We’re big fans of pointing potential buyers of timeshares to eBay. Most are surprised that timeshares sell for so little through auctions. Some get suspicious that the low price is indicative of eBay offering useless timeshares unlike the ones sold via resorts for much more.
While timeshares are rarely an economical purchase, most of the timeshares offered on eBay are the exact same as the ones offered for thousands more through resorts.
Arty writes:
We purchased a great 3 bedroom unit in Orlando,Florida as a floating week lock-off timeshare oneBay about 5 years ago and a decent 1 Bedroom timeshare unit in Arkansas with points last year.
We used an auction sniper to make a last second bid and won both auctions for a good deal less than we’d expected to pay, we got these units for less than our maximum bid so that felt good.we that we sniped in.
We were able to choose our own closing service for the timeshare purchase and went with one we were familiar with in order to buy the Orlando property.
The Arkansas purchase required that we use the seller specified closing service agency, but the fees for that and further information was prominently displayed on the auction listing so we knew exactly what we were going to pay on both, and were able to decide what to bid accordingly.
We’re glad eBay worked for you Arty, and it’s good to see that you knew exactly what you were getting into and what you’d pay before buying, a luxury which, due to high pressure sales tactics, timeshare buyers frequently do not enjoy.
