marty-- we need a wishes forum

why was the old one taken down

billf4 wrote:

why was the old one taken down

I'm not marty, but it has been stated that Red Wishes were taken down due to abuses (ie: ads). Now people are starting to use these forums as Red Wish ads .... I contact Redweek each time I see such an abuse.

billf4 wrote:

why was the old one taken down

Bill, I'm not sure what you are referring to. Do you mean the RedWish pages where people added what they were looking for or the forum topic that was titled "Red Wishes" which was started in May of 2012. The RedWishes pages were taken down in April, I believe. The forum postings under the topic "Red Wishes" is still available. This is the direct link if you want to copy and paste it: http://www.redweek.com/forums/messages?thread_id=18468&message_id=55830&query=redwishes#fm55830

Thanks, Marty

Marty, You say the 'RedWishes pages were taken down in April'. I just renewed my account and went to check the RedWishe pages. Unfortunately, no such page anymore. After reviewing the forums, I found this response from you: "We are not accepting new RedWish postings at this time. The service is being redesigned and will be relaunched in the coming months." So what's with this ? Are you relaunching this service or are you discontinuing this permanently. Please advise . Thanks, Phyllis

I agree with Marty. Redweek.com needs to put RedWishes back up. I used Redwishes primarily to trade. It was a terrific way for owners to trade with other owners for a new location. Also with no additional fees involved. I've traded 3 times for three wonderful places and worked directly with the owners. One was my wish I posted and I fulfilled two wishes. It worked perfectly.

Marty

we need a place where it says, looking for bonnet creek at christmas, can you help.

thats why i joined this site to begin with. does it bother you and others a deal is being done without you getting a fee on it

phyliss,

you are 100 % right.it sucks that it is gone

> Also with no additional fees involved.

therin lies the problem with marty he isntmaking 10 bucks on it

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carols725 wrote: bottom line is Redweek is not making money on redwishes, so why don;t they just put a user fee on posting a wish and let the members decide if they want to post there or post on the redweek resort.

Now, that's a good idea AND to have someone moderate Red Wishes on a daily basis to catch what may be an abuse such as an ad to sell or rent that should be in the ad section only.

Thank you all for your feedback regarding the RedWish pages. As Maurice stated in the other Forums thread on this topic, abuse was the primary reason we chose to discontinue the RedWish pages. The staff hours spent policing the pages became too cost prohibitive given the declining number of RedWish postings purchased year over year.

While we do plan on launching a new service to replace RedWishes, it will be of a completely different format.

If you purchased a RedWeek membership solely for access to the RedWish pages, please let us know within 30 days of your purchase and we would be happy to issue a refund.

Regards,

Alisa Stephens RedWeek.com Executive Producer