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Original Message:

Re: Buying Marriott Vacation Club Resale (by Peter C.):

That's all fine to say Sell if on RW or elsewhere for 40% of what Marriott will sell for. My point remains that owners have to exert the effort to find a buyer, and only then the companies exercise ROFR. I know it's crying spilt milk after the fact (buy the timeshare, then complain) but houses don't lose 40-80% of their value after they are purchased, and there is a reputable network (OK maybe semi-reputable) of sales programs available to sell homes without the owner being taken advantage of to an extreme extent.

In the timeshare industry, the owner is the point person who is taken advantage of. Just because owners and prospective owners don't have the ability to change the contracts, and they sign anyway, doesn't mean what is being done is fair. It just means the owners settle for the unfairness. An odd example is the American auto industry in the 60's and 70's. American Auto compnies produced increasingly inferior products and consumers continued to buy because they had few alternative options. Eventually the Asian producers showed superior cars could be made and the American Auto industry (after being badly battered to wake up) finally began to improve their product.

How do we create an environment to run the resale scam companies out of business and secure terms with developers to ensure a more fair timeshare ownership experience?