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Re: Redweek Scams? (by KC):

annbelangerw wrote:

How does Redweek monitor scams?

If I engage with a member that has a long history (let's say 10 years), does that pretty much mean they are legit? If a renting member makes a complaint (ie is scammed) by an owner - does the owner get banned and kicked off the website?

I wish they had ratings of the owners (and renters) to help develop trust.

Because only paying, identified people can participate in RedWeek listings, either as advertisers or buyers, scams are extremely rare on RedWeek (if ever attempted at all). Scammers never want to pay any money out of pocket (not for membership, not to place ads, not for anything) and scammers also never want to be easily identified — and both of those requirements exist on RedWeek. Not “scammer friendly” at all.

In essence, I respectfully submit that your concerns about "RedWeek scams" are unfounded. Not so on sites like Craigslist, of course, where people pay nothing, never actually become identified and where they can (and where they do) easily operate and hide in complete Internet anonymity.

I have utilized RedWeek for many now years as a buyer, advertiser, renter and landlord. In my opinion, RedWeek is probably the safest site on the planet for anyone on any side of a timeshare transaction.

P.S. I personally think that "ratings" would be essentially worthless on RedWeek. Advertisers could (and would) always give themselves wonderful ratings. People who had bad travel experiences might “bad mouth” advertisers, despite the fact that their travel problems had absolutely nothing to do with the actual timeshare transaction. Both situations (among numerous other problematic examples) would only provide false and inaccurate (and therefore useless) "reviews". Just my personal opinion. YMMV.