DRI suing Sumday Vacations and Timeshare Transfer company

[theo]

A little overboard don't you think?

I don't. I regard both of those entities as being considerably lower than whale excrement which has sunk to the ocean floor. YMMV.

 

[tonyg]

I've bought at least one week from Sumday Vacations. Not sure who did the closing, but everything went rather smoothly and I would have no qualms about buying through them again.
No question about Wastegate being what it's been called, and DRI is a descendant of a now defunct mismanaged resort group who's name currently eludes me.

 

[dioxide45]

I've bought at least one week from Sumday Vacations. Not sure who did the closing, but everything went rather smoothly and I would have no qualms about buying through them again.
No question about Wastegate being what it's been called, and DRI is a descendant of a now defunct mismanaged resort group who's name currently eludes me.

Sunterra?

 

[dgalati]

I've worked with Sumday, but both of my resales "failed" because HICV executed ROFR (they were less than $1 each). So, I wouldn't really call Sumday a Timeshare Exit Company, but it sounds like Standard is the exit division of the company while Sumday sells them. I looked one time and found that their closing division charges over $400 if someone not buying from Sumday needs a timeshare closing.

I'm thinking Standard should change their approach to having Sumday sell the timeshares. Of course, it's not cheap to take one, advertise it, close on it, transfer to the new owner and record it in the county, especially when they're worth $1.

TS

 

[dgalati]

I bought many Wyndham deeds at a $0 purchase price. The price was with all closing and resort transfer fees paid by seller. If you add in all closing and transfer fees that are paid by seller the net value of a timshare is a negative $500 on the open market.

 

[dioxide45]

I bought many Wyndham deeds at a $0 purchase price. The price was with all closing and resort transfer fees paid by seller. If you add in all closing and transfer fees that are paid by seller the net value of a timeshare is a negative $500 on the open market.

Or if someone pays a postcard company several thousands of dollars, then the value could be considered to be even less.

 

[Mongoose]

I've used Sumday several times and never had an issue. I owned DRI and sold it because of their business practices. I don't trust them.

 

[dgalati]

Or if someone pays a postcard company several thousands of dollars, then the value could be considered to be even less.

Yes many deeds that I bought from Sumday the sellers had paid exit firms $4000 ++. Owners were paying to get out from under the financial burden of paying monthly maintenance fees.

 

[bogey21]

I've used Sumday several times and never had an issue.

Over the years I did maybe 15 transactions with Sumday and found them reputable. The couple of times there were minor issues they immediately addressed them...

George

 

[R.J.C.]

I don't. I regard both of those entities as being considerably lower than whale excrement which has sunk to the ocean floor. YMMV.

While each person can have their own opinion, I find the resort staff at all of the Diamond resorts I have visited to be great. Sales personnel is about 50/50. Don't claim an entire company is poor because of a few employees.

 

[R.J.C.]

Sunterra?

Diamond isn't a descendant of Sunterra. Diamond was it's own company and Sunterra was it's first major acquisition.

 

[theo]

While each person can have their own opinion, I find the resort staff at all of the Diamond resorts I have visited to be great. Sales personnel is about 50/50. Don't claim an entire company is poor because of a few employees.

With all due respect, peoples' negative opinions (including mine) about certain specific "chains" has nothing to do with "resort staff" (or resort quality) and virtually everything to do with their punitive, very arbitrary and onerous corporate policies and practices.
By that measure, Wastegate (and Diamond Resorts) have worked hard to earn their respective negative images and reputations.

 

[R.J.C.]

With all due respect, peoples' negative opinions (including mine) about certain specific "chains" has nothing to do with "resort staff" (or resort quality) and virtually everything to do with their punitive, arbitrary and onerous corporate policies and practices.
By that measure, Wastegate (and Diamond Resorts) have worked hard to earn their respective negative images and reputations.

I can't disagree with that, especially as of late with Diamond. But so many people run around hollering "Diamond sucks" without clarifying what exactly sucks giving the impression that the company as a whole sucks instead of just certain parts of it.

 

[buddym811]

I haven't been able to reach Sumday Vacations since the lawsuit was announced. I just sent in paperwork to have them sell my timeshare on March 8th and have already paid them to get rid of it. I was able to leave a phone message on March 10th but now their phones are disconnected and their website is mostly down for "site maintenance". I paid through Paypal so I am wondering if I should contact them and see what my options are. I'm guessing they decided to close business because otherwise why disconnect the phones and the website?

 

[dioxide45]

I haven't been able to reach Sumday Vacations since the lawsuit was announced. I just sent in paperwork to have them sell my timeshare on March 8th and have already paid them to get rid of it. I was able to leave a phone message on March 10th but now their phones are disconnected and their website is mostly down for "site maintenance". I paid through Paypal so I am wondering if I should contact them and see what my options are. I'm guessing they decided to close business because otherwise why disconnect the phones and the website?

It also doesn't look like they have any weeks listed on Ebay anymore. Owner @JeffBrown is a TUG BBS member, perhaps try reaching out to him via PM.

 

[Mongoose]

I haven't been able to reach Sumday Vacations since the lawsuit was announced. I just sent in paperwork to have them sell my timeshare on March 8th and have already paid them to get rid of it. I was able to leave a phone message on March 10th but now their phones are disconnected and their website is mostly down for "site maintenance". I paid through Paypal so I am wondering if I should contact them and see what my options are. I'm guessing they decided to close business because otherwise why disconnect the phones and the website?

I wonder if its the lawsuit or COVID-19?

 

[csxjohn]

I wonder if its the lawsuit or COVID-19?

Either way you would think a phone call would go through. I've been trying to reach them also and did send an email today.

info@sumdayvacations.com

 

[Mongoose]

Either way you would think a phone call would go through. I've been trying to reach them also and did send an email today.

info@sumdayvacations.com

Their website is down for maintenance. Not a good sign.

 

[Grammarhero]

@Fredflintstone @goaliedave @R.J.C. @theo @Mongoose @Maple_Leaf
I rate my ownerships as follows out of five:
1) Wyndham: 5. inexpensive to book short trips. Easy corona cancellation. Monthly bills make MF payments easier.
2) vacation village: 4. More expensive than Wyndham to book short stays, with RCI/II exchange fees. Difficult corona cancellation. Yearly bills make MF payments harder at beginning of the year. They have great II traders, particularly with short stay exchange.
3) diamond: 3. Didn’t let me trade in II saying: 1) I had resale, 2) my ownership was too close to 2021 for II deposit, 3) I couldn’t backdoor 6.5k DRI pts with II deposit. On the positive side, I only pay $700 MF for a tier 3 deposit, while I’ve seen 6.5k DRI pts have $1.2k MF. DX deposits get five years to use.

 

[simpsontruckdriver]

Isn't there a person here on TUG that works for Sumday? Personally, I think it has to do with Coronavirus, since a lot of non-essential businesses have shut down temporarily. Sumday isn't considered an "essential" business, so I would give them some slack for the next 30-ish days.

TS

 

[dioxide45]

Isn't there a person here on TUG that works for Sumday? Personally, I think it has to do with Coronavirus, since a lot of non-essential businesses have shut down temporarily. Sumday isn't considered an "essential" business, so I would give them some slack for the next 30-ish days.

TS

Yes @JeffBrown is the owner/founder/CEO, not sure the exact title. However, Coronavirus doesn't infect websites and that doesn't explain why the website is messed up and still not fixed after all this time.

 

[55plus]

I purchased most of my resale through Sumday. I'd do it again. They were very professional and good to me.

 

[Kozman]

A little overboard don't you think?

No!

 

[R.J.C.]

No!

Yeah.....okay.

 

[Stephon125]

A little overboard don't you think?

I need to talk to sumdayvacations how can i reach them with the phone line down and the website is down