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Re: Diamond Resorts reduces owner benefits again! (by Peter C.):

I agree whole heartedly! I already posted today citing the example of increasing the transfer fee on most owner transfers from $0 to $250. This is supposed to cover the cost of the department doing the work. However, if transfer fees go up the why hasn't the maintenance or Club dues fallen as a result? That is after all what was used to pay employees to transfer previously. And now that we are getting billed this additional amount, why in the world has the department been reduced from three to two, with (currently) only one person staffing while the other is on maternity leave?

In regard to your refernce to the $70 assessment to cover the cost of transferring the call center back, that is a permanent part of Club fees now. AND Diamond Corporate is billing the resorts for services, one of the reasons our maint is rising 10-20% this year.