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Original Message:

Timeshare sale posting help (by KC):

iuliani wrote:
Hi, sorry, I didn't realize that the link cannot be used. My listing is here:

Mayan Sea Garden, Nuevo Vallarta, Mexico, North America

I am trying to figure out how to find comparable weeks at other resorts and compare my price...

Consider looking at sites like Bidshares, MyResortNetwork, and Vacation Timeshare Rentals; even the timeshare listings on the Stroman Realty site, where it is quite easy to "navigate" right down to a specific resort (as it is on RedWeek). You can "home in" on specific geographic areas on eBay too. Conducting such searches, you can hopefully find your own resort and compare listing prices (...if there are any listings for your resort posted there, of course). Just be sure to compare "apples and apples". Being a studio, yours is the smallest sized unit possible and of no interest to any family larger than a couple with no kids. 1BR, 2BR or larger units, with their larger occupancy limits than just a 2 person maximum, will obviously command higher prices than a studio size unit at the same facilty.

You can also search through "closed" eBay auction listings. If you can find a sale at your resort, or at comparable others nearby, those "closed" listings will tell you EXACTLY what that week SOLD for. Looking at listings elsewhere will only tell you ASKING prices. eBay selling prices might be a disappointment, but they do provide a good reality check since, generally speaking, eBay selling prices tend to represent truly rock bottom figures in the overall marketplace.

Your ad is well written and is certainly adequately descriptive. You might consider overtly stating in your ad that there are no mortgages, loans, liens, or any other encumbrances of any kind and that all fees are paid up to date and current (assuming, of course, that these statements are all true and accurate to begin with).

I don't know much about Mexican timeshares, but my gut instinct says that $6,900 is too high and overly optimistic for a floating studio week. I'd bet you'll need to shave at least $2k (...or more) off that asking price to draw any potential interest at all. These days, for comparison, a floating 1BR unit in popular areas of coastal Florida, at well managed resorts I'm familiar with, MIGHT bring $3,000. Given the current economic conditions, maybe HALF that amount --- or less.

Please don't shoot the messenger; I don't seek to discourage you with my input. I'm just offering a speculative (but purely objective) opinion, based upon an admittedly limited amount of knowledge of that particular geographic area / resort. Good luck, in any case.