RCI #s Increasing During the Day

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

Before being able to see the total number of exchanges available for each deposit, for the bajillion searches I have done, numbers were always greatest early in the day, and then decreased during the day. It was as if shoppers shopped during the day and stockers restocked overnight.

Now I can see the opposite is true; as the day goes on, the total number of exchanges available increases. This morning, for instance, one deposit could get 157000 exchanges, and just now it could get 161000.

It could be that's the way it has always been and we just couldn't see it, or it could be a sign of times, that more people are depositing and less people are taking them.

Of course, still none of the 161000 are anything we want.

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

I've noticed that too. I get the sense that they've moved from batch processing to real-time inventory updates---the totals are always lowest during my morning checks vs. later in the day.

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

I'm curious as to when maximum availability is. My exchange window keeps shortening, of course, but the numbers available isn't.

Maybe that's a factor of the times we're in . . . more depositing than using and fewer taking the deposits.

Actually, this a stupid question, as maximum availability time should be when you deposit it, cuz that's when your window is the longest. If you deposit at least one year out, you are looking at three years' availability, and then it should decline from there. So why isn't it? There, that's a less stupid question.

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

I don't think deposits can be made more than two years in advance of use. So, if you deposit a full year in advance of use, you have three years' worth of "time to exchange", but only the first two years of that has any current deposits. As February '09 slips by, February '11 comes into view, and likewise March.

So, for the first year, you'd expect to see roughly the same things, modulo seasonal deposit differences---i.e., probably a jump around the first of the year, when MFs get paid anyway. The numbers wouldn't drop off until you get to the use date of your original week, at that point, the leading edge of the deposit range has hit the end of your exchange window.

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

& that is cuz although you can be eligible for exchanges in a 3-year timeframe, you can only search two years ahead, cuz folks can only deposit two years ahead.

Today the numbers are higher than they've ever been, since the new system began, and I only have a 17-month window.

The numbers wouldn't drop off until you get to the use date of your original week, at that point, the leading edge of the deposit range has hit the end of your exchange window.

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

RCI - The New System - Deposits & Exchanges

Today the numbers are higher than they've ever been, since
the new system began, and I only have a 17-month window.

JLB

In order to better understand why your RCI account
is showing more or less during your daily searches
for the next 17 months (February 2009 - July 2010)
this time of the year could mean that most owners
are paying they fees & depositing and exchanging.

In order for us to compare what is in RCI`s
inventory - please post what area - you are
searching and what type of unit you are using

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

Today the numbers are higher than they've ever been

I'd assume it is because of:

modulo seasonal deposit differences---i.e., probably a jump around the first of the year, when MFs get paid anyway.

Folks have paid MFs for 2009, and now they are starting to think about what they will do with their time this year---use, rent, or exchange.

It will be interesting to see what happens going forward---this new search tool sheds a lot of light on what's happening and when it happens.

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

I started a study last Sat & checked several times each day to chart availability. On Wednesday I came across a trade I couldn't pass up. So much for the study. What I did see was the # of units increased at random. Sunday morning from 3 to 6 AM Pacific time. Monday from 7AM to noon. Tuesday from 7AM to 11. Wednesday a steady increase from 4 AM to 3PM.
Number of units for this particular deposit ranged from a low of 156,533(Wed 4AM) to a high of 159,858(Sun 6AM). A Variance of only about 2%. Not much really.
Wish I could have held out longer.

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

. So much for the study.
Wish I could have held out longer.

Glad to see that I am not the only one with little will power when it comes to timeshares!

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

I'm not talking about an area, I'm talking about the total number of exchanges available, the big number at the beginning . . . and unit size doesn't have anything to do with it. Trading power does.

But, for the record, my window runs until July, 2011, so if you wanna compare adjust yours to that.

Today the total is bouncing around 161,000.

In order for us to compare what is in RCI`s
inventory - please post what area - you are
searching and what type of unit you are using

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

I know if I do a page refresh or change the date by a little I sometimes will get an increase in availability.
Entering 01-jun-09 pulls x number of available resorts for the whole month. If I then enter 15-jun-09, more units come up within June. The resorts aren't showing up in the initial search, just the subsequent one.

These are not "real time" deposits, it's the same thing every day. So for some reason there appears to be a glitch in the system for certain resorts or timeframes.

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

Total 74,235 - US 798 Resorts (30189 available units)

I'm talking about the total
But, for the record, my window runs until July, 2011,
so if you wanna compare adjust yours to that.

Today the total is bouncing around 161,000.

Checking using Off Season, 2 Bedroom with 2 Bath Standard unit
Fall Week at the Beach - Travel Window - Nov 2007 to Nov 2010
Search 74,235 Available Units across 1,783 Resorts for Exchange

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

I only have a 17-month window.

my window runs until July, 2011

July 2010 would be 17 months. July 2011 is 29. Right now the latest deposit is only Feb 2011. So if the second statement is right (and I'm guessing it is from your total number), you've got a few months before your "effective" window starts shrinking.

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

You're right, of course . . . too many numbers going through my feeble brain this week.

This morning the total is the highest yest, 162,000, and it did increase overnight.

FL increased and SW FL increased. But still not the one we need.

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

Just now in the list of deposits to select, the one I use showed 160929. When I selected it and it went to the next page, it said 161077.