Using Independents for exchange

[Spence Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Spence]

Perhaps these are other problems with the Sunterra system that could be addressed through such sources as Sunterrafied and Home

While the problems with sales in Europe over the years is certainly interesting, it has nothing to do with this discussion/thread.

[Carolinian Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Carolinian]

While the problems with sales in Europe over the years is certainly interesting, it has nothing to do with this discussion/thread.

Most of those problems deal with the inabilitiy to use Sunterra's points system. If they could exchange through independent exchange companies, then they would have a way they could actually use what they bought.

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Most of those problems deal with the inabilitiy to use Sunterra's points system. If they could exchange through independent exchange companies, then they would have a way they could actually use what they bought.

You are dead wrong. Most of these problems are caused by people who think they can get something for nothing. They believed the salesman in Scotland (or anywhere else, even USA) who sold them 20 points (2000 SunOptions) and told them thay could book weekends etc at the last minute for half points in high season, no problem. I have no patience with salesmen who do this -OR- with buyers who believe this. It can't and won't work, they can use what they bought for what it's worth, they can book 2000 SunOptions worth of vacation (or double that if they want to travel spur of the moment usually in off or shoulder season). They can trade through II for whatever is available (and available for a measly 2000). As with any system, the early bird gets the worm.

While I would certainly welcome the ability to deposit a Club Sunterra reservation into an independent, the Sunterra system works very well as it stands and I have been working it since its inception in about 1998.

The sites you refer to are full of people who believed salesmen's lies and half truths. They got what their contract said they were getting. Those sites have nothing to do with "Using Independents for exchange" and if these people are so unsuccessful in booking anything for themselves, how do you expect them to book anything that would have value to an independent exchange company???

I was recently disappointed that I couldn't get Italy next summer booked at 10 months to the day. Nothing was left because European owners have two months to book before I can. So somebody over there got the reservation I wanted, someone's happy (but not for 20 points).

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If you read the site, it is more than just people trying to get cheap summer weekends, and some paid quite a lot for their points.