-BAY charges UP FRONT and all they do is list it, for a limited time. They don't screen calls, handle closing or provide financing for buyers. And they don't offer ANY guarantees at all. Of course if you price it well it may sell because e-bay obviously spends money on advertising on the internet, but many LEGITIMATE resale companies would also sell ALOT more of their timeshares if owners were more willing to price reasonably to start with. So please don't BAD MOUTH all resale companies just DO YOUR RESEARCH that's your responsibility as the consumer. Thank you, I hope this helps at least one person.As you can see by John's post, Omega Marketing rented his timeshare weeks but did not sell them. He paid them $700+ (or twice that amount since he owned 2 weeks) for them to list his timeshares for rent.Again, never ever pay any company an upfront fee to sell or rent your timeshare. 99 out of 100 are outright scams.
Anyone can list their timeshare for sale or rent on Redweek and many other internet listing sites and have a much better chance of renting or selling than any upfront fee company.
The most popular internet sites such as Redweek, Ebay, Bidshares and others get a lot of exposure, and the good thing about internet listing sites is that you can edit your ad as many times as you wish to bring down the price or add details. I sold 9 timeshares via these internet sites, but I was realistic in my pricing. It's very easy to construct an ad, especially on Redweek.
aliceb47 wrote:what was your secret for getting them to do anything, or call you back? They have not called me ONCE since I paid them the up front fee of 500.00!!!I wish I could alert EVERYONE to read all the negative feedback in regard to this CO. 500.00 and up for services that they apparently never intend to give!!! The REPRESENTATIVE who was supposedly handling my sale called me every day up untill I paid the fee, and then it was as though someone OR some CO.turned the lights off and closed up the shop!!!!! A 500.00 lesson has been well learned!!!!! aliceb47