VACATION REGISTER,. HAS ANYONE USED THEM ?

I am currently using Vacation Register and have not had one hit. I've already written off the up front fee to learning a hard lesson.

Has anyone used buyatimeshare.com? I'm interested in whether they are worthwhile or just another take-your-money-up-front scam company.

dang115 wrote:

Has anyone used buyatimeshare.com? I'm interested in whether they are worthwhile or just another take-your-money-up-front scam company.

Never, ever pay an upfront fee to a resale company to sell your timehare .... you might as well be throwing that money down the toilet.

dang115 wrote:

I am currently using Vacation Register and have not had one hit. I've already written off the up front fee to learning a hard lesson.

Hi, don't know if you will or not sell your unit with Vacation Register. I have purchased 5 timeshares (4 resale's) over the last 5 years. I do research all inventory on various different websites. I did buy a week at the Marriott's Surfwatch 3bdr Platinum with Vacation Register about 3 years ago if that is any consolation to you. It was at the time, their only listing for this resort (still under construction back then). The seller was actually happy because he had recently placed his ad! I admit that redweek is a much better website (volume, the fact that listings are updated & people can actually make a knowing bid in the sense that they usually know the season & the view). In most listings on these less popular sites, they neglect to indicate all that vital information which makes it frustrating & time consuming for buyers. In the end, It's about your asking price. There are a multitude of timeshares for sale out there & if you paid developer's prices YOU WILL LOOSE LOTS OF MONEY. You need to check out your ad with them; make sure that all that important info is there. I also choose to put my phone number on my listing so that a renter/buyer can reach me quickly before he gets the change to make a deal with someone else. Most people send out numerous emails & then wait for a reply. So if they can contact you easily well that is a major plus for you. But again, the most important thing is to do your own research (check out redweek, vacationtimesharerentals, tug...to know what your EXACT week (season & view) sales for. This is the key for selling. No matter on how many sites you advertise, if your price is higher than others, then buyers will start by making offers on the lower priced listings. Also understand that certain off season places are unfortunately much harder to sell du to little demand versus the thousands of listings out there for sale. Many low season owners were fished in buying by being told " Just buy this inexpensive bronze/silver week if you cannot afford what you really want & then you can easily just exchange it for anything you want trough the exchange companies" that's when they bring out their great catalogue so you can admire all those beautiful resorts! All these people figured out the hard way that it was not that easy to do. My advice is buy resale (unless like for Marriott's for example, trading your week for points is important to you), buy what you know you will use most of the time & do your homework whenever it's time for you to rent or sale your week. Be proactive & realistic! Good luck. Sandra

paulgrzesik wrote:

I AM WONDERING ABOUT VACATION REGISTER. THAT'S THE ONE WITH ED McMAHON AS A SPOKESPERSON. HAS ANYONE USED THIS SERVICE ? I CAN'T FIND ANY BAD INFO ON THEM. THANKS

SCAM, SCAM, SCAM!!!! Have been with them since 2005 and NEVER heard anything from them. Called today (3 years later!!!) to figure out how to get my money back and was told the ONLY way to get my money back was to have another company sell it before them. Oh BUT.....they were 'nice' enough to highlight it for me for as long as it takes to sell it. Whatever. SCAM!!!!!!! Do NOT give them anything.

timesharejudi wrote:

paulgrzesik wrote:

ALSO, I AM WONDERING ABOUT VACATION REGISTER. THAT'S THE ONE WITH ED McMAHON AS A SPOKESPERSON. (I POSTED ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IBD MARKETING) HAS ANYONE USED THIS SERVICE ? I CAN'T FIND ANY BAD INFO ON THEM WHERE AS I HAVE FOUND BAD INFO ON IBD MARKETING. THANKS

I have a list of people who have used them and never sold their timeshare.

And I'm one more!!! 7 years and still waiting to sell the blasted timeshare!!! To all and sundry... don't waste your time and money with these crooks and scheisters!!

Interested in finding out about your co.

scottb298 wrote:

timesharejudi wrote:

paulgrzesik wrote:

ALSO, I AM WONDERING ABOUT VACATION REGISTER. THAT'S THE ONE WITH ED McMAHON AS A SPOKESPERSON. (I POSTED ANOTHER DISCUSSION ABOUT IBD MARKETING) HAS ANYONE USED THIS SERVICE ? I CAN'T FIND ANY BAD INFO ON THEM WHERE AS I HAVE FOUND BAD INFO ON IBD MARKETING. THANKS

I have a list of people who have used them and never sold their timeshare.

And I'm one more!!! 7 years and still waiting to sell the blasted timeshare!!! To all and sundry... don't waste your time and money with these crooks and scheisters!!

Absolutely a scam. I have been waiting since 2005 for a sale of my timeshare. Don't waste your time or money on these types of crooked sheisters. They are bent on stealing your hard earned money for a service they never provide.

I have learned my lesson and will not be taken in by one of these untrustworthy organizations again.

I agree never pay up front. If they are so confident that they can sell your timeshare, have them take the fee off the price that you sell your timeshare for.

DO NOT GIVE them any money. Your ad will be placed with thousands of other timeshares and you will not sell it. It is a scam.

Sandra

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If you go to the Timeshare Xchange Multiple Listing Service and click on Member Directory there are 147 Brokers that do not charge upfront fees. www.tsxmls.com

It says on their website (www.tsxmls.com) that they're Licensed Real Estate Professionals ..... licensed real estate agents aren't allowed to take any kind of upfront fee.

The URL has been changed to www.TimeshareBrokersMLS.com The Brokers do not charge ANY upfront fees. Fill out the form and it will be sent to the Broker that handles your area.

This is to all you naysayers out there... not that it matters because they are no longer in business, but I used to work for VRI and I can tell you this... they were BY FAR the best timeshare resale company that has ever existed! Of course not everyone's timeshare sold, but we sold more than all other companies out there combined! (this is no exageration) We gave customers the very best possible chance to sell their property. If they were willing to list their property for "resonable" price, then they had an opportunity to sell it. And as far as that "tug" rep that you speak of, I can gaurantee you that any offer that was ever made was takin directly to the owner, so don't think that just because you didn't get a response from your $5 offer, that the offer wasn't made. Yes, we didn't let you speak directly to the owners, and why should we have? So that you could insult them with your lame offers. Trust me... I know the true market value of any timeshare property, and if you were even CLOSE i would have recommended the owners accept. As it stood, i laughed with owners at your offers. Anyways, those days over and I'm sorry to say that timeshare owners these days have virtually no chance at selling their property. I will say this however... there are 2 things you need in order to sell ANY property and without both, your property will NEVER sell. 1) TONS OF ADVERTISING 2) GREAT PRICE Good luck to you!

christophere31 wrote:

This is to all you naysayers out there... not that it matters because they are no longer in business, but I used to work for VRI and I can tell you this... they were BY FAR the best timeshare resale company that has ever existed!

If they were so great then why are they no longer in business ?????

Well that's simple... the economy. You see, the owner of Vacation Register was actually spending about $30-$40,000 a week just on advertising! When the economy went down, fewer and fewer people were listing their properties which made it harder and harder to spend the money on advertising. Combine that with the fact that all these different companies started popping up that were "gauranteeing a sale" or even saying that is was already sold (basically scam companies) and it became impossible. He was also spending thousands a week on a department that was specifically in place to deal with every offer and inquiry that came in on properties (hundreds a day). You see... even with some of these companies that do a little advertising, they might get an offer on a property, but usually they just send an email alert to the owner and that's it, because they don't have a department that handles it. So an offer is sent to an owner and it's over. If the owner doesn't respond or if he won't accept the offer, that's it, end of story! Because we had a department to deal with it, we would contact the owner... if the owner didn't respond or accept, we would find another owner and present the offer... and another... and another. The same also applied to rentals. With one offer, we might have contacted 20 different owners until the we found what the buyer or renter was looking for. If we couldn't find it, we even shopped on different sites! I can assure you, there hasn't been a company like that before or since! It's a shame that's it's over.

I'm simply amazed at the amount of people out there who call Vactation Register a scam! Just cause your property didn't sell, doesn't make a company a scam! You paid $699 and got the best advertising of your life! Go to your local newspaper and run an ad... it'll cost you $200 for a WEEKEND! And when you don't get an offer, will you call the newspaper a scam??? Seriously people... think about it! You have no idea of the amount of money that was spent advertising your property. 99% of the companies out there today spend litterally $0 on advertising and even some that do spend a little money, they only do so in order to get new customers... THESE are the scam companies.

christophere31 wrote:

I'm simply amazed at the amount of people out there who call Vactation Register a scam! Just cause your property didn't sell, doesn't make a company a scam! You paid $699 and got the best advertising of your life! Go to your local newspaper and run an ad... it'll cost you $200 for a WEEKEND! And when you don't get an offer, will you call the newspaper a scam??? Seriously people... think about it! You have no idea of the amount of money that was spent advertising your property. 99% of the companies out there today spend litterally $0 on advertising and even some that do spend a little money, they only do so in order to get new customers... THESE are the scam companies.

A legitimate resale company would take their fee at closing, period .... what you sold was advertising, not timeshares.

Clearly you know nothing about selling timeshares. Only real estate brokers will sell a property and charge a commission at the end. And the the funny thing is... a lot of the brokers out there are charging up front fees too! And you know why.... because the only way to sell timeshares is by advertising! How else would someone know your property even existed? Newspapers charge upfront fees to advertise all the time... are they a scam too? And as far as real estate brokers are concerned... they really don't "sell" them anyways. They're usually contacted by people who may be looking to buy them, and you know what they do then... they contact resale companies to get the property! Funny how that works huh?

Oh and by the way... you're right, we did sell advertising! And it was that advertising that allowed us to sell and rent more timeshares than all other companies out there combined!