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Re: Can't We Get Rid Of Provisional Listings? (by Phil L.):

Max222 to be honest Redweek may not have weeks available that far in advance. There still trying to get deposits for 2008. Most of their listings are on the Provisional list only which means very little because you can not get your hands on them until they get what they want,just not going to happen!

Remember this exchange is just getting started. Many owners like myself will wait and see if it works and is to my advantage to deposit.

So far it hasn't been but this doesn't mean next year I wouldn't try it if they get it working right.

We all have watched and talked about it and hope it works because it can only help some owners who are not happy with their exchange company (RCI).

I'm happy with II but this doesn't mean I wouldn't try it if it is good for my family vacation.

I would think many Rci people have already jumped on here and many more will if they see good exchanges.

Being happy with II is why I have stated I doubt many from II would use this site. Reason is if you have a nice timeshare that is in damand you can request first and get what you want or keep your unit to use. This is straight exchange and you don't need to pay out big bucks to Redweek plus your exchange and fee's!

If you look at the Redweek rental site Redweek is charging points /dollars in the amounts of $500-$1300 more for same units members are trying to rent on Redweek.

Why would anyone pay this much to Redweek when they could keep their unit and rent for half this cost in many cases.

I would like to hear if Redweek charges same amount they give owner credit for or do they also build more profit into this over priced number too!

Two things to remember about this exchange is your paying extra money to move up because you probably were given low amount of points so you need to pay Redweek more to exchange. Second issue is this points system is like the casino's. The casino's use chips and not cash so gamblers will lose more money.When your setting at a table with chips you don't think of it as gambling your money away but just chips. This is same thing in your dealing in points not dollars even though each point is one dollar!

If it wasn't for the Provisional list this exchange would go under because no one in their right mind would deposit a good timeshare knowing they have to probably trade down to make a exchange.

Most owners understand the resorts on the Provisional list mean nothing. This list just lets Redweek showcase better resorts that they might get but in most cases this will not happen.When one falls through the cracks its a off season that might be harder to rent so they might let Redweek have it.

If Redweek drop the Provisional list I wonder how many of those units would be deposited. I would bet less than a third and would be shocked if it was that many.

Redweek needs to drop this list and put some money into this exchange to get their hands on some very good exchange resorts to make this work. Until they invest in their own business its just not going to work.

The other problem is when one of these good resorts does make the available list most families wanting it for their use have little chance. There are some and they brag about it on other forums that are almost on speed dial in the morning to grab these units to rent out for a profit.

By the time some working family hears about the unit its already gone and probably already listed for rent.

This is another reason I do not like or agree with being able to rent exchanges from Redweek.

PHILL12