RCI Weeks Exchange Option

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

How would feel if RCI offered deposits with lesser trading power to be able to upgrade to better resorts or units by using more than one deposit or with a deposit plus money?

Appreciative.

Suspicious.

Indifferent.

[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

How would feel if RCI offered deposits with lesser trading power to be able to upgrade to better resorts or units by using more than one deposit or with a deposit plus money?

Appreciative.

Suspicious.

Indifferent.

About the same if they gave a tiger that option.
Extremely suspicious.

Just because I am paranoid does not mean they aren't watching.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

A thought that comes to mind is that RCI would not offer this option because an exchange has always required just a deposit plus an exchange fee. As in our first several years with RCI, we did not know that better resorts or units were being offered to other members, those with better trading power. After all, we had been told the weeks we bought had the best trading power possible.

An option like I am suggesting would expose that myth, as if the Internet has not already.

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

How about points for deposit without a pts resort.

How about having a points for deposit offering without having a conversion requirement or having to have a points resort.

I open a points account, I can deposit my week or not(if I don't feel the offered points are enough). I combine my 2 white weeks to get one red week. I use my weeks/points for a cruise discount. I buy disney tickets with the points. I buy airline tickets with the weeks/points. I'm not saying this would be a good value. I am just saying this would add a more convienent option for some folks who cannot or do not use there timeshare weeks now.

Why doesn't RCI offer this now? Because they are still trying to assimalate all the excess weeks that are poured into there system by the members who actually did the points conversion or bought points. Once RCI has found a reliable distribution system to the public (which makes money) they will gradually go to this offering.

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[lawren2 Malibu Beach Barbie & A Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close lawren2]

How about having a points for deposit offering without having a conversion requirement or having to have a points resort.

I open a points account, I can deposit my week or not(if I don't feel the offered points are enough). I combine my 2 white weeks to get one red week. I use my weeks/points for a cruise discount. I buy disney tickets with the points. I buy airline tickets with the weeks/points. I'm not saying this would be a good value. I am just saying this would add a more convienent option for some folks who cannot or do not use there timeshare weeks now.

Short

Now THAT I might be willing to experiment with.

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Think how this would PO Points members who paid to convert.

Nothing is done unless it produces money. Converting to Points does, while simply allowing Weeks members to deposit to Points does not. If they wanted to do that without being able to separate exisiting owners from more of their money, they would have done it that way to begin with.

But what you are suggesting is a possibility after they feel all that are willing to convert to Points, to do what they are already doing, have done so.

By the same taken, OLCC would just switch owners who wanted to to Go Global, without charging them.

How about having a points for deposit offering without having a conversion requirement or having to have a points resort.

I open a points account, I can deposit my week or not(if I don't feel the offered points are enough). I combine my 2 white weeks to get one red week. I use my weeks/points for a cruise discount. I buy disney tickets with the points. I buy airline tickets with the weeks/points. I'm not saying this would be a good value. I am just saying this would add a more convienent option for some folks who cannot or do not use there timeshare weeks now.

Why doesn't RCI offer this now? Because they are still trying to assimalate all the excess weeks that are poured into there system by the members who actually did the points conversion or bought points. Once RCI has found a reliable distribution system to the public (which makes money) they will gradually go to this offering.

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[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

no, they can charge them the membership fee, and account setup fee, and give them a discount point to start with (either based on the generic grid or the point conversion whichever is less). So everyone is happy. The converted member will feel they get what their paid. The weak owner can see the inventory if they want, they wll curse RCI to charge too much. The RCI will get extra income at lower cost, and can rent more week.

On the other hand, if general public continue want to attend a high pressure sale and sign a contract with bad feeling and knowing they have no idea what they just bought, RCI will continue try to please the developer, and that will never happen.

If the poll is request by RCI, it just mean they are trying to increase their membership fee. Unless they are willing to open to public about their trading power. If they do that, I am pretty sure they are planning to end RCI week.

Jya-Ning

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Are you suggesting that I am an RCI shill?

If the poll is request by RCIJya-Ning

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

JLB,

You missed one option from the list - Bl**dy Angry. If people are permitted to upgrade, by any means, it diminishes the pot for those who deposit 'high value' units. Why should I deposit a high value week if the opportunites to exchange into an equally high value week have been lessened?

[Jya-Ning Silver Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close Jya-Ning]

Are you suggesting that I am an RCI shill?

No

After take several FF poll, I was think maybe if RCI want to do some market testing, they should set up a poll like FF if nothing but just pretend they care. And this sort of question sure like a good candidate.

Jya-Ning

[JLB Please excuse me, I'm a Dick. Not a moron just a Dick Find all posts View Profile Close JLB]

Because if you do see what you want you will not have to use multiple deposits or pay extra money to get it.

Why should I deposit a high value week if the opportunites to exchange into an equally high value week have been lessened?

[Arline Member Find all posts View Profile Close Arline]

Keitht, I do understand your point. However, I am looking at this question personally. When my husband and I trade, we are comfortable with a 1br unit. However, we received a trade into Mauna Loa with Trading Places for our son and his family, which was a 1br. the same as our deposited unit. We were given the option to upgrade to a 2br for an additional $200. and we agreed, realizing our DS and DIL would be more comfortable if they had their own room. I "appreciated" having that option and I paid for it. I also rationalized that the extra $200 was the difference in MF from a 1br to a 2br.

[odaddy Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close odaddy]

Definitely a plus for low demand traders, and a minus for great trade weeks. I agree with KJeithT. Why bank any good weeks?

[gjw007 Member Find all posts View Profile Close gjw007]

I went with Suspicious but I'm not really sure this is that much different than a points account where if the exchanger doesn't have enough points, the exchanger can borrow points from the next year. In effect, it is taking up to 2 weeks of points to get a vacation of 1 week. The 2 weeks for 1 would be even more expensive to the exchanger as in the points account the points borrowed would only be the amount needed whereas a weeks account would give up the entire week. If RCI did this, the main beneficiary won't be the exchanger but RCI as it has gained an extra week that it could rent (or exchange) with the additional revenue coming in without an additional cost. It would help those with weaker exchange weeks but provides no help to those that are stronger exchangers.

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

Not entirely true

Definitely a plus for low demand traders, and a minus for great trade weeks. I agree with KJeithT. Why bank any good weeks?

Great traders would also benefit. What if you want to trade travel during the offseason. Now you would get one for one. Maybe your great trader 2 bedroom would get you 4 weeks in a 1 bedroom or some other combination of size and season.

Hilton has different points requirements for different seasons and sizes. I could send 6+ weeks in a studio during silver season or 2 weeks during gold season in a 1 bedroom or 1 week in a 2 bedroom during plat season.

Short