posted 02-19-2005 05:22               

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Originally posted by busycttracy:
I am new to timeshare and eager to buy.....

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WOW! That's a dangerous mix. Kinda like swimming with sharks with a cut on your arm that's bleeding. What if someone less knowledgeable here had told you it was a "good" deal? Would you have then bought, only to find out later you spent twice as much as you should have? If I were in your position, I would learn enough that I wouldn't have to ask the question, "is this a good deal?". Then you'll be ready to buy, armed with the knowledge you need. It might take a week, or a year, to get to that point. In the meantime, if you need a vacation, look on ebay at all the cheap rentals. Or the TUG last minute rental boards.

posted 02-19-2005 06:38               

Take some time to learn and avoid major costly timeshare buying mistakes.

What you do not know about timeshares if you by asap can need to needless costly mistakes.

You can get a good start in avoiing those mistakes buy scrolling all the way back on the Tug BBS Buying, Excgahging and Point sites and read everything.

Also check out tstips and tstoday.

Goood luck to you.

Bruce

posted 02-19-2005 06:54            

I pretended that I owned and booked last year for this summer on a rental and got 4th of July week paid a nominal amount more than maintenance fee and don't have an exchane fee or RCI membership to deal with.

Ironically in that two years I have seen my real needs changing , from needing two bedroom - school vacations only to a very short period when the kids won't even want to go with mom & dad, This is what make points a more viable option.

Be patient, There are many knowledgeable people here that are more than willing to share. If I tried to mention some by name, I would offend others, look at their post counts - If anyone spoutng untruths the community corrects them quickly

Read->Read->Rent->Read->Ask->Read->Read->Ask->Read->Maybe Buy ?

Depending on where you live Worldmark or Fairfield might be a better choice to have a "large pool" of available units within drive to destinations.

posted 02-19-2005 08:27               

Also to reduce your traveling costs it helps to find something with in one days drive of your home.

Bruce

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Bruce F. & Judy Czajkowski, Kansasville Wi. Judy is a teacher and Bruce is retired and thinks that you are never to old to have a happy childhood. Also own at Driftwood Inn, Vero Beach wk 14, wk 52 Sea Club IV,Daytona The Islander wk 12(non RCI or II) North Reddington Beach and a Rayburn Country that is somewere in Texas.

posted 02-19-2005 09:30               

IMHO you have to first pinpoint your timesharing wants and goals and only then will you know and understand what is a good deal for your style of timeshare useage.

There are a lot of differant ownership systems that can be used in the RCI Point system. What is ideal system or blend of systems for me may not be correct or to much work for you.

Thats why we say there really isn't any "short cut" to those "better deals".

Are you aware of RCI Points partners? How many yearly RCI Points do you think you will needfor the year? 60,000 RCI Points are not very much IMHO as we used over 500,000 RCI Points out of the 750,000 RCI Points we generated in 2004 which was only just our first year in RCI Points.

IMHO a yearly average out of pocket maintenance fee cost of .4 cent per RCI Point cost is to high for this Tug Cheap Basta**.

Bruce

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Bruce F. & Judy Czajkowski, Kansasville Wi. Judy is a teacher and Bruce is retired and thinks that you are never to old to have a happy childhood. Also own at Driftwood Inn, Vero Beach wk 14, wk 52 Sea Club IV,Daytona The Islander wk 12(non RCI or II) North Reddington Beach and a Rayburn Country that is somewere in Texas.