From what I read it isn't them. There isn't anything they or even the broker a person buys through can do besides send emails and try to call when the owner doesn't return their portion of the paperwork in a timely manner.
Several people mentioned that the reason their purchase fell though was because it was eventually discovered that the owner had passed. That got me thinking. If it was something I really, really wanted I would be contacting the broker I bought from asking him or her to get in touch with the company the deceased owner contracted with to sell the timeshare. Or I would send my own letter addressed to the Executor of the Estate of ... (owner's name) at the address shown on my paperwork. Either way he or she should be able to sign anything needed if they were still wanting to get rid of the timeshare. One of the timeshare weeks we bought had a copy of the death certificate attached.in the paperwork. The death certificate and the executors signature are all that's required.
