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[Q=carols975] Has anyone ever used "Corporate Time Share Network" to rent their time share? Paid them a 1 time fee 1 1/2 years ago and they have never been able to rent my time share. They always say it's still listed, working on etc. call back in 3 months. Feel scammed. Call BB? Call credit card co.? Any thoughts? [/Q] I will echo the input already offered; you have unfortunately fallen for a scam and whatever money you paid to those parasites is now gone forever. You frankly have no legal recourse. You chose to pay upfront money for a "listing" which few people will ever even see. The parasites have undoubtedly provided that "listing" (...somewhere, useless though it may be, probably on a tiny, home grown web site). By posting that "listing", they have "fulfilled" their ONLY obligation even though that "listing", wherever it may be, will never be of any benefit to you. This is actually a relatively common scam, practiced by many such parasites for some years now. Most used to be based in Florida, but many of them moved their operation to other (often mid-western) states, to avoid the scrutiny and attention of aggressive Florida authorities. What they do is certainly very unethical, but not quite illegal (they HAVE provided a "listing" SOMEWHERE), but their so-called "listing services" are nonetheless thoroughly useless and completely ineffective. It's much too late to file a credit card dispute (a year and a half after the transaction, which you once authorized as valid). Also, BBB is a powerless paid membership organization with NO legal authority whatsoever. You can file a formal BBB complaint which may serve to warn others, but aside from that, BBB is a waste of time. You can just color that money GONE, with a costly lesson learned. I'm not sure why you thought that someone else could do a better job of renting out your timeshare than you could accomplish entirely on your own. I have done so on numerous different occasions over the years with NO "third party middleman" involvement EVER. You can advertise a rental on RedWeek at minimal cost, you can advertise on Craigslist for free, you can use the Timeshare Users Group to advertise a rental. Another potential advertising site is MyResortNetwork.com. I am sorry for your financial loss, but ponying up money to some unknown, obscure and completely useless bunch of parasites was an unfortunate mistake that you would be wise and prudent to avoid ever repeating again in the future. I'm sure that NONE of this input is what you wanted to hear, but it is nonetheless completely truthful and entirely accurate --- with no sugar coating applied.