rsmartin61
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Just rejoined TUG. Was member years ago. Unbelievably I fell for the spiel again!
We've owned at Waterside Hilton Head since 2001. We've used it and enjoy the resort when we go. Since moving to Texas last year, our usage will certainly decline I believe.
Recently Spinnaker called and called hounding me to attend a VIP Owner Reception. I finally relented after a few weeks of repeated calls and showed up this weekend.
Once there we were told, we are not trying to sell you anything. We just want to go over your account with you. (should have stopped right there!)
Once we were paired up with a Spinnaker rep, they proceeded to tell us how Fixed Weeks are no longer being used and that Waterside will be trying to force owners out by hiking maintenance fees and that there will be special assessments of $5000 plus coming and that they need to move us to the Spinnaker Premier ownership at their newest resorts, Palace View Heights, Bluewater, and Royal Floridian. And they would help us get out of our other timeshares for no cost. (resort transfer fees, MF, etc. paid by us of course)
We were so overwhelmed and ultimately confused by all of this. We were actually happy being at Waterside and our MF are current, so not sure why our account was "flagged" other than we were labeled as VIP which I now believe stands for Very Important Pigeons.
So the end result of them not selling us anything and just reviewing our account and helping us with our "bad" Waterside deal is we are back in the Timeshare payment mode again. How that helps us and is a better deal for us escapes me now that sanity my has returned.
What just happened??
Is Waterside going down the "tubes"? Are owners really getting ready to be hit with thousands of dollars of special assessments? Is Waterside really trying to push their owners out so they can turn it into a rental property?
Anyone know?
We will cancel this deal BTW. You can count on that.
thanks for any comments or help
We've owned at Waterside Hilton Head since 2001. We've used it and enjoy the resort when we go. Since moving to Texas last year, our usage will certainly decline I believe.
Recently Spinnaker called and called hounding me to attend a VIP Owner Reception. I finally relented after a few weeks of repeated calls and showed up this weekend.
Once there we were told, we are not trying to sell you anything. We just want to go over your account with you. (should have stopped right there!)
Once we were paired up with a Spinnaker rep, they proceeded to tell us how Fixed Weeks are no longer being used and that Waterside will be trying to force owners out by hiking maintenance fees and that there will be special assessments of $5000 plus coming and that they need to move us to the Spinnaker Premier ownership at their newest resorts, Palace View Heights, Bluewater, and Royal Floridian. And they would help us get out of our other timeshares for no cost. (resort transfer fees, MF, etc. paid by us of course)
We were so overwhelmed and ultimately confused by all of this. We were actually happy being at Waterside and our MF are current, so not sure why our account was "flagged" other than we were labeled as VIP which I now believe stands for Very Important Pigeons.
So the end result of them not selling us anything and just reviewing our account and helping us with our "bad" Waterside deal is we are back in the Timeshare payment mode again. How that helps us and is a better deal for us escapes me now that sanity my has returned.
What just happened??
Is Waterside going down the "tubes"? Are owners really getting ready to be hit with thousands of dollars of special assessments? Is Waterside really trying to push their owners out so they can turn it into a rental property?
Anyone know?
We will cancel this deal BTW. You can count on that.
thanks for any comments or help