Not to highjack the thread but I have bought all but one of my resale timeshares on eBay. You can get some excellent, and I mean absolutely outstanding deals on EBay, but you MUST know what you are bidding on, as well as the relative value of what you are trying to buy. Do NOT trust that ANY of the MF details or transfer costs, etc will be listed right, because they probably won’t be. These resellers post a lot of auctions and are generally well versed in the major systems but don’t know every quirk of every resort and unit. As a recent example I bought a fixed week / fixed unit (of which there are only 7 units at that resort I would accept) that said it was a floater. Technically you can float with other owners within the same season, but the practical chances of that are just slightly above Winning the lottery. Also I knew the MF was not right at all. If I had bought based on those false claims I would have been disappointed. Fortunately for me I did the research here and knew better. I knew my unicorn unit (one of the 7) for my PERFECT week was FINALLY on the table. I ended up winning for a price I was ok with, and probably would have spent more, TBH.
Sometimes the resellers will give you an estoppel, sometimes not. The estoppel will tell you if there is a mortgage, if MF are current, the transfer fee, the unit / week, or the amount of points, etc. Personally, I have never bid anything up so high on EBay that I would not be willing to walk away from the money, as a worst case scenario. Never had that happen though. However, I did have a closing take 11 months, but it finally closed. My final thought is not to count on any “free use” advertised, because by the time it closes the “use” period may be gone. So bid on it accordingly. Good luck!