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Re: Reviews on Resorts (by Bryan W.):

jayjay wrote:

The problem here is that 99.99% of RCI members have never and will never hear anything about this lawsuit. It's only the timeshare educated that know about it and the cost of the lawsuit will merely be passed on to RCI members in much higher fees.

ken1193 wrote:

Re: >> This would have to be proven in the lawsuit, which I don't see happening. The only people getting any benefit out of this lawsuit are all the attorneys involved. <<

Well, although you "don't see it happening", with all due respect you're not in the courtroom (and nor am I). Even if nothing more comes out of the class action suit than RCI having felt the glare of bright sunlight and open revelation of their internal practices and a lot of unwelcome exposure, I don't personally see that as a particularly bad thing. Unchecked, RCI would (and will) otherwise just continue to march on unrestrained.

I generally have no use for lawyers, but I can't help but feel that RCI is running amok and is just out of control. We'll see (and just maybe we'll ALL benefit from) the outcome.

Just what is a "timeshare educated" person? Are these the few that seem to intimately know how RCI's exchange program really works? Most of us don't give a damn how it works as long as it works. When it does not work as promised, then it is time to find out why.

All the members should expect RCI to follow through with their promises of performance whether or not they know about the lawsuit. Just as RCI imposes terms and conditions on how the members are to use RCI's services, there are expected performance and fiduciary responsibilities either implied or expressly stated that RCI is to abide by. Membership is a contract, both for the members and RCI.

If RCI is accused of abuses to their own benefit at the expnse of the members, they should have to either prove they did nothing wrong when challenged, or change their methods. Either way it is to the benefit of the members. If RCI is in fact doing what the lawsuit claims, then they are basically stealing from the members. If RCI is doing nothing wrong, then they have nothing to worry about, because the plaintiff attorneys will not get any fees and the costs (other than defense of the suit, which may require the plaintiffs to pay the legal fees of RCI) will not be passed on to the members.

To believe that only the planitiff attorneys are benefitting is akin to analyzing the problem in a vacuum with flawed data. Sure, the attorneys may get their fees, but the alternative is to have the hundreds of thousands of members pour their money into false promises and not get what is being promised.

What is more painful to a member, to be personally ripped off by the system, or to pay a slightly higher fee and know that you are being treated fairly? It shouldn't have to come to this, but then again, we didn't buy into the RCI management trying to screw its members (if that is proven in the lawsuit)

For you to think that there will be much higher fees passed on to the members, are you conceding that RCI is guilty as charged? It sure sounds like it.