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Todays' timeshare market... (by KC):

johnd1052 states: >> In todays' market, nobody has really been able to sell their units.<< ==================================================

With due respect, I beg to differ. I have personally sold (i.e., closed on) TWO separate timeshare weeks (on my own, with my own ads) at two separate, unrelated resorts within just the past 60 days. I also sold a third week at a third resort (again, entirely on my own) about 6 weeks before that (I've been paring down my timeshare inventory in 2008, an exercise now successfully completed). I'm not claiming that I made money (all were resale priced purchases to begin with), but I figure that I certainly "broke even". Considering the use and enjoyment I derived from those weeks over the years of my ownership, enjoyment which certainly has an intrinsic value all its own, I feel that I more than "broke even"...

I stand by my previous input that "marketability" depends solely upon what is being sold. Weeks that are genuinely in demand will rarely (if ever) be seen among "giveaway price" eBay listings (I've never actually bought OR sold ANY timeshares on eBay, myself). Most (...not all, but certainly most) listings on eBay are low demand, low value "albatross" weeks. In my opinion, eBay is really only a credible and realistic measure of the lowest prices currently being commanded for the lowest value weeks --- no more and no less (although that is admittedly good information to know for any prospective seller). The "better" weeks rarely use (or ever really need) eBay as a selling vehicle....