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To MS Schreier (by R P.):
Since you seem to be a timeshare crusader and you vented about postcard companies below, how come you haven't vented about upfront fee resale company scams that are no better than postcard companies where they guarantee a prospective client a sale or a rental of their timeshare FOR A LARGE UPFRONT FEE .... the GUARANTEED RENTAL doesn't materialize and the client doesn't get their upfront fee back .... or the scammer that tells a prospective client that they have a buyer for their timeshare if they'll only pay a LARGE UPFRONT FEE when in reality there is no buyer, but the scammer keeps the upfront fee.
I cerainly hope that you don't condone companies such as Sell My Timeshare Now, however you are mentioned in Mr. Tremblay's article below .... one of his salespeople GUARANTEED a client's rental that never materialized .... you can read about it in this forum.
Monday, January 26, 2009 Timeshare Owners Beware! Author: Jason Tremblay
Orlando’s Channel 9 TV has been on the trail of a Nevada-based company using some interesting tactics to attract timeshare sellers. According to reporter Todd Ulrich, the timeshare company, Apex Professionals, sends post cards to timeshare owners leading them to believe the company wants to buy their timeshare and inviting them to a meeting to learn more. The post cards say, “Now making immediate offers to timeshare owners who want to sell.”
After a seminar held in an Orlando hotel, (which Action 9 investigators sat in on) the details of the meetings were shared with timeshare industry expert Lisa Ann Schreier. Here’s Ms. Schreier’s take: “These people (Apex Professionals) wanted 35 hundred dollars and your deed which is really unconscionable as far as I’m concerned.”