topcop400
TUG Member
- Joined
- Jun 10, 2005
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- Location
- Northern Arizona
- Resorts Owned
- Sheraton Desert Oasis
Wyndham Oceanside Pier
Wyndham Old Town Alexandria
In August 2019 I purchased a Wyndham contract for points deeded at Oceanside Pier. You can’t get into this location during the summer months without ARP, so contracts for this resort are highly sought after. My winning eBay bid was just over $600 for 189k annual points. I received an estoppel from the seller and everything looked good.
After my purchase, I realized I was doing business with an exit company. Ughhh. I never would have purchased if I had known this in advance.
In early November I was able to speak to someone at Principal Transfer Group, who told me they were waiting for the recorded deed to come back from the county. I never heard anything after that. Calls were never returned after leaving messages on voicemail.
In January, I called several times and sent several emails with no response. I figured I’d try sending the seller a message through eBay, but their seller name came up “No longer a registered user” (uh-oh).
I was able to find a website for PTG and a Facebook page. I sent a message through Facebook and said I had a Marriott property and a Westin property that I wanted to get rid of. The seller immediately called me. He was surprised by my deceit.
I told him I had called Wyndham and they’ve not received any transfer documents. He looked up the contract and said the deed was rejected by the county and returned to them. They needed to send in a corrected deed. This was in January and there's been no contact since then. Wyndham has never received anything.
Just a few days ago, I went back to their Facebook page. It no longer exists (uh-oh).
I sent an email to the seller and said I had a Newport Coast Villas Annual Platinum that I no longer used and wanted to get rid of. He immediately called me. This time, I let him talk a little bit. He told me he’d get the contract out of my name right away and he’d use it as a rental (yeah, I bet he would). He went on to educate me about the timeshare business and RCI. Blah, blah, blah. I asked him if he ever sold timeshares and he said he got out of the business of selling timeshares back in 2009. I then told him that I had tricked him once again because that’s the only way he’ll call me. I told him I was due a refund of $635.
Dead silence.
I thought he had hung up on me, but after a few moments of silence he looked up the contract. He said the corrected deed had been sent back to the county on February 25. After that, the world fell apart with the covid thing and he doesn’t know if the county office in California is open yet. His stance is that ten months for a transfer is common. He told me he’d have one of his staff look into the status of things and get back in touch with me. I told him I also wanted someone to find out if the maintenance fees are still current. It’s been since last August!
I realize I may never get this contract transferred to me and I may never see the $635; but next time, I think I’ll own a HGVC that I want to get rid of.
After my purchase, I realized I was doing business with an exit company. Ughhh. I never would have purchased if I had known this in advance.
In early November I was able to speak to someone at Principal Transfer Group, who told me they were waiting for the recorded deed to come back from the county. I never heard anything after that. Calls were never returned after leaving messages on voicemail.
In January, I called several times and sent several emails with no response. I figured I’d try sending the seller a message through eBay, but their seller name came up “No longer a registered user” (uh-oh).
I was able to find a website for PTG and a Facebook page. I sent a message through Facebook and said I had a Marriott property and a Westin property that I wanted to get rid of. The seller immediately called me. He was surprised by my deceit.
I told him I had called Wyndham and they’ve not received any transfer documents. He looked up the contract and said the deed was rejected by the county and returned to them. They needed to send in a corrected deed. This was in January and there's been no contact since then. Wyndham has never received anything.
Just a few days ago, I went back to their Facebook page. It no longer exists (uh-oh).
I sent an email to the seller and said I had a Newport Coast Villas Annual Platinum that I no longer used and wanted to get rid of. He immediately called me. This time, I let him talk a little bit. He told me he’d get the contract out of my name right away and he’d use it as a rental (yeah, I bet he would). He went on to educate me about the timeshare business and RCI. Blah, blah, blah. I asked him if he ever sold timeshares and he said he got out of the business of selling timeshares back in 2009. I then told him that I had tricked him once again because that’s the only way he’ll call me. I told him I was due a refund of $635.
Dead silence.
I thought he had hung up on me, but after a few moments of silence he looked up the contract. He said the corrected deed had been sent back to the county on February 25. After that, the world fell apart with the covid thing and he doesn’t know if the county office in California is open yet. His stance is that ten months for a transfer is common. He told me he’d have one of his staff look into the status of things and get back in touch with me. I told him I also wanted someone to find out if the maintenance fees are still current. It’s been since last August!
I realize I may never get this contract transferred to me and I may never see the $635; but next time, I think I’ll own a HGVC that I want to get rid of.
