Original Message:
Ownership / Exchanging... (by Carvan A.):
I am a Marriott owner and I agree totally with the comments made by Ken. We attend Marriott sales presentations every chance we get for the freebies offered to those who attend and we are familiar with their sales pitch. I know from experience that the sales force will leave out vital information and offer misleading information at times. I have never caught them in an outright lie.
We bought our first Marriott timeshare from the developer and subsequent Marriott timeshares at resale and have never had trouble trading on II. We were told at the time we purchased from the developer that we could later upgrade to an oceanfront if we chose. True enough but misleading because we later learned that in order to upgrade we had to sell the existing unit through Marriott and pay them a 40% commission and then purchase the oceanfront at market.
I suspect what Tyler heard was the salesman saying that if one buys resale they can not trade the timeshare for Marriott reward points. These Marriott points can be traded for hotel rooms, cruises, flights, rental cars and even merchandise but the the value is not there when one considers the additional price paid to Marriott over resale.