SumDay Vacations

[rrlongwell]

Anyone heard of this group?

 

[scootr5]

Anyone heard of this group?

I've bought a couple of times from them with mixed results.

 

[Debbyd57]

To my knowledge he is a reseller. He gets a lot of his inventory by working with a vacation club. The vacation club gets you to buy into their club and agrees to sell your timeshare for you. They tell you that you only have to pay the timshare transfer fee. When you agree, and Sumday vacations sends you the paperwork, you find that the cost is significantly higher than the transfer fee. I know because we tried it. When we received his paperwork, we backed out. From the selling standpoint, he is a rip off. I don't have any information about buying from him.

 

[rrlongwell]

I've bought a couple of times from them with mixed results.

I noticed a couple of properties I may have been interested in. However, their discriptions were a little confusing. I.E. A Club Wynham Access deeded ownership property (not sure this critter exists) and one up now as a Red Week Wyndham points sale. They are not real fothcoming when asked a question. How were their property descriptions in your cases?

 

[6scoops]

To my knowledge he is a reseller. He gets a lot of his inventory by working with a vacation club. The vacation club gets you to buy into their club and agrees to sell your timeshare for you. They tell you that you only have to pay the timshare transfer fee. When you agree, and Sumday vacations sends you the paperwork, you find that the cost is significantly higher than the transfer fee. I know because we tried it. When we received his paperwork, we backed out. From the selling standpoint, he is a rip off. I don't have any information about buying from him.

Interesting, from a buying stand point, I can give high marks. I was very pleased with their service. I am curious how they get this inventory?

What is the name of The vacation club? Is that the name? Or which one are you talking about?

 

[rrlongwell]

To my knowledge he is a reseller. He gets a lot of his inventory by working with a vacation club. The vacation club gets you to buy into their club and agrees to sell your timeshare for you. They tell you that you only have to pay the timshare transfer fee. When you agree, and Sumday vacations sends you the paperwork, you find that the cost is significantly higher than the transfer fee. I know because we tried it. When we received his paperwork, we backed out. From the selling standpoint, he is a rip off. I don't have any information about buying from him.

Thanks, not real surprising given from what I saw on the way he worded his timeshare descriptions.

 

[slomac]

I bought from him and the transacation went very smooth and I got a great deal.

 

[Gophesjo]

My buying experience with Sumday was very good as well.

 

[antjmar]

I bought from him also via e-bay, he has a website also. Had some issues with his ad not being 100% accurate regarding maint. fees. We mutually agreed to a resolution so I would recommend him. Like any purchase do your homework first!

 

[ded4025]

I just used them a few months ago and was very happy with our purchase. Everything was as they said it would be. We purchased a Starwoods SDO week.

 

[scootr5]

I noticed a couple of properties I may have been interested in. However, their discriptions were a little confusing. I.E. A Club Wynham Access deeded ownership property (not sure this critter exists) and one up now as a Red Week Wyndham points sale. They are not real fothcoming when asked a question. How were their property descriptions in your cases?

If you know what you're buying, it can be good (since the descriptions are frequently incorrect). Do your homework as far as getting the estoppel from them. They do their own deed prep - I'm still waiting on a Wyndham from early September to make it through Wyn's title department.

 

[bjones9942]

And call the resort to confirm the details as well. I purchased (then rescinded) a unit that was sold as 1-52. Technically this was correct, however significant time periods could only be booked at short notice. When I asked the resort how many units were usually available with that amount of time to book, they said 'virtually none'. Sumday cancelled my purchase and refunded my money - but then listed the property the exact same way (1-52) again. I'd buy from them again, but I'd make sure to make my phone calls before sending them any money next time - same goes for any other seller.

 

[Lacardsfan]

Just bought three contracts from them in September...

One is already in my account and done
the other two are having a little bit of trouble. (Although it looks like Sumday will resolve them, hopefully quickly.)

Their customer service has been fantastic. I talked to Steve over there at the beginning and he gave me a great deal on two of the three that I bought. The other one I bought on Ebay.

Sherry that handles the contract after it has been sold can be a bit on the slow side with responses. For instance.. I emailed her on Thursday of last week and have not heard back.

All being said, I would definitely buy from them again in a heartbeat and would recommend. However, if the other two do not get resolved I will be back saying something different in a month.

 

[antjmar]

Anyone heard of this group?

Here is a link with more info.
http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130685&highlight=sumday

 

[rrlongwell]

Here is a link with more info.
http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=130685&highlight=sumday

Thanks. Interesting set of posts on that and this thread.

 

[mshatty]

I purchased an ebay TS from Sumday a couple of years ago and was very pleased. It was a real smooth transaction and I thought good communicaiton.

 

[vckempson]

Bought twice from them in the past year. Include me in the happy camp with my experience with them.

 

[rickandcindy23]

They are the best sellers I have found so far. I just keep hoping for that exact timeshare I want. I am only buying one more. Really.

 

[Larry]

I purchased an ebay TS from Sumday a couple of years ago and was very pleased. It was a real smooth transaction and I thought good communicaiton.

Same here

 

[jdunn1]

I bought my timeshare from their website and the process was so easy, very laid back process. The owner handles all the closing himself, but that is a good thing because he doesn't charge for it when you buy off his website.

Just used them for my second timeshare purchase, just used them as the closing company. I was pleased as the buyer but my seller wasn't always pleased with them. I can't comment on if my seller's issues were legit or not, I think my seller wanted the sale completed sooner than it could be done.

I happen to think Sumday is a very honest company to do buisnsess with. I would purchase another timeshare from them in a heartbeat, if I needed another one and they had what I needed.

I've read numerous posts about sumday adds that are not completely accurate. I do not think it is an attempt to fool anyone -- more I think they can and do make mistakes in their listings and fully expect you as the buyer to do some research. For the reduced closing fees, I am more than happy to call a resort to confirm what I am buying is exactly what I expect. To me, it is just a phone call and good peace of mind but I understand a buyer expecting the closing company to be near 100% accurate.

 

[klpca]

I recently closed on a purchase with them as well. It was definitely a smooth and quick process. I would have no issues using them again. I asked a bunch of questions before I bought. All were answered accurately and quickly.

 

[shaun401]

Add me to the satisfied list

I bought one of my Wyndham contracts from them and everything went well. I looking for them to get another TS that I'm interested in!

 

[chriskre]

Just bought an RCI points resort at Grandview off of his site.
Closed very quickly. I'm happy too.

 

[rrlongwell]

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Questions on the property discriptions are referred over to send by E-Mail. Tried a E-Mail also, no response. Accurate property discriptions must be a touchey subject with this re-seller.

Note to Moderator: Would suggest mergiing this thread with the other one.

Update: The reseller got in touch with me and sent me something called, "Wyndham Owners Interest Sheet". This document shows the E-Bay listing that shows Club Wynhdam Access points as a deeded property as a Club Wyndham Access program. He also indicated this was not a deeded property. It is a certificate of ownership property. The E-Bay listing is showing Smokey Mountain with a RCI number attributed to Smokey Mountain. The Wyndham Owners Interest Sheet makes no reference to Smokey Mountains. It is showing simply Club Wynhdam Access points. The difference, as I understand it, has to do with Maintance Fees. I believe that Smokey Mountain Maintance fees are less than the Club Wynhdam Access maintance fees.

I would think that E-Bay re-sellers would not intentionally misrepresent timeshare descriptions in order to possably get a sale. This hurts not just their own reputation, but the whole of the re-sellers that use E-Bay.

 

[ace2000]

I had a major problem with Sumday in the past. I purchased an eBay timeshare from him and after I sent my payment, I discovered that the MFs were twice as high as they stated in the eBay ad. When I called to cancel, we agreed that I would pay for his advertising and eBay fees and he would refund the rest of my payment.

Well, a few months later, I got the deed in my mailbox with my name as the owner. Through the whole transaction I signed nothing, but still got the deed with my name on it.

If you do decide to purchase from them, I highly recommend verifying everything in their ad. I learned a valuable lesson.

Needless to say, I would not recommend this group. Also, their web site redirects potential buyers to TUG. It wouldn't surprise me to see a link appearing soon to this thread because the previous one had quite a few negative comments.