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Era Stroman aka Stroman Realty Complaints - Better stay away from this company

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Era Stroman aka Stroman Realty
Posted: 2006-10-18 by Lyzette Bryant  [send email]
Better stay away from this company
Complaint Rating: 95 % with 37 votes
A few years ago we were contacted by them to sell our time share. We had to scrape together the $499 to even try and get out from under the payments and annual dues. All contact with the company was initiated by me and it took a few years to sell, by that time we had lowered our asking price to the point that we took a loss on our taxes and even had to pay an additional amount of money just to get rid of the time share. We were so thankful to be out from under the financial burden.
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 655 days ago by Mae Roque  [send email] 0 Votes
We listed our Polo Towers timeshare with Stroman Realty since July 2006 and even after lowering our price to half of what she (Mary Brooks) said she can sell our timeshare still no offers. We also paid $499.00
 653 days ago by Tim Crosby  [send email] 0 Votes
I agree 1000% no make that a million percent. I scrapped together the $500 too, about ten YEARS ago. I lowered my selling price to less than $500, just to see if anyone would buy it. As of today, I have yet to receive ONE offer in the entire time I've been with them. It was certainly an expensive lesson to learn that the "best and biggest" sellers are no different than anyone else - out to make a fast buck. My advice, say your money to make next years maint fee.
 617 days ago by Dean  [send email] 0 Votes
Yep, good ol' Stroman. They didn't EXACTLY tell me that they could get me a particular price, but their slick rep told me that we'd set this great price, but that when my phone rang, I'd better answer it and be available to sign the paperwork and return it so that we could close the deal. I'm sure if I had taped the conversation, this snakeoil peddling company never told me they could get any particular price, but BOY did they imply that our price would have people begging to buy it.

Then each time I called Stroman afterward, they acted like they never heard of me. I asked for some examples of what they've sold other similar units for. They would NEVER give me a number. I said I understand that what they got for another unit doesn't mean that I'd get that much for my unit. But give me a number. NOPE, they wouldn't ever give me a number. So that's probably 6 years ago. I've dropped my price over and over, but nothing. They've never called; they never did anything. They took my "listing fee" and ran.

Avoid using Stroman!
 508 days ago by Bernie Andersen  [send email] 0 Votes
We used Stroman and didn't get results for 2 years. When we did it ends up that the "buyer" of our Maui time share was an employee at Stroman. That was not disclosed to us and we were told that the buyer had done his due diligence and just knew the value of the property. His offer was half of what we paid for it. When i did finally get closing documents it was for a different buyer. They had bought it off E-bay for a thousand more than what the Stroman employee had offered and were charging us in addition to the listing fee another thousand for their commission and then the other buyer had to pay the closing fee's. There is something that really stinks about this company and I would love to have an attorney take a look at how they operate. I'm sure that something is wrong here.
 372 days ago by Chad  [send email] 0 Votes
Funny, seems the writer of this original blog actually was able to sell their timeshare thru Stroman, but was upset because they took a loss from the original price? Any one expecting to sell a timeshare for a profit put WAY to much faith in the unlicenced-snakeoil peddling salesman that sold them the timeshare at the resort in the first place. Ever wonder why the resorts do not want you to think about your purchace before making it, but rather pressure you into buying today? Because they know timeshares do not appreciate and they want to avoid you shopping for a better deal than they can offer because they know they are out there! I have worked with Stroman on MANY deals and have had no problems, but of course I know that the idea of making a profit on a timeshare is absurd, who would pay more than what they could purchace the unit for at the resort?
 274 days ago by   L. C. 0 Votes
DID YOU WORK WITH OR DO YOU WORK FOR THEM? The complaintant lost money and paid additional fees on top of that just to get rid of the headache. We spoke with Patti and she stated they advertised online, but most of their sales came from advertisements in publications, magazines and personal sales. A few months after our agreement and payment, I asked to see any of these publications in which she advertised. None could be produced and she claimed they didn't have the money to advertise in them. WTF was I paying for? When I checked the website ad it was as plain and generic as an ad could get. So was the ad she placed for a week in England, which she was to collect $200 if she sold it. We would have had to go as low as that to sell it and she knew it, which she later admitted. By the way, that week was in Dec. '08 and the ad is still on the website! Now that's what I call no service. I could have placed ads on craigslist, backpage, ebay and other websites and gotten more exposure than I got with this company. I knpw the market has taken a dive since we listed with them and knew I'd be lucky to get 50 percent of the timeshare's value. However, I expected a little service for what we paid, which has yet to happen. It's unfortunate they aren't in Florida, cause we would definitely take legal action. The laws in Texas are more laxed and getting them for dishonest tactics is much harder.
 109 days ago by   GHS 0 Votes
I've had our timeshare listed with Rii Stroman since July 3, 2007. I've had no contact initiated by them at all from this company since that date. I was told that I would be contact whenever they received an offer for my timeshare. To date that has not happened. It would seem that they just took my money and made no attempt to actually sell the timeshare
 87 days ago by   armando5908 0 Votes
Very true... once you buy a time share your stuck with it... until you die
 86 days ago by   Johnson5 0 Votes
I have bought and sold timeshares with Stroman for many years with great success. All of the agents are licensed Realtors and provide outstanding service. In my opinion, no other timeshare resale broker does a better job. I guess Stroman's many years of experience is what I value most. This complaint is unfortunate especially due to the fact that the property did get sold by Stroman. Isn't 1 of the most common complaints when selling your home or any other real estate usually that it took longer than you wanted to sell?
 16 days ago by   bnotarius 0 Votes
We have two timeshares, one in Orlando and one in Hawaii, that we PAID $600.00 to Stroman to list and SELL our property. That was one year ago. We never heard from anyone at Stroman after the got our money and repeated calls to them and the listing agent were never returned. We have since spoken to other timeshare realty companies and were given this piece of advice. NEVER< NEVER pay any upfront money to anyone that tries to sell your timeshare. Stroman is not a reputable company and I would never recommend them to anyone. We feel swindled out of our money and got nothing for the money we sent them. It is easy to promise results but this company is really bad in delivering results. DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH STROMAN REALTY.

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