We have been contacted by this company like so many trying to sell or help you with your timeshare, we are wanting to sell ours and they're story is like all the others give us so much money up front and they will help us sell and of course they have to have money up front cant send you anything in the mail and have to have it today but continue to call for months after you turn them down. Of course we all know it is a BIG SCAM and here is Steve who is trying to make a big sell here...once we say NO we mean NO and stop calling.....Do as we do dont answer or answer and dont say a word and then hang up after a while they will stop calling.........SO IRRITATED of the scammers
This is ICM Marketing Group out of Pennsylvania. They want to buy your time share or rent it out "for" you. They only want $972.00 upfront to sell it. If they rent it, you get a check from the renter; then you mail it to ICM so they can get their "marketing" fee. I suspect you will never see that check or any money after that. They will not stop calling; will not take NO for an answer.
I've received numerous calls from this company despite my stating that I am on the "do not call" list and will report them to the government if I receive another call. It doesn't phase them. Now that I have determined where the calls are coming from, I am going to report them to the Attorney General's Office. Most of these timeshare scam companies do not have the proper licenses to engage in this type of business.
Hi I wanted to respond to this post in particular because of the date when it was filed and because I feel that it is important for any company to be transparent with their prospective clients/ customers.
Now I can't speculate as to why the call was disconnected, but I can tell you that the company itself is not selling timeshare properties, only marketing them on behalf of their clients who own time at the various resorts throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.
With that said, the company was contacting you to see if you would like to buy more points/ weeks and can do so because that is exactly what their clients have paid the company to do.
Technically speaking, there is no such thing as an "authorized seller". Anyone who owns timeshare has the right to sell it, however selling timeshare is a very difficult thing for the average person to do and can be very time consuming. This is exactly why the company's clients have hired them to market the property.
If you have an interest in seeing how much you can save on additional weeks/ points when compared to the retail price at the resort, give a call on the toll free line and let them know where you are looking to own more time at. 888-610-8977
If the company has one, or several matches in inventory, they can definitely present you with all of the various properties and allow you to submit a reasonable offer for what you are looking for.
It is important to keep in mind that the company only called you to see if you would like to purchase or rent more time. If you are trying to rent-out or sell your property the company can help you, assuming that there is actually a demand for what you own, but it is not the primary motive for the call.
You are absolutely right. Most of these companies do not have the proper licenses. Especially the one that are scamming people. However I can assure you that this company does have all of the proper licenses to do business in the timeshare resale industry.
Just an FYI to people on the DNC (do not call). Sometimes, even though you are on the DNC, if you have supplied any company your contact info (by filling a form on the web, etc.) and that company did not indicate that they will not sell your info to others, you have effectively taken yourself off of the DNC as far as that company and the company purchasing your info is concerned, by granting them permission to contact you.
It doesn't seem right, I know, but it pays to make sure that you only give permission to be contacted by companies who will not sell or share your info.
This company may have bought your info, but they do not share or sell it to others.