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Re: Marriott Vacation Club Destinations Exchange Program

We are a legacy owner at Oceanwatch and bought the day before they switched to points. We sit, each year through the sales presentation, but we cannot see the benefit to points for us, as we like our home resort. Last year our sales guy told us he may have access to legacy weeks and asked if we would call him before buying a resale. I think these must be foreclosure weeks. We are displeased at the culture we experience at the resort now. Our first visit we traded in through II and scored a June week for our Williamsburg Plantation property. The resort was kept up, staff courteous, people cared about the place. Of course they were either owners, renters from owners or trade ins like us. With the points system it seems like nobody is happy...I hear so many complaints. It has become difficult to get a week. And that sense of ownership is gone and people don't care about keeping things nice. Staff are different. New management, new rules, less customer service and respect. Marriott had a good thing going. But if have not met one satisfied DC owner in the past few years. If you overhear a group discussing there is such a high level of frustration.