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Re: Sell My Timeshare NOW / Timeshare Broker Services - Buyer / Seller Be Warned! (by Lisa B.):
I think jayjay is right in his reply to randyw119, what a buyer experiences is completely different than what a seller experiences. There are so many traps for an unsuspecting seller to fall into that it makes it very difficult to know how to even begin to sell your timeshare. I have a timeshare at the Pueblo Bonito Rose that I would like to sell and like a complete idiot fell for one of the fee up front scams and paid several hundred dollars to the resale firm that "already had interested parties wanting PB units". Oddly enough, it's been nearly 18 months since I paid the upfront fee and NONE of those interested parties ever materialized. Not to mention haven't heard a word from the resaler either. Hmm! Do you think I got ripped off? No exaggeration, I have received solicitation calls from at least 30 different resale companies over the past 18 months that have interested buyers "right now" for my unit. All I have to do is pay an upfront fee. And the people calling are very prepared to debate their position. I'm sure they've heard it all. They have a counter to every concern you will launch. They are very pursuasive in their pitch. But since I've already attended the school of hard knocks (already paid an upfront fee that produced no results), I simply hang up the phone on those solicitors. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to go about selling my week without putting myself in the position to be ripped off.
I've been on different sides of the fence. I bought my unit nearly 10 years ago from a resaler online. Not to mention, I have rented annually from resalers for the past 10 years. Trust me, when you are spending the money, your treatment is quite a bit different than when you're the peddler!