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Re: Need Advice. Anyone dealt with The Villa Trader? They called me and said a buyer wants my timeshare. (by Celeste J.):
I would try to tell my story about Villa Trader, becuase English is not my mother language. I was contacted yesterday by a girl from that company and asked me if I wanted to sell my timeshare property in Westgate Resorts (Westgate Villas). She has all the information about my timeshare and told me that they have a couple from Canada that was interested in it and wanted to pay $26,000. At the beginning, she told me that I don´t have to pay anything and talk and talk as if she was reading a document. I was not able to answer or ask any question, becuase she was "recording" to show the conversation to the couple (??). She also asked me to open "inmediately" my email box, because she was sending me "all" the information. I told her that my personal computer was damaged and only next day (today) I could read it in my office. She told me then that should talk with the Finantial Manager in order to decide what to do, because they have other 3 sellers and if I was not able to anwer them accepting the deal "inmediately" I will lost this fabulous opportunity. The "Finantial Manager" called me back with the same story and then told me that I have to pay $1,500 for legal papers (!!!!). I asked her how she pretend me to pay so easeily to an organization I don´t know that it could be a fraud. she told me that I have to trust them, because they won´t steal my money. Today I opened the mai and the only document that I received was an authorization to charge in my credit card for the money. Any otherr information. In this document it is posted the following information: "I hereby grant The Villa Trader permission to register my property on The Villa Trader website and network." and this other: "Thereafter, this is a non-refundable agreement. If for any reason your timeshare exceeds the 90 day time frame, we will renew your agreement at no additional cost to you". I can understand that I won´t see back my money. In the other hand this kind of organization always wants people to answer inmediately, so they can´t seek for information like this forum and reject the offer. Thanks to this forum, I won´t be cheated.