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Re: New time share owner - want out! (by Bonnie A.):

All I can say is "Do your homework!" .. we own 4 timeshares all of which we purchased from the same Gentleman . We have been to every resort presentation prior to buying resale and would go back to our rooms to figure out why anyone would by from a developer.. the cost is just too high for only one week and you still have the maintence fees to pay each year on top of that as well. We bought all float weeks so we can go anytime throughout the year and we bought at the Sheraton Vistana REsort that has endless things to do. I hate to say it but we need people out there to buy new so that they will be available on the resale market down the road for the ones that buy resale. You can get great honest owners that sell there timeshares for various reasons. YOu won't have to take out a mortgage and you usually will be able to resell it if need be if you don't want it anymore without loosing much at all. Go to the presentation of the resort that you think you might want to buy into then go to the websites (Redweek-thats how I got all 4 of mine) and just compare and do the math. Timeshares are wonderul , you can have endless vacations and it does make you to on a holiday when sometimes you just make excuses not to. I personally for my needs have found resale to work best for our family especially with the cost factor and if you homelife changes and you don't want to go to your home resort any longer than join and exchange company and go somewhere else its still cheaper than booking thru a travel agent with the commisions that you don't see that you pay .. I know I worked at one for 8 years and they only put on the racks what they make commision on and the other travel books are in the back room . If the resort wants you to buy from them most likely if you called the agent back when you got home the price would be the same because it is for the person vacationing the following week that sitting in the same spot you just left from .The best info you can get is from the people at the pool or in the hotub I learned everything from that even down to the "points" system. I am a very happy Timeshare owner and have no regrets but again I bought all resale. Good Luck! just enjoy it now.