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Re: Resorts Management Services Wilmington- Delaware (by Lance C.):
melissam141 wrote:I got scammed! Gave them a deposit of $1295 after being told they had a buyer for our timeshare and that fee would cover the title search, closing costs, etc. They sounded so professional, so knowledgeable. THEY'RE NOT. After 90 days of back and forth communication which seemed legit, all phone numbers were disconnected. No way to reach them. How do these people sleep at night? My husband says "quite well on the commissions they've made!" I hate being taken advantage of, lesson learned. I will call my credit card company to see if there is a way to dispute this. If anyone has any info re: contacting the company or the best way to try to dispute the charge...please let me know! I do not wish harm on anyone who has harmed me, but may they have bad weather on every single vacation they take!
One key way to avoid such scams like this is to be well aware of what timeshares (especially your own) are worth or what they are selling for on the resale market. The victims/marks of these upfront fee scammers are people who think that their units are worth what they paid the developer (or even more).
As hard as it may be to swallow, the resale value of the majority of timeshares right now is right around zero! Please don't take this statement the wrong way but, if you had been aware of your unit's resale value, you would have recognized that $1295 to potentially sell a unit that's worth next to nothing was fishy and likely a scam.