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(Final ?) update on the lawsuit against RCI (by KC):

Well, the sellout (a.k.a. the "settlement") in Murillo vs. RCI is now nearly official; it seems highly unlikely that there will be any appeal filed.

The insignificant (and very temporary) changes to RCI practices are not worth detailing. After 36 months (a change from the 24 month time period reflected in the original proposal) --- and forever thereafter --- it will be right straight back to opportunistic "business as usual" for RCI.

In essence, the quality and quantity of available RCI "exchanges" will continue to deteriorate, just as it has in recent years. RCI seems to be firmly committed to (far more profitable) RENTALS as its' top priority, and that is where ALL of the best deposits will go --- into RCI RENTAL (i.e., not available for "exchange") inventory. The old, obsolete notion of "quality exchanges" now seems to be a fading memory from the RCI practices of yesteryear. That past history is very clearly NOT going to be indicative of (or reflected in) any future RCI practices and priorities.

Fortunately, there are other alternative exchange companies. In my personal opinion, "exchangers" would be wise to seek out and use those alternatives instead of RCI. Good quality deposits into RCI will essentially be "donations" into the RCI rental pool. The RCI "weeks" exchange inventory will evidently and primarily consist of far less desirable weeks (i.e., excess, unsold developer weeks, and other relatively low quality deposits made by wishful thinking RCI members, futilely seeking to "trade" rusty iron pipe weeks for gold bar weeks). As time passes, that will become less and less likely to ever happen.