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Re: Reviews on Resorts (by R P.):

bryan, what confuses me is that the lawsuit (from the little I've read) is mainly concerning RCI renting out surplus weeks. Weeks that RCI rents that are considered surplus are weeks that are deposited for cruises, airline tickets (and other non-timeshare transactions) and perhaps points deposits.

Many of the weeks RCI rents are from developers and resorts themselves. Madge has explained this time and time again on Tug, but many people just don't get it.

RCI would be cutting off their nose to spite their face to rent member deposits. RCI attorneys have crossed all the t's and dotted all the i's. That's what they get paid big bucks for. That's why I honestly believe the lawsuit is frivilous and with no proof withstanding whatsoever.

And, no, I have no relation to RCI whatsoever except being a long time member. I just believe the cost of this whole frivilous lawsuit will be passed on to us members. That's my gripe.

bryanw21 wrote:

The only people that'll be getting rich from this socalled 'class action lawsuit' will be the lawyers involved. The cost of defending RCI will ultimately be passed on to it's members in more rising fees.

RCI has it's own team of very astute lawyers who have crossed all the t's and dotted all the i's concerning RCI's terms, conditions and regulations.

I actually don't get what the lawsuit is all about or why anyone believes they have a solid case against RCI. Anybody can file a lawsuit about anything as is evidenced in our society today. Filing a lawsuit means nothing.

eric572 wrote:

and they have taken legal action as well www.rciclassaction.com

jayjay,

Do you have any personal communication with the attys at RCI? Do you know the quality of their work or reputation? Do you even know any attorneys that do class action suits, or defend class action lawsuits? Your blind faith is admirable.

The attorneys that represent RCI, both in litigation and in contractual matters have only one alliegiance, to their client, who is the Cendant Corporation that owns RCI, and every decision they make is solely for the benefit for their client. If the RCI executive management tells the firm to craft a contract that is unfair to the members, they will do exactly that. Also, the lawyers for RCI do not necessarily monitor the activities or abuses carried on by the corporation, so to believe that because they have a quality law firm on board, is enough to believe that the management is not making legal blunders, is naive. The lawyers are not there to monitor the corporation as you want to believe.

Personally I do not like plaintiff class actions, but on the flip side of the attorneys getting rich to stop an abuse, it is RCI that is getting rich at the expense of the members if left unchecked. For a class action, it is usually something where each individual class member is harmed, but not harmed enough to mount a lawsuit on their own. There are several factors that qualify a suit as a class action, and to qualify they have to first be certified by the court, not just get away with filing any lame lawsuit.

You are correct in that filing a lawsuit means nothing, it is being able to maintain the lawsuit that indicates that there may be something wrong. There are numerous legal mechanisms that will get rid of friolous lawsuits, and if indeed frivolous, the person that filed the suit will be on the hook for the costs. If the lawsuits were devoid of any legal substance, they would not be allowed to exist in the court system.

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