I bought a timeshare in 2004 (actually I was pressured into buying it but that's another complaint!) I have been trying to get rid of it ever since. I received a call from Richard Wehlener on 11/21/09 around 12pm (Saturday). He asked if I was still interested in selling my timeshare. I said yes and he launched into the sale, telling me that there was a family that was interested in my timeshare, they put money down, and that TS Luxury would handle everything. The family offered $12,500 and wanted to buy my 3 weeks that were banked at $1000/week ($3000) so the total I would be getting was $15,500. TS Luxury had been marketing my timeshare for free for the last 4 months and they were going to set up an account with an insurance company, title company and broker, but in order to do that they'd need 10% of the sale (by my calculations that would be $1550) but he said $1727.
When I asked him about the difference, he said that if you add the $1727 that I would put down (but then it would be refunded), plus the total sale it would add up to $17,227. The math adds up (kind of) but the red flags were going up all over. He said that he'd FedEx the contract out to me, they'd set everything up and guarantee the sale and that it would take 81 days to process the sale, he just needed a credit card. I told him I was at work (true) and didn't have a credit card on me (true) and asked if I could call him back later with one. He said sure and gave me his number (772) 882-0343. I had to ask him repeatedly to tell me the name of his company and to slow down so I could get all the info. He started to get really impatient with me when I kept asking him to repeat things. I mentioned that I wanted to do a little research before I committed to his company and that I had been scammed before. He said that he understood my skepticism and they could get my money back from the other companies. I searched the company and once I read the complains on this website I never called him back. I decided to post my experience with this and other companies so others don't get ripped off. Good luck!!
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