You're not giving enough information. How long have they been trying to sell it, are they marketing it, advertising it, keeping you informed of what is going on? It sounds as if you think the offers should be pouring in. In truth, you will probably have one offer, negotiate it and sell it.

Timeshares? You can't give them away.
Good luck in selling yours.

How can you say that without knowing where it is? What bs.

I don't think it's bs. Those things are like the plague to try to sell. I have family members who have them all over the country in *very* desireable locations, and yet it took them literally years to unload them.

Really the only value timeshares have are if you use them and enjoy them. Just don't expect them to sell quickly, and don't expect to make any money either.

I googled and apparently it is hard to sell a timeshare. However I think a one line blow off to someone sounding unhappy with her realtor from a realtor is sort of rude and not helpful.

There are websites out there have some advice about what to expect and what to do to try to sell a timeshare which is yes apparently difficult. Where to look for a realtor, which type fee situation to select, pricing, marketing etc. I would look at some of those websites to get an idea of whether its your realtor or the fact that your selling a timeshare - then make a decision from there.

marys1000 the question was if it was normal to not see an offer for a long time. I think that was answered by berniek.

I would never ever no matter where the location is buy a timeshare. Even if it meant I could use them in other locations than where I bought too. I have a feeling a lot of people feel that way so trying to sell one is going to take a long time. That is unless you do the whole sucker you in like the timeshare companies always do when they sell them.

Have you tried seeing if the company that has the timeshare would do anything to help you sell?

Read the title

Read the last question, which is the one berniek answered.

That's true I suppose.

I dont quite understand the negativity about timeshares. I've had one for 10 years, and absolutely love it. I've used "my own" twice and use it to trade to different areas every other year. I pay $80 for a week on some island and can go any time I want. Going on vacation for nothing more than airfare has worked out well for us for many many years. I wouldnt sell mine for anything. I guess it depends on where you purchased. Mine is located in Florida, 1 mile from Disney. All red weeks, never have a problem trading to go anywhere else. Sorry to get off the topic but since everyone was slamming times shares, I thought I'd give my 2cents.

The people I know who own and use timeshares enjoy them. One of my friends trades his timeshare all over the world.
The ones I know who want to sell them, tell me they have an albatross they can't give away.

Not cutting it selling a Timeshare?!

Hahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, had to laugh. I'm surprised you found a fool who took that listing.

Berniek said it all: You cannot give them away. My DH had one in FL for many years & NEVER used it. In rare instances, people keep them & switch with others to use them as vacations. But almost ALL Timeshares are like a plague.

We tried giving it away to charities, but they wouldn't take it. I'm not sure if this is still accurate, but you used to be able to take it off as a write off for the value of it, if you gave it away to a charity. So, you were better off giving it to a charity, because if the value was 12k, that would have been your write-off. If you tried selling it, you would be lucky if you got ONE DOLLAR.

The charities said : why don't YOU (meaning us) sell it & give us the proceeds?-lol
In fact my DH fell for some BOGUS company advertising that they CAN sell his Timeshare...All they did was get an appraisal fee out of him, which was a SCAM!!!
They said that they would get him a better price & they needed to have it appraised, first. We figured out, after the fact, that they scam people out of appraisal fees & NOTHING SELLS!!!

Good luck & be careful do not pay anybody any appraisal or other fees to sell you Timeshare.

If you're sure the lack of offers is related to your agent...read through your contract. Does it provide for cancellation? There "may" be a fee involved with cancelling.

To the OP...as for timeshares, in general, they are known for being a tough resell. I've linked to eBay where one could purchase a timeshare for what I'd feel was "inexpensive". Are you priced competitively?

Tricia

Here is a link that might be useful: eBay - Timeshares

Real estate agents don't normally sell timeshares, but because you are a brand new poster, wonder if this is a way to let people know that you want to sell. If so, this is advertizing and not allowed.

Can you quit claim it to the management company? Then they could rent it out and get some money that way.

mariend - how is it an advertisement? People post the houses that they are selling here all the time. What makes a post about selling a timeshare different? I'm a bit confused by your logic.

Sparksals--sorry but this site has had a several ads on lately, and because she posted this the day she registered, and Timeshares are not usually discussed here, I thought she possibly did this to let people know.
We never got into Timeshares and the ones we were exposed to, 2 weeks a year and about 5000.00 plus yearly charges.
Our friends went into one with their friends and now she is stuck trying to sell it since the death of her husband and the other couple not using it.

I wouldnÂt hold the selling agent responsible. ItÂs the market. Your timeshare is out there for sale in a market where people can get a free trip to a five star resort to get a timeshare. Timeshare companies are notorious for that, it gets sales and it makes it harder on folks like you that are trying to resell. I know because I used to work those hard-sell events for RCI timeshares. I wouldnÂt go with a selling agent. If youÂre going to hire anyone, donÂt hire a middle-man: hire an end-user like Timeshare Relief that takes your timeshare right there.