Trying to sell...so confusing!

[Pstreet1 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Pstreet1]

I have a friend who got a quit claim deed form from Legalzoom.com and simply did a quit claim to the resort. The resort had previously told her that wasn't possible, that the resort would have to initiate a legal process to take it back. When her quit claim arrived at the resort, they called to tell her they had received it and recorded it. Don't know if it matters or not to the whole process, but she had originally received the week from the resort via quit claim directly from them.

I can't imagine that it is possible to simply quit claim anything to someone else without the entity's knowledge-----but apparently, in her case, at least, it was possible.

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

What I do have a problem with with CL, is people flagging, and CL not being polite enough to tell you why they deleted an ad. I recently had one expire. When I renewed it . . . the identical ad in the identical category . . . it got flagged.

That and being limited to just one craigslist when an ad would be appropriate to several locations. I have stuff for sale in Branson that would be appropriate to lots of markets, but I have to pick one, so I pick Springfield, MO, one of the smaller ones, because it is closest.

JLB, I have encountered that problem too and have noticed that if you change the ad a little and put up different pictures then you can post it in more than one city. I've had to do that to post my ad in several cities before. Just use different pictures and a different title.

[JWC Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close JWC]

I would sell it myself. I had no problem selling one of my timeshares myself for my asking price. I sold it in just a few weeks/ It is ridiculous to pay any upfront fees or sales commissions.

I did the following:

1. Did a search for my resort to determine the price to ask.
2. Placed ads on "myresortnetwork.com" and "RedWeek.com". They just charge a very nominal fee.
3. I had several replies from serious buyers and NONE from spammers and timeshare sellers.
4. I picked the best offer combined with who I thought was the best buyer. Several made offers and I got my full asking price.
5. Used one of the on-line closing companies to close the sale. It went very smoothly.
6. After the sale was closed, I was able to sell 6 additional weeks I had banked at SFX to the same buyer.

There are many factors that will affect your ability to sell. First, is the demand for your week. A prime week in a high demand location at a quality resort is obviously much easier to sell than a low demand week. Times are much tougher now so you will definitely have to make sure that your price is reasonable.

Almost all buyers do a search for the resort on-line so your resort will be found. If I had to do it again, I would only list it on "myresortnetwork.com" and not "RedWeek.com" as well. "myresortnetwork.com" is cheaper and you don't have to be a member. "RedWeek.com" did get quite a few responders but not as many as "myresortnetwork.com" where my final buyer came from.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

JLB, I have encountered that problem too and have noticed that if you change the ad a little and put up different pictures then you can post it in more than one city. I've had to do that to post my ad in several cities before. Just use different pictures and a different title.

Yeah, like I haven't tried all that.

We even set up a different account from a different computer. Then, the next time I logged on to My Account, they had them linked together under one account.

I know how it happens because I have been searching a couple dozen different CLs for stuff, and I see the same ads posted on several of them. If I wanted to be a jerk I could flag them.

About a month ago I picked up a waverunner on CL and tomorrow we are going 150 miles to pick up a jetdock for it. I have been searching from Little Rock to Ft. Myers to OKC to KC to Des Moines to Minneapolis to St. Louis to Springfield, so Lake of the Ozarks is pretty close.

Maybe I'm just missing it, and maybe I've seen something that may be it, but is there any way to search all CLs at the same time . . . sorta like eBay?

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Less off-topic, but still about CL, I do have timeshares for sale and for rent on it.

I got an reply saying to try so-and-so, that they had with great results and no expense. Curiosity being what it is, I clicked the link, and filled out a form.

Next thing I know I got a call from a ripoff upfront fee company, not inexpensive either. I chewed them out for using a fake third-party referral system to by-pass the State and Federal No Call laws.

So they called three more times.

I posted a warning about them on CL, and it got deleted.
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Some of my sense of humor . . . when I called the lady with the jetdock this week, I started the conversation with, "This is your Craigslist stalker . . . "

[kennyw Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close kennyw]

Maybe I'm just missing it, and maybe I've seen something that may be it, but is there any way to search all CLs at the same time . . . sorta like eBay?

Go to Google advanced search. put in Jet Ski dock. on the "Search within a site or domain" line enter craigslist.org
I just got 1730 hits.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Go to Google advanced search. put in Jet Ski dock. on the "Search within a site or domain" line enter craigslist.org
I just got 1730 hits.

Really!!!??? Cool!!!

I'll keep that in mind for other things. Thanks.

But we're going to pick one up tomorrow. I located a JetDock, with the jet ski port and several extra cubes for walkaround space. I'd say around $3000 worth of stuff for $750. Anything new here is outta sight moneywise.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Back to the CL flagging situation . . . Do you think people sit at their computers all day running around to different CL locations, trying to find duplicate ads to flag?

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

Back to the CL flagging situation . . . Do you think people sit at their computers all day running around to different CL locations, trying to find duplicate ads to flag?

I think that some of these black hat internet marketers do spend all day trying to wipe out the competition. They love to flag. They do it on ebay too. Some people can't stand a little friendly competition.

[Scotch446 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Scotch446]

I don't know about you guys, but I've been working with a company called "name removed-shill suspect". They seem pretty legitimate. They have already gotten the collections calls to stop at my house. Anyone else know something about them?

[chriskre Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close chriskre]

I don't know about you guys, but I've been working with a company called ------------. They seem pretty legitimate. They have already gotten the collections calls to stop at my house. Anyone else know something about them?

Okay why do you keep posting this.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

I don't know about you guys, but I've been working with a company called The Owners' Advocate. They seem pretty legitimate. They have already gotten the collections calls to stop at my house. Anyone else know something about them?

Wow, 4-for-4 . . . they'll be calling you up to the Big Show soon.

Keeping those moderators busy.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Speaking of eBay and self-serving posts, whenever I repost my CL ads now I get several emails referring other websites where the sender supposedly had success. I might bite if I did not get the same email for several ads.

[JordanRHughes Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close JordanRHughes]

Thanks for all your great tips and pointers out. This is the info I was looking for.

Jordan