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Re: Timeshare sales (by Helen S.):

Points are a rip off. What happened is that fixed and floating time were not bringing in enough revenue to the timeshare owners so they came up with this new scheme to make money. Further the timeshare groups such as RCI and II opted in as they make money too doing the "point" system.

Points are any easy way to sell, sell, sell and folks were not discriminating enough to think about what they were being offered. With points you cannot have a fixed time to go somewhere but have to settle for whatever the resorts and timeshare exchanges were offering. Getting points to allow you to at holiday times were really expensive! So you were at their mercy. Kine of like airlines and their point systems to get seats on a certain flight.

PLUS they do NOT have to guarantee you a certain time like fixed time used to be. If you bought Christmas or Easter time, they had to guarantee your time - with points they do not.

Timesharing is a changing industry with groups buying up timeshare for $0. and then renting them to people much like a hotel would rent a room. RCI is infamous for this. We used to give them Christmas and New years weeks for two bedroom units and all we could get is off time studio units. RCI is a rip off. Folks are wising up, groups like RED WEEK are educating consumers and many are going in now to purchase with eyes wide open. RED WEEK is your best bet for getting a unit, renting a unit or selling a unit.

Hope this helps!