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Marty Giggard TUG Member Posts: 1198 From: MD/VA Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-04-2005 07:37 E-Bay: Timeshare Tips and Tricks of the Trade E-Bay Sellers lets share our Timeshare Tips and Secrets Tricks of the Trade, ways to make our listing stand out little extra things we do to bring our customers back over and over again E-Bay - Tuggers and TSTipsers Tell us what Special Things you do To: "Buy - Sell - Rent" Your Timeshare Properties E-Bay Timeshare Sellers Guide Interested in Selling or Renting your Timeshare on E-Bay Here are some ebay website links to help you get started: E-Bay - Seller Central E-Bay - Seller Central http://pages.ebay.com/sellercentral/sellbycategory.html E-Bay - Timeshares: Seller Guide E-Bay - Timeshares: Seller Guide http://pages.ebay.com/realestate/timesharesellerguide.html E-Bay Help: Community Standards: Policies and Conduct E-Bay Help: Community Standards: Policies and Conduct http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/timeshares.html Timeshare & Vacation Properties Online / E-Bay Timeshare Auctions Timeshare & Vacation Properties Online / E-Bay Timeshare Auctions http://timeshare.myauctionco.com/timesharelisting/closingservices.asp E-Bay Timeshare Sellers Guide (2) Renting your Timeshare on E-Bay Save Money: List it in the Travel Section E-Bay Help: Sell: Travel E-Bay Help: Sell: Travel http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/travelsellguide.html#guide2 E-Bay - Square Trade - Apply for the Seal (3) See how SquareTrade can help you succeed Sign up for a free 30 day trial ($7.50 month) Square Trade www.squaretrade.com Go the the Square Trade Website Then Click on - Apply for the Seal E-Bay - Turbo Lister - Get The CD (4) List More - Faster and Better Turbo Lister http://pages.ebay.com/turbo_lister/ E-Bay - Pay Pal (5) Set up a Pay Pal Account Pay Pal www.paypal.com [This message has been edited by Marty Giggard (edited 06-01-2005).] IP: Logged
rundmc Non Member Posts: 5 From: Registered: Dec 2004	posted 02-04-2005 17:48 Marty. Thanks for all the research and sharing of such. EBay needs no advertising, but assistance for users and novices is great. Thanks. IP: Logged
MillerNet TUG Member Posts: 433 From: Harrisonburg, VA, USA Registered: Feb 2001	posted 02-04-2005 18:14 Marty, Thanks - you just saved me several hours of research! (Remember - we met at Massanutten get together) ------------------ Kathy IP: Logged
custcarcen TUG Member Posts: 114 From: west seneca, ny Registered: Apr 2001	posted 02-05-2005 07:57 Marty, Thanks so much for taking the time to post this ! I have saved it and look forward to learning from it. ------------------ Mike IP: Logged
sfwilshire TUG Member Posts: 2391 From: Clinton TN Registered: Jan 2003	posted 02-05-2005 07:57 I agree with Judy. Please leave the thread until I have time to follow the links. I'd hate to see all that hard work go to waste. Thanks, Marty, for taking your time to do this. I'm sure all who are interested in eBay sales will benefit. Those who aren't interested can just move on to a thread more to their liking. Sheila IP: Logged
Darwin TUG Member Posts: 36 From: North Dakota: Marriott's Canyon Villas (52), Westin Ka'anapali (52) Registered: Jul 2004	posted 02-05-2005 16:03 Thanks Marty, I also found the information helpful. I saved the links for future needs. Thanks for taking the time & caring, ------------------ Darwin IP: Logged
Larry TUG Member Posts: 790 From: Long Island, NY - Playa Linda, Aruba wks 51& 11.Aruba Renaissance wk 2 St. Marteen, Pelican wks 50 & 51. Jockey Club, Vegas, wk 8 - Flagship AC Registered: Dec 2000	posted 02-05-2005 16:20 quote: Originally posted by custcarcen: Marty, Thanks so much for taking the time to post this ! I have saved it and look forward to learning from it. Same here Thanks Marty. I have bought and sold several timeshares privately but have never used Ebay although I have thought about it. Your research should help once I'm ready to proceed. ------------------ Larry IP: Logged
pagosajim TUG Member Posts: 58 From: Albuquerque, NM, Fairfield VIP Gold, Owner: Fairfield Pagosa and Fairfield Ocean Ridge Registered: Mar 2002	posted 02-06-2005 07:55 Back to the original subject and a question to expand on it: Do any Tuggers have experience and tips to add to those links on eBay that Marty has supplied? I'm especially interested in the renting of units (no, not RCI trades but renting of Fairfield points units which is allowed). Thanks in advance for your advice. Jim IP: Logged
dotjerry TUG Member Posts: 40 From: Manahawkin, New Jersey Registered: Jul 2003	posted 02-06-2005 10:22 Marty, PLEASE keep posting all the links you feel might interest fellow tuggers they are a great help to many of us. Big Frank said it very nicely you are a great person and a important asset here on TUG. Hope are paths cross again, Jerry in NJ IP: Logged
momone TUG Member Posts: 177 From: Pittsburgh, PA, Allegheny Registered: May 2002	posted 02-07-2005 09:39 Marty, do you know what the superlister fee is? I'd like to list a timeshare and this looks like a good way to go. ------------------ Debra IP: Logged
gerdiben TUG Member Posts: 199 From: new york usa Registered: Nov 2003	posted 02-07-2005 14:15 was away from the computer for a while and just came across marty's post. thanks marty from all novice ebayers on tug. she was a great help to me when i emailed her for help recently on an ebay posting. thanks again!! IP: Logged
RonaldCol TUG Member Posts: 1161 From: Chicago, IL USA; owner at Bluegreen's Christmas Mountain Village; Shell Anaheim and Fairfield's Dolphin's Cove in Anaheim. Registered: May 2002	posted 02-08-2005 08:26 I was using eBay before they hired the current prez, but guess what? I didn't know half the stuff Marty mentioned. Duh! Saved me lots of time. Thanks much Marty. ------------------ "Stop me before I buy again!" IP: Logged
Heron TUG Member Posts: 1578 From: Ont, Canada Registered: Mar 2003	posted 02-17-2005 04:28 quote: Originally posted by Marty Giggard: Q: If someone is "watching" your auction The only thing I see is (1) waiting How can you tell who they are? You can't. quote: Q: If the auction does not sell Is it proper to offer it to a low bidder Sure, it's called a Second Chance Offer. You can read more about it here IP: Logged
Emily TUG Member Posts: 506 From: Delaware, USA Owner: Waves, OC, MD Dikhololo, Brits, SA Registered: May 2001	posted 02-17-2005 10:18 Thanks Marty for posting. Last month I was going to put a piece up on ebay and I was really uncertain of what I was doing. I ended up sending that piece to an auction house in England that was very happy to list it. After following your links,, I think I might try an item (less valuable) to give it a whirl. I buy things from ebay often. Just everytime I have started to list, I wasn't comfortable. Thanks again. ------------------ Emily IP: Logged
Hawaiibarb TUG Member Posts: 316 From: Honolulu, HI Registered: Feb 2001	posted 03-26-2005 10:06 Marty, Thanks for posting this. I'm just starting to use eBay, so this is very helpful.....any stategies will make it easier for all of us. I don't see this as advertisement at all. IP: Logged
funtime TUG Member Posts: 114 From: Dallas, Texas USA Registered: Nov 2003	posted 03-26-2005 11:37 Information on the spoof email page should be read by all. Those engaged in fraud are very good at what they do. They have apparently hacked into some ebay accounts because one I almost fell for stated that they were trying to clear up a complaint and I had had a complaint lodged against me. I almost bit and gave information but read the email more closely and the poor spelling gave it away. Now, I will never click on an ebay link purporting to be from ebay but unless you are warned you could easily give up your password and account information on ebay or paypal. I love ebay but it is good to be careful in cyberspace! IP: Logged
Zac495 TUG Member Posts: 473 From: Limerick, Pa Registered: Jul 2004	posted 04-08-2005 04:54 ABSOLUTELY, Marty. My biggest problem is getting that permission to go on ebay to rent. I tried going to the whatever (I'm so illiterate) to sign up , but it never worked. Do you have any idea what I'm talking about??? ------------------ Cheers, Ellen IP: Logged
Heron TUG Member Posts: 1578 From: Ont, Canada Registered: Mar 2003	posted 04-08-2005 05:01 You have to be a Travel Seller in order to list TS rentals. I takes maybe 3-5 days to get approval. What I'd like to know is if there is a way from keeping the Travel seller seal being posted to my regular sales - the monthly fee is too high to justify it on the other "stuff" I sell from time to time. quote: Originally posted by Marty Giggard: What are the differences between Regular Seller & a Travel Seller IP: Logged
funtime TUG Member Posts: 114 From: Dallas, Texas USA Registered: Nov 2003	posted 04-12-2005 09:34 Here are our best tips. My sister and I have sold at least 6 timeshares on ebay. Start your auction on a Sat. or Sun. and run it for 7 days. All the bid action happens in the last few minutes of the auction. The other days the auction is up is to get lookers to find you. It is counter productive to run a 30 day auction. Since no one posts their bids till the last minute, you offering sits there at a minimum price with few bids for 29 days and you actually become "shopworn". We used to do 10 day auctions starting on Thurs. to end on Sunday, but we found that competing sellers would beat our prices on Sat. and we had already set our Buy It Now Price and our Reserve price. So we now just run 7 day auctions. The weekend theory is that there are more lookers on the weekend. We're not sure if a low, low start price is smart. If you set a reserve price in advance that guarantees your minimum sale, then you are protected from giving away your timeshare. And low prices generate more bids because bidders know they are not binding bids until the reserve is met. When the reserve is met usually all action stops until the last few seconds. But the low prices also means that the auction goes up in much smaller increments. But the auctions with the most bids gets more bidders to join in. That's the psychology of auctions. The fun is to beat out other bidders. We also spend the money for the Feature Plus. It adds $19.95 to the ad, but it always sorts up at the top in any search. Our typical ad costs $40-50. And we always use pictures and a gallery picture. But if you are selling a Marriott timeshare do not use pics from the Marriott website as they are considered copyrighted and ebay will ask you to take your auction down. Hopes this helps. IP: Logged
John Langan TUG Member Posts: 5 From: Belle Mead, NJ USA Registered: Aug 2004	posted 04-18-2005 11:29 Seems as though Marty's posts have been removed??? Any idea why? IP: Logged
Marty Giggard TUG Member Posts: 1198 From: MD/VA Registered: Dec 2000	posted 04-18-2005 11:39 E-Bay - Quik Drop Store - Williamsburg Virginia This new e-bay franchise store is located across from Ukrops On Monticello not far from Powhatan Plantation & Greensrpings For a fee - All you have to do is - drop off your stuff Quik Drop (Owners/Employees) will list your items on ebay take professional photos - pack them and sent them for you This is the first ebay franchise store that I have ever seen The Williamsburg VA store has only been open a few months [This message has been edited by Marty Giggard (edited 06-01-2005).] IP: Logged
Marty Giggard TUG Member Posts: 1198 From: MD/VA Registered: Dec 2000	posted 04-19-2005 10:10 The basic/main information is located in the first post at the top of the page Q: Has anyone had any success with: E-Bay "Want It Now" Feature http://pages.ebay.com/wantitnow/about.html Q: Has anyone ever been or hired a Trading Assistant What was your experience Getting Started as a Trading Assistant http://pages.ebay.com/tradingassistants/becoming-trading-assistant.html Q: Do you think that an average timeshare owner that does not have the knowledge, time or skills to list a timeshare on ebay would pay an experience ebay assistant to list his/her timeshare for a fee If so what do you think would be a reseasonable fee to charge/or pay for this type of business service [This message has been edited by Marty Giggard (edited 06-01-2005).] IP: Logged
icy-dog TUG Member Posts: 103 From: Monroe Twp, NJ DVC ,OKW,BCV, VB, BWV, Port O'Call, Le Voliere du Montremblant,Marriott Moutainside, Marriott Summit Watch Registered: Jun 2003	posted 04-24-2005 07:16 I think this thread is wonderful and I copied it so I don't forget all the info on it. Great job Marty and THANKS. I think this should be a permanent thread on the top of the buying,selling and trading board. That way it could be a reference tool for us newbies and for anyone else who needs EBay assistance. IP: Logged
connie48 Non Member Posts: 4 From: Holmes, NY, U.S.A.,Bentley Brook, Mass Registered: Apr 2005	posted 04-27-2005 22:55 hello there..i am new to this website..and i appreciate this information..i am trying to sell a timeshare so i will take all of this into consideration...thanks so much..connie IP: Logged
Marty Giggard TUG Member Posts: 1198 From: MD/VA Registered: Dec 2000	posted 05-03-2005 09:54 Here is an opportunity to Sell your Timeshare and Make a Donation to your favorite Charity What is eBay Giving Works? eBay Giving Works is a unique program that enables you to list your items on eBay and donate between 10% and 100% of the final sale price to your favorite nonprofit organizations. As a seller, this is a way to make a difference in your community while building your business on eBay. Sellers who participate in this program: Differentiate their eBay listings with a distinctive ribbon icon. Drive additional buyers to their items with specialized search functionality. Tend to generate higher final sale prices (buyers typically pay more for items that benefit a nonprofit). Enhance buyer loyalty by aligning with a cause. Receive a receipt for their tax-deductible donations. E-Bay Giving Works [This message has been edited by Marty Giggard (edited 06-01-2005).] IP: Logged

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