[2008] opinions of www.buyatimeshare.com??

I have found a timeshare that I would like to buy and it is listed on www.buyatimeshare.com.

Has anybody heard any negatives or red flags that I should be aware of when dealing with this company?

I really appreciate any feedback y'all might have!

Thanks!

I have been dealing the past few weeks with Jim Vieira

I have been dealing the past few weeks with Jim Vieira (1-800-882-0296 ext.505 ), buyerassistance@buyatimeshare.com, and I have been VERY satisfied ... If you speak with him, please tell him that Joe Tragesser has spoken well of him on the Timeshare Users Group... I would like for him to know that his efforts and attention are appreciated ... Joe Tragesser... jgtragesser@yahoo.com ...

That is a VERY strong recommendation

jgtragesser said:

I have been dealing the past few weeks with Jim Vieira (1-800-882-0296 ext.505 ), buyerassistance@buyatimeshare.com, and I have been VERY satisfied ... If you speak with him, please tell him that Joe Tragesser has spoken well of him on the Timeshare Users Group... I would like for him to know that his efforts and attention are appreciated ... Joe Tragesser... jgtragesser@yahoo.com ...

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In my business, and I am a Financial Advisor, when someone gives you a referral it is a very strong indication of satisfaction.

Just look at their website. How come their Wyndham Hawaii resorts are almost double(some of them even more than double) than any other timeshare resale places?

I always consider an 'asking' price the seller's fantasy:hysterical: ... that is the benefit of finding a resale representative who will actually work for the benefit of the buyer and explain reality to an unrealistic seller...

OH!!!... BTW... I am a retired financial consultant, aka stock-broker... yes... I appreciate the value of a referral from a satisfied client :whoopie: ... Joe Tragesser... jgtragesser@yahoo.com ...

Ok, let me rephrase the question... Has anybody bought a timeshare from these folks (buyatimeshare.com) and had a really good experience?

I heve been reading all these comments on and about buyatimeshare.com and I have had nothing but good experience. They ARE a very good company to seel your timeshare through. I gave them one timeshare tosell and if they sold it I would give them another. My timeshare sold in a little less than 4 months. So I gave them another and it sold in just under 5 months. so I have noe listed the rest of my timeshares with buyatimeshare.com. They are the only company that has done anything for me at all. I WOULD RECCOMEND THIS COMPANY TO EVERYONE OUT THERE LOOKING TO SELL THIER TIMESHARE AND SEND THEM PLEENTY OF REFERALLS THAT HAVE ALREADY SOLD THIERS AS WELL

Looks like a joke to me. Tses not selling for a dollar on Ebay are listed for thousands. I bet is just another upfront listing company. If it walks like a duck etc.

e.bram said:

Looks like a joke to me. Tses not selling for a dollar on Ebay are listed for thousands. I bet is just another upfront listing company. If it walks like a duck etc.

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1,168 post's and still not a paying member of TUG ????

Sponge said:

1,168 post's and still not a paying member of TUG ????

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There's no requirement that you be a member of TUG to participate in the BBS. What looks suspicious to me is someone who really touts this buyatimeshare.com site with his/her first ever post.

Ditto...

Robert D said:

What looks suspicious to me is someone who really touts this buyatimeshare.com site with his/her first ever post.

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Agreed....
Any very first post which appears on TUG from out of the blue, enthusiastically (but without any specific facts or details) endorsing any commercial entity must obviously be taken with a grain of salt.

To a cynic, the word "shill" might even come to mind....

Money gone - timeshare still in hand

Auctionfly said:

I heve been reading all these comments on and about buyatimeshare.com and I have had nothing but good experience. They ARE a very good company to seel your timeshare through. I gave them one timeshare tosell and if they sold it I would give them another. My timeshare sold in a little less than 4 months. So I gave them another and it sold in just under 5 months. so I have noe listed the rest of my timeshares with buyatimeshare.com. They are the only company that has done anything for me at all. I WOULD RECCOMEND THIS COMPANY TO EVERYONE OUT THERE LOOKING TO SELL THIER TIMESHARE AND SEND THEM PLEENTY OF REFERALLS THAT HAVE ALREADY SOLD THIERS AS WELL

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If I had to seel (or even seal) my timeshare due to bad situations I'd blame the HOA as they should prevent that type of problem! At least noe (or it is now? or know?) who to avoid as any company that has shill postings for thier (sp) company that apparently can barely spell is suspect despite pleenty of fine referalls (is this a joke? Or perhaps a Mexican poster?)

Here is a classic case of a first time poster touting a service for not one but TWO successful sales (and more to come!) Listing "the rest" of their timeshares? How many do they own? Doesn't seem to fit and I'd take it to mean little if anyone is searching for a reseller to use. This one sounds like the typical upfront fee based advertiser that is unlikely to sell anything for you, but will take your money. Stay away despite the "glowing referall"!

This organization copied its business model from Sellmytimeshare now. They even went as far as opening satellite offices in the same locations as SMTN. At first glance, I thought they were the same company, and that Jason was perhaps just preparing for a corporate makeover with a new identity. I later discovered that they were actually a new group of people.

The primary company is a listing service, which also has an in-house brokerage (Jan Geno is the broker of record) that handles incoming purchase offers.. Since they are relatively new, I'd expect there to be some growing pains simply due to a lack of experience- but the companies seem to be well funded so perhaps they'll have some staying power.

Their affiliated .coms are:

buyatimeshare
sellatimeshare
vpresales
cashoutatimeshare

Oh Pisch!!!!!!!!!!!

I am absolutely appaulled that those comments were posted reguarding my postings with Buyatimeshare.com. If you would take the time to look at the sales of that company then you would know that they have sold well over 1,100 timeshares in the past six months. I am very pleased with my representative Matthew that I have been dealing with in the sales of my units. So before you scrutinize the company or myself DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND RESEARCH!!!!!!!!!!! That company has phenominal ratings with so many websites and has been reccomended by the Online Business Bearu and has a trust rating of 10 on a scale of 10. Google and yahoo cant even compare to that. So instead of hating and discriminating, once again do your homework and you to will find that they are the only legitimate company that Ive found. And Ive been burnt with other companies as well as yourselves but when they show you what they do and others say what they do then you will SEE the difference yourself...............

The last post is referring to Matt Yergau, who is one of the licensed agents working under the cashout designation. He and Toni Sabia (a former Timeshare Broker Services employee- the brokerage for SMTN) were the only two licensed agents under Geno a few months ago. I assume this Jim is a new agent.

The clarification needed here is that Matt handles offers from buyers, not the initial advertising set up for sellers.. Much like every other resale broker, Matt will go anywhere to find the inventory- regardless of what site it is advertised on...

Auctionfly's recommendation should be considered a recommendation to buyers (just like Joe's), but not necessarily to sellers..

Thank you so much for that post. I only want what best for anybody looking to sell. I have had so many runarounds myself and and empty promises but have finally found the right company to get the job done. Anybody looking to sell I would reccomend calling them and they will make beleivers out of all of you. And this my friends is serious timeshare business. I beleive thier number is [deleted] But Matthew's ext is 502. He will NOT tell you what he can do for you but will SHOW you what they can do for YOU. They provide financing to anyone reguardless of credit history and that is how he makes his money. Tell him Rebecca Kinas referred you and reccomeneded their company. Matthew knows who I am and he and they WILL take very good care of you. Once again thank you for acknowledging that this is a very sincere post and should not be frowned upon unless you truly dont want to sell. Their crudentials show all. Matthew has been in the timeshare industry for almost 15 years now and knows and does his job extremely well.

Thank you again but just to reclarify that Matthew is now handling all aspects of the sales now from beginning to end. He uses some sort of Buyers Data Base????????? And when offers were made the offer was brought right to me and he advised me every step of the way on what to do as far as offers when they came in. PLEASE everybody do your homework on this company. They are VERY legitamite and they can get the job done

Perhaps I wasn't clear.. I personally would not recommend this organization to sellers! The majority of the sale pitch to sellers being regurgitated by auctionfly regarding bbb ratings, financing, etc. is just meaningless drivel ..

If you are buying a week from them- and use a third party closing agent- it might be a different story.

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I believe auctionfly is sincere, and not simply a shill.. Congrats on your sales!

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another outed industry apologist insider

If the fee fits you must pass.

Auctionfly said:

They provide financing to anyone reguardless of credit history and that is how he makes his money. Tell him Rebecca Kinas referred you and reccomeneded their company. Matthew knows who I am and he and they WILL take very good care of you. Once again thank you for acknowledging that this is a very sincere post and should not be frowned upon unless you truly dont want to sell. Their crudentials show all. Matthew has been in the timeshare industry for almost 15 years now and knows and does his job extremely well.

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Is there a fee of more than $50-$100 BEFORE they do anything? If NOT then they may be worth a try - if there IS then I stand by my earlier post - to avoid them as you would any other upfront fee operation. Once they have your money any actual sale is a lucky accident not a result of their work.

So which is it? Reasonable listing fee and actually earning a commission or the usual upfront fee and that's the end of it? I'll bet it's the latter. Of course as a buyer everything is different. If its a good deal then no reason not to deal with them.

Timeos2 I think the problem that you have with all of this is that you work for the resorts and you think that nobody can do a job better than you. You want it all and in fact I am very familiar with Westgate and they are the worst of the worst when it comes to timeshares. I would NEVER buy a Westgate property. Your Blue Tree Resort in Florida is just an apartment complex that was bought out by Westgate and it shows just that.

No answer? No surprise.

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Timeos2 I think the problem that you have with all of this is that you work for the resorts and you think that nobody can do a job better than you. You want it all and in fact I am very familiar with Westgate and they are the worst of the worst when it comes to timeshares. I would NEVER buy a Westgate property. Your Blue Tree Resort in Florida is just an apartment complex that was bought out by Westgate and it shows just that.

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And the answer to the question is? Upfront fee or not?

As for Westgate I agree. One of if not THE worst timeshare organizations in the world. And pity the poor Bluetree owners as they got hosed by an unfriendly buy out of unsold inventory by the WG goons. I am surprised to hear I work at the resorts but maybe I just didn't know it? Glad you could give me a heads up!

Still awaiting that important answer regarding the fees and buyatimeshare.

No answer so lets dig one up for ourselves

A quick search brings up a number of complaints about this operation. Number one is, as I expected, a large upfront fee ($599) and then the usual non-action.

Selected quotes from REAL people (not fly by shills):

Posted: 2009-03-06 by Maureen Halkett

"not doing what they said they would do
Pressured telephone calls to sell my time shre. Took payment from my visa account when I asked them to hold the sale until I got home from work. Guess what, no contact since...

and

Posted: 2009-04-08 by juan guzman

"buyatimeshare or vacation property resales, inc what ever their name is, is a big scam, this company ripped me off
this company is a big scam i paid this company a total of 599.00 and all they did for me was listed my timeshare online, something i could do for free myself. this company tell you that your timeshare will sell very fast, all they did was ripped me off. "

and one more:

Posted: 2009-05-11 by justin

"false sales. This company does nothing to sell your timeshare, besides list it on a web page. They will answer your calls until you pay them. Once you pay them they do not help, they do not broker for you, or even update your page. I called repeadly back and they wanted me to update my page."

So it sure sounds to me like just another in a LONG line of companies making their money by upfront fees from desperate sellers then doing little to nothing to actually SELL the week(s). The glowing endorsement out of the blue sounds hollow next to real people posting their actally results (or really lack thereof).

Put it to bed. This is a company to avoid as a seller. And remember NO UPFRONT fees to sell your timeshare unless you like paying money out for nothing. If you aren't convinced take a look at these links:

Complaints board

And more complaints

AuctionFly, why don't you give us the names of the timeshares that this outfit has sold for you, what the selling prices were, and how much you netted on each after all closing costs and expenses. Talking in generalities to tout one of these firms doesn't carry much weight with your audience on this board.

And while you are at it, please explain how you found your way to TUG and then found a question that is 18 mos. old and felt compelled to respond to it?

Update 4/18/10 - Auctionfly re-registered this week under another persona, (Timesharesandthetruth) and once again spammed us with info. about this company. Based on his/her other posts he/she is an employee of the company. Both user names have been banned.