Kingsgate listing on eBay questions/answers

[shopgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shopgirl]

This is a Donate For a Cause auction that I am considering. It is closing tomorrow and is for 203,000 points. I am obviously wanting to lose this auction because I am posting this here. Anyway, the seller is charging really high closing fees of $475+$55, plus the fees for 2007 and the assessment for 2007, so you have $2,000 in costs before the bid amount.

Anyway, here is a question posted on that listing:


Q: Do these points come with a free RCI Membership? Jun-18-07
A: Hi, No they do not. If you want a RCI membership you need to get one on your own. Thanks, Matt

So my question is obvious. Is this guy wrong? I think so. I am trying not to be from postcard companies, but wrong info and high closing costs are making it difficult.

Also, I wanted to work with Timeshares Only but ran into a wall with a salesperson who would not extend my bonafide offer to any of the hundreds of people on their site. I was offering the going eBay rate.

[CC_dad Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CC_dad]

If its a points contract or a converted fixed week, you do get RCI. I suspect they don't understand the inner workings of FF and the fact that your FSP fees effectively pay for an RCI or II membership.

Your Angel Fire and Kingsgate resale purchases will already get you an RCI membership. Plus once you get to 300K UDI points, your FSP fee drops to $0.50 per thousand. If you were to buy a Governor's Green, Star Island or Royal Vista points contract and deed it differently than your Angel Fire and Kingsgate contracts - you should wind up with a separate FF account that has an II membership. You could then transfer points between your II and RCI affiliated FF accounts once per use year per account. Food for thought.

[shopgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shopgirl]

How does Fairshare Plus trade with II? Does it get pretty good exchanges? I could get rid of Foxrun, if I can pull Disney weeks with it. That would be cool.

[CC_dad Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close CC_dad]

How does Fairshare Plus trade with II? Does it get pretty good exchanges? I could get rid of Foxrun, if I can pull Disney weeks with it. That would be cool.

The nice thing about II is the ability to troll for exchanges into Disney, Marriott and/or Sheraton vacation resorts. The down side to II is the FF VCs' lack of knowledge in dealing with II deposits and II's desire to require a like for like exchange.

RCI allows a 28K blue studio to fetch a 2BR red if its back into a FF resort. II wants a low/Green season 2BR II deposit (costing 77K FF points) to exchange for a high/red season 2Br II week.

There's an II affiliated FF Yahoo group that you can subscribe to if this if of interest. I believe its by invitation and they've hidden it from Yahoo group searches. But SOSxxxxx here is the owner/moderator of that Yahoo group.

Most on that II FF Yahoo group discuss trading back into DVC in Orlando.

[wackymother Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close wackymother]

Also, I wanted to work with Timeshares Only but ran into a wall with a salesperson who would not extend my bonafide offer to any of the hundreds of people on their site. I was offering the going eBay rate.

Could you try calling back till you get a different salesperson?