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Re: RCI Innovations Inc. (by Beck):
ken1193 wrote:I recommend specifically telling them that you will select, use (and pay) a closing company of YOUR OWN choice, and that this third party entity will handle any and all funds (eliminating your having to give these parasites ANY credit card payment or info at ANY time)....
Finally, why on earth would you believe for one second that ANYONE is going to pay you $106,000.00 for a few timeshares when any literate person with a computer could pick up a DOZEN timeshares on eBay right now, today for fifty to one hundred dollars total. It simply makes no sense --- they are merely appealing to greed in order to put stars (and dollar signs) in your eyes...
This is all clearly and obviously just a scam, plain and simple --- but I hope that you already know that. ...
Generally speaking Ken, you are correct. today however I received a call from an Antonio Pardo with First Choice Advocates 954-741-5243 and 866-611-4750. He said he's part of an organization working to contact timeshare owners who were called by the scam companies. Universal Marketing for example, called me about a year ago. Antonio said the FL DA office is initiating investigations which would lead to convictions but of course the companies settle. One part of the settlement is providing call records of all the peole each scam company calls.
Antonio works for one of the companies making the calls to determine how many owners were scammed. When I told him I sold (successfully) 15 units in one block to someone thru Universal Marketing, he told me I was the ONLY person he'd spoken to out of thousands who actually had something sell.
So do I really believe RCI Innovations will actually get me a buyer paying $106k for my WVR Ocean Walk 818k pts? No. But I didn't think the Universal deal would work out either.
Why did my Universal deal work out when no one else's did? It was possibly a fluke, but the most important reason was that I took the time to re-write the contract, then negotiate it so in the event the sales didn't go thru I would get a refund. And the only way to ensure that can happen is by charging on a credit card.