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Andythefox

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Update:

Spoke with Wyndham today. Title transferred to my name on 10/14 and that I should be receiving my welcome package in the mail within the next 5-7 days. Total turnaround time took approximately one month.

I'm very happy and satisfied with both the seller and the title company.

Andy
 

gblotter

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Maui Ocean Club x 2
Ko Olina Beach Club x 1
Very mixed reviews. The seller seems like an honest person, but the problem is that he uses Pacific Transfer as his closing company.

I did a recent resale purchase at Marriott Ko Olina with selltimeshare.org and Pacific Transfer. The closing took nearly four long and frustrating months.

Because of the ineptitude of Pacific Transfer, I was forced to take over the final step of the closing process myself (i.e. ownership transfer by Marriott). After sending in all the required info to Marriott along with the $25 transfer fee (paid out of my own pocket), it took Marriott just 4 days to get the unit listed under my name. This task is something that Pacific Transfer could not get accomplished in 6 weeks. If I had not taken these steps on my own, this "dance of the dunces" with Pacific Transfer likely would have continued for several more months.

Four months is a ridiculous amount of time to complete a timeshare closing. In addition to this purchase, I have also bought two other timeshares this year. For a Marriott Mountainside week, the closing took just 25 days from start to finish. For a Marriott Maui Ocean Club week, the closing took 55 days from start to finish.

I am just grateful that Pacific Transfer's poor processes did not derail the entire purchase and result in legal action.

The seller (selltimeshare.org) seems to be an honest timeshare resale broker - he refunded to me the $25 transfer fee. However, his alliance with Pacific Transfer is likely to doom his business I fear. There is no reason to put up with the delays and frustrations associated with Pacific Transfer when there are a variety of highly-reputable closing services recommended here on tug. When you are the buyer, you have the leverage to demand a good closing company rather than just go along with whatever the seller dictates. If you choose to purchase from selltimeshare.org, I would advise that you insist on using a closing service of your choosing other than Pacific Transfer.

See this thread for more details: http://tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=156879
 
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