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Re: Purchasing thru Redweek or other resale companies (by Christine K.):
I own 4 timeshares to date. Two points resort and 2 weeks resorts. I purchased my Disney from Disney which is points and the rest I purchased on ebay. One is an rci points resort in Kissimmee and the other two are weeks resorts that I can have RCI credit me with points because I have a points account already with them with Kissimmee. So my weeks resort can be used as a weeks or a points resort but I usually just use it myself instead of depositing it. I have rented from owners on redweek.com and have been very pleased with the transactions. I rented in San Antonio at a Wyndham from an owner and also in Royal Resorts Mexico from an owner and I thought I got a great deal from both owners considering the type of unit I got. Both were excellent deals on 2 bedrooms for $700 a week which I could have never gotten from the resort directly or on an exchange of my own inventory except maybe my Disney which I would rather use myself anyway. So I recommend taking the plunge and getting in touch with an owner on redweek. It seems to attract nice serious people. Most people are honest about what they are selling and of course you can always do your due diligence and call the resort to get more info on the unit type and location. I do that myself to assure myself that what I am buying is what they are advertising and so far so good. As far as RCI is concerned I recommend joining them because as far as exchanging is concerned they suck but if you travel alot and want to pick up good deals then you can get great deals on the last call inventory starting at $199 a week. I often rent the last call and stay only a few days and more than get my money's worth. Same goes for II but I have yet to exchange with them so I don't yet have an exchange opinoin. Good luck to you.