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Re: Diamond Resorts reduces owner benefits again! (by Michael D.):
YES< I agree replacing Diamond Resorts Int'l as the management is the right course of action... But how can you get that information about Diamonds and the problems to the majority of the Owners, either points or deeded weeks, when there is no membership list available to us... I was at the Annual Meeting on Kauai last February, it was a very manipulated agenda... There were many angry owners present (the majority present were angry) and many wanted to make comments, but were told to wait until the meeting ended... That was to keep the anger out of the actual minutes of the meeting, which are a legal record available to all members... This past week I tried to make a reservation for the Oceanfront we had paid for, exactely 13 months out for the end of November 2010... NONE were available, yet there were four (4) reservations available if I were going to pay cash ($9,292.31 - 9,494.66) for each two week period... When I called they told me that the units available for members were all booked... They are holding more rooms for cash guests than they have for members, and treat members like 'frequent flyer milage' and that is a FRAUD on the membership... Diamond is more like a criminal conspiracy, and an ongoing criminal fraud... They are continuing to sell more memberships far beyond their capacity to accomodate....