Too many here look at things from the tunnel vision of their own exchange situation. As a former HOA board member and president, I tend to look at things from the standpoint of what is going to help the whole timeshare system, including long term resort viability.
Yes so many here have tunnel vision regarding RCI as opposed to your open minded fair assessment of the RCI TPU program. You contend that we only see what we want? What about you who hates everything RCI? You have hated RCI since long before they went to TPU's and you have NEVER made a single exchange using the new RCI program.
Yes I want to learn how to benefit from an exchange program from a person who has NEVER made an exchange using it. I need to ignore those idiots posting here about ACTUAL exchange successes they are getting using RCI and listen to a person who hates a new exchange program he has never tried.
You who base your disdain over TPU deposit and exchange values almost exclusivelly on the outer banks and Europe where you own and travel? Most of us NEVER exchange for either and have no desire to, yet those areas are the prime examples you use showing the underpointing on the "most requested areas".
Your tired broken record of complaining about overvaluing overbuilt areas? Do you own a week in one of those areas? Nope. Perhaps you have TPU envy after reading about the TPU's TUGGERS are getting for depositing their "overbuilt weeks" as opposed to what you would get for the OBX.
The conspiracy theories where RCI is in cahoots with developers to the detriment of all. Not one beneficial nugget of info regarding HOW TO USE the RCI exchange program successfully, yet never ending posts serving no good other than your venting of your hatred of a program you have never used and never will.
You and Carolinian decided to take all your marbles and go home. "No Mas, No Mas." The rest of us have figured out how to make the best of the system.
For any who haven't been a part of RCI since the advent of "Points Light" or "TPU's", what useful information on RCI weeks could you possibly provide? Valuable information on RCI weeks will come from those who have figured out a way to exploit the current system, not someone who gave up years ago. What information of Carolinian's needs to be in any recent posts that's of help to anyone when it concerns RCI weeks?
I Agree with the above quote. After 4500 posts saying RCI sucks, RCI cheats members, RCI rents weeks, RCI underpoints high demand Europe and the OBX, RCI overpoints overbuilt areas, RCI is the anti-christ, etc, etc, what more can we learn from Carolinian's anti RCI rants? Nothing.
I often still learn something from posts made by those actually using RCI that benefits me. For those people I continue to read, learn, and try to maximize my exchange program with RCI. Carolinian's posts have become repetitive RCI is bad because blah blah blah blah blah........... with no new knowledge or information EVER imparted regarding RCI. His posts I can ignore and miss nothing but his hatred for a company he doesn't do business with.