Original Message:
Diamond Resorts enormously increases the cost of Maintenance/Reserves on their resorts. (by Marilyn J.):
I have gotten quite a few responses... but yours is one of the most heart-breaking.
I withstood the high pitch to sell one's time share for points. Someone made money originally selling these time shares for top dollar... then resold them by having people pay... yet once again... to convert units into points. You could have bought a small house in another locale for the money you have spent!
Sadly... today... there is no resale market for time shares in this economy. Further... time shares are offered for lease in many other venues... further negating their real estate value.
Good luck... my prayers are with you. Hopefully we can find a way out of having to deal with the "disreputable" Diamond Resorts, Inc.