JeffW
TUG Member
I finally got my father to call White Sands to try to deposit whatever usage he still might have. Unfortunately, since the wording of the S/A was "payable upon receipt of the letter", that's now considered an unpaid balance on his account. Like any unpaid balance, they won't deposit a week with RCI until the payment has been settled. [To a big degree this is my father's fault, as he should have just banked it right after he paid the annual fee.]
The person he talked to (not sure if at White Sands HNL or an office on the mainland) said that he heard, "the resort will be shutting down Dec 31", I think basically an acknowledgement that the previous link about the Queen Emma Land Co. redevelopment will cause White saids operations to stop.
My father and I speculated on some issues:
1. A chunk of the SA funds were listed for "2010 operations". Doesn't there need to be an official announcment at some point as to whether 2010 operations will exist (looks like 'NO')? If so, at a minimum, wouldn't they need to redo the SA amount?
2. Based on likely poor S/A payment rates, is White Sands likely to say, "It was overwhelmingly rejected, we are cancelling it'? If they do that, they should be liable to return money anyone paid (or a prorated portion of 2010 expenses). However, if they don't do that:
a) they could keep the money
b) they could keep many of the remaining weeks (figuring owners won't pay the S/A to either occupy or bank them)
c) everyone could have an unpaid debt against their credit.
I think my father said his usage was "April to November" (seems like a big window). If correct, then he will still have the entire Summer for the S/A fiasco to fall apart, allowing the week to maybe be usable.
It still shocks me that there was someone on the board that said, "It's stupid to expect people to pay an extra fee for a resort which more than likely is closing." Really smells of desparation.
Jeff
The person he talked to (not sure if at White Sands HNL or an office on the mainland) said that he heard, "the resort will be shutting down Dec 31", I think basically an acknowledgement that the previous link about the Queen Emma Land Co. redevelopment will cause White saids operations to stop.
My father and I speculated on some issues:
1. A chunk of the SA funds were listed for "2010 operations". Doesn't there need to be an official announcment at some point as to whether 2010 operations will exist (looks like 'NO')? If so, at a minimum, wouldn't they need to redo the SA amount?
2. Based on likely poor S/A payment rates, is White Sands likely to say, "It was overwhelmingly rejected, we are cancelling it'? If they do that, they should be liable to return money anyone paid (or a prorated portion of 2010 expenses). However, if they don't do that:
a) they could keep the money
b) they could keep many of the remaining weeks (figuring owners won't pay the S/A to either occupy or bank them)
c) everyone could have an unpaid debt against their credit.
I think my father said his usage was "April to November" (seems like a big window). If correct, then he will still have the entire Summer for the S/A fiasco to fall apart, allowing the week to maybe be usable.
It still shocks me that there was someone on the board that said, "It's stupid to expect people to pay an extra fee for a resort which more than likely is closing." Really smells of desparation.
Jeff