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Study and learn BEFORE you buy... (by KC):

todda36 wrote:
One last thing Ken. What are the best places to look for resales in your experience?

In my opinion, the two very best sites to find QUALITY timeshare resales are right here (RedWeek.com) and also MyResortNetwork.com. However, you must be a paid member of RedWeek in order to respond to any ads you see on RedWeek (not so for MyResortNetwork, which does not have any paid "membership"). On both sites, you can conduct searces by geographic area and / or by resort name. From there, it's then a matter of sifting through available weeks to see what fits your own interest and availability.

You might also occasionally find a stray decent week on Bidshares, but not too frequently. Craigslist is just a crap shoot and, when it comes to timeshares, well populated with assorted scammers and spammers to boot. There are honest sellers on Craigslist too of course, but in my opinion you have to exert far too much time and effort to "separate the wheat from the chaff" there.

On any given day, there are (literally) a thousand or so timeshares listed on eBay. However, only VERY, VERY rarely will you EVER find any really good quality or prime weeks listed there as auction items. In fact, eBay has now become a favorite "dumping ground" for timeshares acquired by the numerous so-called "PostCard Companies". Someone has already paid the PCC about $3,500 to "take the timeshare off their hands", so if the PCC then dumps the timeshare on eBay for a dollar, the PCC is STILL $3,500 ahead of the game (minus only the relatively minor expense of eBay listing fees). This fact just again reinforces my earlier advice to you --- consider buying ONLY what you KNOW you will actually USE. NEVER allow yourself to be lured or distracted by a "cheap price" or "free". That "free" timeshare (...which might very well be worth exactly nothing anyhow...) STILL carries an annual maintenance fee for as long as you own it. If it's worthless, you will have a hard time parting with that bad purchase decision later, even if it was "free" in the first place. Meanwhile, those annual maintenance fees would remain your personal, legal responsibility and obligation.

In summary, proceed very slowly and very carefully. Good luck.