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What was it like to do timeshareing before the internet era. By my estimation 1995 was the year the internet revolution really took on critical mass. I mean that was when you had middle school kids on the cover to Time magazine creating Web sites. Most people started to buy their first PC and go on to compuserve or AOL, or some mom and pop ISP. However I got my first PC in 1989 and had an aluminum case modem that was maybe 9600 baud. I even took out a personal loan for 2k to finance the dang machine! I remember those text based BBS sites. Nothing fancy. Back then Angela and Lawren could not possibly post the tons ex ops. So what did you people do? Get on the phone to RCI and II? Read a printed listing in the snail mail? Please tell me? Or has the internet and WWW really been the catalyst for all of the inside information posted here and OY?
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In the early 80's I spent a lot of time browsing through the RCI book, filling in forms and phoning RCI. Exchanging was a nightmare for me, requests were rarely available so I mainly went to my own resort over and over again. On one occasion, I do recall phoning RCI, sending in paperwork, getting a phone confirmation, so I turned up at a resort in Malaysia and was allocated a horrid little room. After creating a fuss I was moved to a lovely apartment and told that the when the "real" occupiers arrived I would have to move out. I spent the week avoiding the manager and managed to stay in the apartment for the week. Another exchange to New Zealand went comparatively smoothly.Originally posted by billymach4 View Post
Now, it is reassuring to be able to connect with other timeshare people via this forum and OY. -
I did it by by phone in the early 90's. I had my reps that I used for all transactions.JohnComment
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