We are new at selling/renting our Timeshares. We got burned by a company that went belly-up and turned our records over to CondoLink. They have been pretty aggressively pursuing our business. Would be interesting in hearing if anyone has had experience with this company. Thanks.
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Anyone have experience with CondoLink Worldwide based in Nebraska?
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Here are a couple of previous threads that discuss Condolink:
http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52331&highlight=condolink
http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27628&highlight=condolink
It doesn't look good. In a nutshell - never ever pay an upfront fee to rent/sell your timeshare. A minimal listing fee (less than $50 is OK) but if you pay the commission upfront, the company has no motivation to actually DO anything with your timeshare.
My suggestion: hang around with us a bit and get to know the ropes and rent/sell your own timeshare - it's not hard!
Here are a couple of previous threads that discuss Condolink:
http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=52331&highlight=condolink
http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27628&highlight=condolink
It doesn't look good. In a nutshell - never ever pay an upfront fee to rent/sell your timeshare. A minimal listing fee (less than $50 is OK) but if you pay the commission upfront, the company has no motivation to actually DO anything with your timeshare.
My suggestion: hang around with us a bit and get to know the ropes and rent/sell your own timeshare - it's not hard!
We recently made an offer on a timeshare which the buyer apparently accepted. However, when I got the final numbers stating what I would owe, included in the cost was a commission of $700! Needless to say, I turned it down. By the way, the timeshare itself was $1500...
Why would you, the buyer, pay a commission? That should be the sellers worry. Something isn't right with that deal.
You need to make the effort
If you'd like to have a second chance to say you've been had by slick talking sales people on the phone misrepresenting what they can do for you - for an upfront payment of course - then go ahead and give them your money. I thought you wanted to GET money (either by renting or selling your timeshare) but if the plan is to pay annual fees and then pay to advertise and most likely get no renter or buyer then Condolink should be able to deliver as well as most of the upfront fee companies can. If you want to rent or sell then a different approach, that does not include paying before any service is actually delivered, might be a better route.
Both the rental and resale markets are awash in available inventory. It is not a great time to be renting (unless you are the renter) but that market is stronger right now than the resale market. It is tough to even cover most annual fees by renting - but at least you are having money come in rather than paying more money out for virtually worthless advertising you can easily do inexpensively for yourself. If you want to rent or sell you have to make some effort - there is no one at any price that will make it easy.
If you'd like to have a second chance to say you've been had by slick talking sales people on the phone misrepresenting what they can do for you - for an upfront payment of course - then go ahead and give them your money. I thought you wanted to GET money (either by renting or selling your timeshare) but if the plan is to pay annual fees and then pay to advertise and most likely get no renter or buyer then Condolink should be able to deliver as well as most of the upfront fee companies can. If you want to rent or sell then a different approach, that does not include paying before any service is actually delivered, might be a better route.
Both the rental and resale markets are awash in available inventory. It is not a great time to be renting (unless you are the renter) but that market is stronger right now than the resale market. It is tough to even cover most annual fees by renting - but at least you are having money come in rather than paying more money out for virtually worthless advertising you can easily do inexpensively for yourself. If you want to rent or sell you have to make some effort - there is no one at any price that will make it easy.