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Topic: Can TUG Replace Redweek?
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LeeB
TUG MemberPosts: 1152
From: San Jose, CA, USA Mountain Retreat, Makai Club, Winners Circle
Registered: Dec 2000
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posted 04-22-2005 10:57
    
I noticed that people are disappointed with the "new" Redweek.com. What did they do before that everybody liked so much? Can TUG do it this right way?------------------
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nthc
TUG MemberPosts: 1060
From: VA
Registered: Aug 2002
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posted 04-22-2005 12:57
From someone who uses many resale/rental sites, I personally find the Redweek site more user friendly. I like the layout of the rentals and resales(I can search by specific resort very easily) and I like the fact that ads are placed immediately. I do not like the fact any longer that most ads are now generic and you have to spend time sending multiple emails to owners to see if a particular week is available. These are the first things that come immediately to mind. Cindy IP: Logged |
geekette
Non MemberPosts: 205
From:
Registered: Sep 2004
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posted 04-22-2005 13:11
Redweek IS easy to use. But you have to pay to see the actual listings. A casual browser wouldn't do that. I didn't pay for a membership until I got serious about buying.I thought the chief complaint was the fee change? IP: Logged |
calihockey33
TUG MemberPosts: 1994
From: So California, USA
Registered: Sep 2003
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posted 04-22-2005 14:11
Hopefully... If and when Tug changes to new software and a new BBS. They will have a better more user friendly resale site. I would much rather give Tug my business, but the technology of the classified is very outdated. ------------------
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Bill4728
TUG MemberPosts: 338
From: Sumner, WA Owner: Club Intrawest, Monarch Grand Vacation & Mountainside Lodge
Registered: Apr 2004
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posted 04-22-2005 15:17
TUG has one BIG advantage over Redweek which is that they list multiple location, point based, vacation clubs like Worldmark and Club Intrawest. Red week has a few listed here and there under the many different club locations. Very Bad ;-(------------------
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JLB
TUG MemberPosts: 7443
From: Add another 2500 posts!!! Table Rock Lake, Branson. Registered Dec. 2000
Registered: Mar 2002
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posted 04-22-2005 16:05
Redweek was a run-away winner and a TUG favorite when it first kicked off.I ran ads at the same time on TUG and Redweek and Redweek knocked TUG dead. We got 2 1/2 weeks sold and only had one EOY left when Redweek changed their format. We have cussed and discussed it, even involving some Redweeks management in our discussions, but they insist on charging their customers to shop. Even Wal*Mart would have a hard time doing that! Activity on our ad stopped immediately when the pay-to-shop policy started, and we wound up donating the last one to the German Language School. Even craft shows are finding it hard to charge customers to come in and shop--finally! I was a registered user on Redweek but have not been there since. Added: But as far as any one site being competition for or replacing any one other site, that's pretty far-fetched. When you do a google search for "Timeshares for sale" you get: "Results 1 - 10 of about 1,330,000 for timeshares for sale" (That's fodder for another discussion--the prolific number of timeshares for sale or rent on the Internet--something the industry seems to have their head in the sand about. A casual glance into this for some resorts suggests that there is more availability on the Internet than through the exchange companies, many at pricing close to or lower than annual fees, and the same units at the same resorts are being offered for sale for a fraction of retail.) This should also be a hint to Redweek, that there are plenty of free places to shop for timeshares, but they know that and it hasn't changed them. ------------------
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ACCfan
TUG MemberPosts: 392
From:
Registered: Jun 2003
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posted 04-22-2005 21:01
I like the user interface of redweek a lot, but I think www.myresortnetwork.com gets a lot more traffic b/c people don't have to pay to see the listings.IP: Logged |
Emily
TUG MemberPosts: 468
From: Delaware, USA Owner: Waves, OC, MD Dikhololo, Brits, SA
Registered: May 2001
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posted 04-25-2005 14:12
I like the layout of redweek but I think charging membership fees to access contact information in a market that is overrun with resales will work against the ongoing success of redweek. With that said, I joined redweek in April to gain the contact info on a week that I ended up buying. It was a week I wanted, at an unbelieveable price. So I guess there are exceptions  ------------------
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aliikai2
TUG MemberPosts: 1583
From: Bellingham WA
Registered: Aug 2001
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posted 04-25-2005 14:52
We use redweeks, myresortnetwork, bidshares,tug and our own site, along with Ebay.
While the inquiries on redweek have dropped since they started charging the customer to make contact, we close more units with them than the others combined.
We get lots of " action" from myresortnetwork, and we have had the same problem that some one mentioned with bidshares on rentals. Several bids have been placed that I had to cancel as they thought it was a sale rather than a rental.
So, while we continue to use all, www.redweeks.com gets most of our advertising dollars.  Greg My Website ------------------
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