Buying a timeshare from TUG marketplace

[TUGBrian]

correct, the marketplace will show the join date of the member in the bottom right hand corner. and you can always ask the person for their forum name (if they have it).

that said, posting a fake resale listing is not a terribly common scam as its simply more work/effort/less rewarding than the other scams available out there.

IMO the biggest risk on the resale side for a buyer is the details in the listing being incorrect, but in almost all those cases it was not an intentional mistake vs the person who posted the listing just made a mistake, or truly didnt know what they were selling (in the case of a family member or "not the actual owner").

 

[silentg]

Most of my transactions have been phone calls, emails etc. We are renting our timeshare next June to a TUG member that I have spoken with and hopefully will meet soon. I found most people I have dealt with on Tug are folks that enjoy timeshares as much as we do. Nothing ever troubling, guess I’m very trusting and trustworthy.

 

[jp10558]

One thing to consider is a lot of TUG marketplace postings that are by brokers (I know for HGVC for sure) are posted but never updated when they're sold and when you call you'll get a "we don't have that one but we have something "similar" and you will eventually get something - it's how I got SeaWorld vs Las Vegas. I also think the brokers add a lot of fees to the transaction, but I'm also not really sure there's an easy to find owner to owner sales system anywhere else. So I think you end up paying maybe a few grand more than the absolute best deals, plus various other fees - I think this is why for HGVC so many like Scotland as you can buy direct without all the closing fees and broker fees plus I think it's faster as there's no deed.