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Spoke to a Marriot rep (now I a really confused) (by TJ):

I just spoke with a rep for Marriot and they told me that if I buy the timeshare on the resale market, I lose the opportunity to generate points in the MArriot system. Is the points that useful if I am going to buy a membership in interval international or RCI? He also told me that with Marriot the developer does not negotiate price and that value is built into the product. I have been to many time share presentations but not one for the big brand names. Is he correct because at other timeshare presentations, I was able to negotiate a much lower price than what was originally asked at the presentation but ended up not purchasing.

What I would like to know is 1. During the developer presentations, are prices fixed without negotiation or is their lots of wiggle room 2. Resale market, what do0 you give up by buying on this market, is he correct in that the second owner loses the opportunity to get access to marriot points and trade between Marriot properties.

New and naive but willing to do leg work to find out more

J