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RedWeek.com May E-mail Newsletter Q&A: Second Market Timeshare Owners 'Caught' By RCI (by Luigi K.):
Not quite true. When you buy from any developer, you are buying a particular week in a particular unit at a specific location. As a first-visit incentive the developer can make your week "float", can allow you to check-in any day of the week, make you part of an internal exchange system, can offer you access to a private travel agency, can convert your week to points that can be used for hotel stays, airfares or to buy a cup of coffee. None of those transfer with a resale. The resale reverts to a fixed week in a fixed size unit at a specific resort and may have limitations on trading power.