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Re: Impossible to sell or even give away this Gem? (by Michael M.):
I still receive alerts when this thread is posted on, so I though I would update since I noticed that my previous messages have been deleted (not by me...maybe by someone from Redweek or Christie Lodge??)
Not too long after posting over three years ago I realized that despite all of my efforts on this site and any others (Luckily I only paid one of the myriad of scammer "advertisement" companies a fee of around $500 about 13-14 years ago to sell it but of course that didn't work) that this thing was never going to sell. I even tried to give it away and had one or two interested parties but ultimately they just backed out. FInally, I contacted Christie Lodge and PAID THEM something in the neighborhood of $2000 to just take the thing off of my hands (a summer Red Week).There is a lot of paperwork but at least I know it is legal and no one can ever come back after me again for the outrageous management fee. My sense at the time was they didn't like this fact advertised too widely, but of course there will probably b some other foolish consumer to buy in like I did.
I am surprised that anyone with a winter peak week would have as much trouble as I did but the fact is that Christie Lodge and most of the other Timeshare companies (and their marketing/sales arms) prey on people's ignorance about this entire industry. I was young and dumb and there wasn't the information about timeshares on the Internet that there is now so that you can research. There is a reason that they have the "3-day no cost backout" clause in most states for timeshares. Despite what I was "sold" on at the time, they are NOT an investment, they cannot be traded as easily as you think, and when you add up all of the trading and management fees, you would be better off just Pricelining a hotel.
Good luck to all owners who wish to free themselves from the Timeshare shackles like I did. Go through the timeshare directly, it will cost you a lot less in the long run.