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Re: Resort Condos Plus - anyone? (by R P.):

crystalw48 wrote:

I work for a timeshare resale comany that I will not name in this post. However, we do sell timeshares for our customers. We do have an upfront fee, we inform our sellers why we charge the fee (for advertising, marketing, etc..) and that we will only refund that amount at the time of closing. Our title company handles all the closing paperwork- buyer puts up escrow $$ and pays all of the closing costs. We do have a good success rate on our resales, but we do not, and can not garauntee a sale. We do not tell our sellers that we have buyers waiting, because our job is to find a buyer for the property. I do not understand how any company out there claims to have a buyer for your timeshare when they do not even have your listing. And why are they offering top dollar for it, when anyone with an ounce of intellegence knows that timeshares can be purchased on the resale market for pennies on the dollar? We always tell our clients to be very leary of companies that solicit their business. Especially ones that they have never heard of, or that the seller has not contacted first. Please everyone, don't take everything you see or hear at face value. Do your homework. Find out who you are dealing with, and don't throw your money at whomever asks for it. For those of you who say never put money up front- maybe you can give some suggestions to sellers as to how they may be able to get rid of their timeshare. I do not believe that there is any resale company out there who does not have an up front fee. However, not all of them are crooks. Thank you for your time.

If you charge an upfront fee in the hundreds of dollars, then your company is a scam just like all others ... all you want is that upfront fee .... that's your business model.