Terms of Service, Version 12 Changes
Version 11 12 (Posted September 2, 2011) March 8, 2012) / see version 11 12 changes
By registering on RedWeek.com, you agree to abide by all of our terms of
service and confirm that you are over the age of 18, or operating under
parental supervision. In order to To maintain a safe and helpful community
for our users, we may suspend or remove, without notice or refund, any
user that we suspect of believe is violating our terms, the rights of our users,
or otherwise negatively impacting the service we provide. our service. All decisions
regarding inappropriate conduct and use of the site are solely ours.
In the event RedWeek.com RedWeek merges with, or is acquired by, another company,
these terms of service will apply transfer to your conduct with the new entity,
who will assume the responsibilities associated with your account.
General Conduct on RedWeek.com
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Do not break the law or rules of other organizations which apply
RedWeek is a U.S. corporation in the
Statestate of Washington,USA,and is governed by that state's laws.We reserve the right to cancel your membership at any time without notice or refund of any membership fees if we have evidence of fraudulent or other criminal activity.If there are laws in your state or location that apply to your participation on our site, or the rental or sale of timeshare interest, you are responsible for knowing what they are and being in compliance.
We'llWe may post any that we learn about, but can take no responsibility for your compliance or the compliance of others that you may contact.If there are rules that your home resort, homeowners association, or applicable exchange company requires for you to engage in a rental, sale, or trade, you are responsible to know, and comply with, those rules. As we learn about these rules, we
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Be respectful
When communicating with other
users via e-mail, or making entries in public forums such as RedWishes and reviews,users, you are expected to keep everything truthful at alltimes,times and refrain from threatening or hurting anyone with abusive or harassing language. We reserve the right to determine whether your language is in violation of this rule and cancel your account, or otherwise limit your ability to post if we deem necessary.We do not control the information provided by
RedWeek.comRedWeek users.You may occasionallyIf you find such information to be offensive, harmful, inaccurate, ordeceptive. In this case,deceptive, please notify us.and we will make a determination based on the information available to us. -
RedWeek.com is not responsible for inaccuracies or typos
As with any publication, there may be some inaccuracies or
typingerrors on ourWeb site.website. We want to prevent or correct these, so please let us know if there is something we should fix.We have the right to edit user-posted data if we are made aware of a factual error. If an inaccuracy causes some sort of problem, we apologize but no one at
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Updates to the terms or other page
We may make changes to this terms of service page, and it is your responsibility to stay up-to-date.
Rentals and Resales - Rules for Both Parties in a Transaction
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RedWeek.com does not control rental and resale transactions
We allow our members to communicate directly with each other and complete the transaction on their own.
RedWeek.comRedWeek does not represent, or act, for either the buyer or the seller, nor do we act as an intermediary between the prospective parties to a transaction. As a result, we have no control over the quality, safety, or legality of the properties posted, the truth or accuracy of the postings, the ability of sellers to sell the interval or unit, or the ability of buyers to complete the purchase.RedWeek.comRedWeek is not legally responsible for any problems that arise between the two parties. We encourage you to take precautions to ensure your transactions are safe, and we provideresourcesinformation in ourHelpresources section to offerthisassistance. We are not real estate brokers, so if you are selling or purchasing a timeshare interest, we advise you to use a licensed real estate broker. If you rent a unit, it would be wise to verify the owner has the right to assign you the right to use the unit. -
Success rate of rentals and resales
RedWeek makes no representations as to the period of time that it will take for you to sell/rent a timeshare interval, the success rate of properties advertised on our website, or the sale/rental price that an owner may receive. Because we are a marketing website and are not involved in the sale/rental or the negotiation of the sale/rental, we are unable to provide statistics on the number of successful sales/rental transactions that occurred via our website.
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Follow the guidelines for posting your unit
You must be legally able to sell the unit(s), points, or designated time period for the unit you post for sale or rent on
RedWeek.com.RedWeek. You must describe your unit or offering accurately and disclose all terms of sale in your posting. Participating in a sales presentation cannot be a condition of renting any timeshare property.Your postings may only include text descriptions, graphics, pictures, and other content relevant to the rental or sale of that item. By submitting your content, you agree that you own or have the necessary licenses, rights, consents and permissions to all patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright or other proprietary rights ("Rights") to your content and any other works that you incorporate into your content. By posting these items on our site, you agree to transfer relevant copyrights to us. We reserve the right to remove any information, including photos and advertisements, that violates another company's copyright license, is for other services that do not belong on a
pagepage, or, orto otherwise limit a user's ability topostpost.No timeshare rental, sale, exchange, or want ads are permitted
inon anyof theRedWeekdiscussion forums.page other than those designed for such purpose.Do not use photos, images, logos,We may suspend ordescriptions copied from other websites; thiscancel your posting at any time if we suspect that your account or posting may be fraudulent, or your account iscopyright infringement. Cuttingbeing used in an unauthorized or fraudulent manner. This decision can be made at our sole discretion andpasting copyright protected material onto RedWeek.com including anything provided as sales material by another company is illegal. You may use personal photos and text that you personally wrote.without notice. -
We cannot confirm the identity of our users
While we do take
specialprecautions to ensure the identity of ourusers are who they say they are,users, we cannot, and do not, assume any responsibility for the confirmation of each user's identity. We encourage you to communicate with potential rental and sale parties through the tools available on the site until you are comfortable dealing with the person.You should consider using a third party escrow service, licensed real estate broker, or other services that provide additional user verification.
Please note that there are risks of dealing with underage persons or people acting under false identification. Additionally, there may also be risks dealing with international trade and foreign nationals. Simply do not pretend to be somebody you are not and always make sure you know who you are dealing with.
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Warnings of suspicious activity
While we do take certain measures to avoid potentially fraudulent or other illegal activity when we become aware of it, we assume no liability or obligation to take any such measures or actions. In the event we do provide warnings or messages to users about any such activity, we do not warrant that such messages are accurate or that such messages will reach any or all users they should have reached in a timely manner or at all or that such messages or measures will prevent any harm, result or action.
Refund Policy
All memberships purchased to inquire about a rental or resale posting on RedWeek are fully refundable upon request within 30 days of purchase if you are unable to secure a transaction in that time.
Memberships purchased in conjunction with a promotion offered by RedWeek or its partners/affiliates will be fully refunded upon request within 30 days of purchase, less the face value of the promotion amount.
Unauthorized Uses of the Site
All memberships purchased to inquire about a rental, resale, or RedWish
posting on RedWeek.com are fully refundable upon request within 30 days of
purchase if you are unable to secure a transaction in that time.
As a user of RedWeek, you are not allowed to collect, aggregate, copy, scrape, duplicate, or display any part of the site through the use of data mining, robots, spiders, or other data gathering and extraction tools without our permission.
Memberships purchased in conjunction with a promotion offered by
RedWeek.com or its partners/affiliates will be fully refunded upon
request within 30 days of purchase, less the face value of the
promotion amount.
You also agree not to do any of the following, unless otherwise previously authorized by us in writing:
- Copy, reproduce, upload, post, display, republish, distribute, or transmit any part of the content in any form whatsoever
- Reproduce any portion of the site on your website
- Modify, translate into any language or computer language, or create derivative works from any part of the site
- Reverse engineer any part of the site
- Sell, offer for sale, transfer, or license any portion of the site in any form to any third parties
- Use the site and its inquiry functionality other than to advertise and/or research timeshare postings, or to make legitimate inquiries to our members
- Use the site or posting functionality or transmit information that is in any way false, fraudulent, or misleading, including making any inquiry under false pretenses, or taking any action that may be considered phishing or that would give rise to criminal or civil liability
- Use or access the site in any way that, in our sole discretion, adversely affects or could adversely affect the performance or function of the site or any other system used by us or the site
If you are aware of or experience any content, activity or communication through or in connection with the site that appears to be in violation of the above restrictions, or in violation of any other provision of these Terms, we ask that you please contact us.
We do not tolerate spam or unsolicited commercial electronic communications of any kind. You agree not to add a site user, even a user who has rented a vacation property from you or to you, to your mailing list (e-mail or physical mail). Nor may you send any unsolicited commercial messages via any of the contact forms on the site.
Failure to abide by these terms may result in the termination of your RedWeek membership without notice or refund.
Links to Third Party Sites
This site may contain links and pointers to other Internet sites and resources. Links to and from the site to other third-party sites, maintained by third parties, do not constitute an endorsement by us of any third parties or their sites. We may also provide tools to allow interaction between the site and a third party site, such as social media sites. We are not responsible in any way for such third-party sites or resources and your use of such sites and resources will not be governed by these Terms.
Data Collection and Cookies
"This website uses Google Analytics, a web analytics service provided by Google, Inc. ("Google"). Google Analytics uses "cookies", which are text files placed on your computer, to help the website analyze how users use the site. The information generated by the cookie about your use of the website (including your IP address) will be transmitted to and stored by Google on servers in the United States. Google will use this information for the purpose of evaluating your use of the website, compiling reports on website activity for website operators and providing other services relating to website activity and internet usage. Google may also transfer this information to third parties where required to do so by law, or where such third parties process the information on Google's behalf. Google will not associate your IP address with any other data held by Google. You may refuse the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser. However, please note that if you do this you may not be able to use the full functionality of this website. By using this website, you consent to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner and for the purposes set out above."
If we suspect abuse of our site, we may employ the use of advanced tracking techniques. These techniques are intended to monitor fraudulent activity, but may inadvertently monitor normal user activity.
We trust our users to abide by these basic terms. We are not responsible for any action taken by our users. Please do your part and contact us immediately if you suspect another user is in violation or causing harm to the community.
We sincerely hope you enjoy your use of the RedWeek.com site. Please understand that these rules help protect the integrity of the information for all of our users.