Ha, talked to my wife again and she paid it already. A little confusion there! That's the only reason they even send the QCD.
Can you please provide an update to your situation with deed back to westgate?
Did you feel like you had an option to negotiate this fee you paid? And how long did it take for you to get this unreal QCD?
Just wanted to add a recent quote to this thread for reference. I called the Legacy number today to ask about my timeshare (1 bedroom, even years, completely paid off), and they said it would be $3000 to do the voluntary deed back to Westgate.
Did you finally get rid of the timeshare? How long did it take? I‘m very skeptical and don’t want to give Westgate another dime of my money. They only want to talk on the phone and don’t want to put anything in writing.
I think the Westgate legacy is a scam. They see all these 3rd party companies making money claiming to get people out of their timeshares and they figured they would do the same.
even though they tell you during the sales pitch that you can sell or transfer your timeshare, when you try, they have the right to refuse the person(s).
Wrong. Legacy is NOT a “scam”. It is a completely legitimate (albeit costly) “deedback“ program, with the end result being a clean, successful and lawful (albeit costly) permanent transfer of ownership back to Wastegate via Quitclaim deed. There are really precious few other ways to cleanly part company with a Westgate ownership, since such ownerships are essentially worthless in the resale market, regardless of any and all lying sales hyenas’ previous misrepresentations to the contrary.
Did you get out of your timeshare. Now they are charging $3K
They agreed to deed back my timeshare if I pay my maintenance. Of course they will not put this in writing. I was denied 3x when my maintenance was up to date and skeptical that they just want my maintenance. I’m tempted to pay the ridiculous $3K deed back fee but don’t trust that there won’t be some loopholes after the fact and I can’t get back my $3K, or additional fees.
thats not actually how it works. all right of first refusal does is allow them to step in as the buyer for the agreed upon sale price instead of the 3rd party.
How long did the process take? Are you completely done with Westgate, no more ownership whatsoever? Did you run into any problems? Did you have to pay more money on top of the $3k?
No, that’s not how right of refusal works. Right of first refusal means the resort has the option to purchase the property from you at the same terms that you have an agreed buyer upon. If the resort exercises ROFR then the resort gets the property back and you still make the sale at the same terms, it’s just the resort becomes the buyer instead of the person you were selling to.
I’m in the same situation. Paid off over 25 years ago. I don’t want it anymore. I’ve talked to my timeshare company, offering it back at no cost and they don’t want it. That said, they know its not worth anything, or too difficult to resale.
