Fairfield Problem
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Re: Fairfield Problem (by Craig H.):
je38 wrote:Timeshares are good and bad. Remember that the sales force is in iot only for the money and they are usually a flash in the pan like used car salesman. I own 6 timeshares and love every one. The secret buy what you like and the time period that you like as well. All of my units are manages by Hilton (Hilton Grand Vacation Club) The name speaks for itself. The markup for a new property is quite and the developer usually will not take property back as long as they are still selling weeks. Seems like when they have sold most weeks the begin another phase and you are still out of luck. When you buy the best you can trade for the best. I have always traded for any property and almost any week that I want but one has to know the program real well or you will lose out. In the future buy on the resale market from an owner and you will save a lot. Do not try to buy a unit and expect that it is an investment as prices move up and down depending on Hurricanes, mold etc. The more you generally pay the better trading power you probably will get. Hilton Grand Vacation Club seems too be the best for my dollar and is held in very high esteme by RCI. Hope this help. I own (5) school vacation weeks on the beach on Sanibel Island (Florida)and never lost a dollar. In addition I also own a week in Hawaii. Trading power is the best as these weeks are ones that people want. I did own a Fairfield Property and had to basically give it away for about $1000. after paying about 12,000 dollars. Now I don't even stay in any Fairfield Property. Bad news travels faster than good news.We, mistakenly, bought a FF timeshare a few years ago. In the past few years, we have only used it once! Everytime we call, everything we want is 'sold out,' or not available. They refuse to even waitlist an area like RCI does. We tried to transfer over our points to RCI and it was like pulling teeth with a mule! Bascially, we have paid for nothing! We have been trying to sell it, even at a loss, but unsuccessful. How does one go about giving back a timeshare to the developer? Does this effect one's credit? It's such a rip off and we plan on complaining to the AG in NM, but we are not hopeful of ever seeing a dime back on this! It seems as if the lawyers for the RCI lawsuit should get involved with FF, too!