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Re: Resort Questions (by KC):

Re: >> Do you have a flex or fixed week?<<

2 consecutive fixed winter weeks. A flex week here would be next to worthless to me, since it would never allow for any winter usage. The ONLY time I ever want to be ANYWHERE in Florida is WINTER! Heat, humidity, bugs and hurricanes in all the other times of year have absolutely no attraction for me whatsoever.

Re: >>.....what are the odds of getting a week other than the fixed week you own? <<

If what you're really asking is "if I buy the week 20 (in May) can I exchange it for a week here in the winter?", then the odds of that ever happening are exactly ZERO. Bear in mind that there is already an "in house" waiting list of CURRENT OWNERS on file with the TSR management / sales staff --- owners who are looking to buy additional fixed winter weeks from other current owners (if / when they even become available --- and they very seldom do). These rare winter weeks of high value never even get publicly advertised before changing hands by private transaction. Practically speaking, why advertise that which is already actively sought out by an established list of fee paying, current owners? Additionally, owners can always rent out such valuable weeks for big bucks, so why would they choose to "deposit for exchange" in the first place?

RE: >>... February or March would be great. I thought maybe I could trade, or whatever, for a week earlier in the year if I bought week 20. <<

Unfortunately, that's really NEVER likely going to be true if by "earlier" you mean "during any winter months". You can't realistically deposit "copper pipe" and then reasonably expect to get "gold bars" in return --- and February and March weeks in SW FL are indeed GOLD. A winter week at TSR, rarely available for sale at all, last sold for somewhere between $5-10K (and I was not high enough on the waiting list, even after many years of ownership, to even have a remote shot at it).

I'm not trying to be negative or pessimistic, I'm just trying to provide you with a realistic and objective portrayal of the true facts, based upon my own knowledge and experience. My advice to you is don't buy a mediocre week (either here or anywhere else) if your (very mistaken) belief is that you can then somehow trade it for something far more valuable -- it just ain't gonna happen! Buy only what you'll actually use --- as is--- or that you are willing to trade for something of comparable value. Don't expect to get "more" for "less". There are far too many people looking for far too few available prime weeks for that to ever be likely --- particularly with RCI practices. If RCI had such a good week on deposit, they'd likely just rent it out themselves at top dollar. With RCI the unspoken motto now seems to be "profits first, members last". RCI has changed a lot over the years, and in my opinion NONE of those changes are for the better. But that's a whole other subject, isn't it?

Good luck.