California Craig
newbie
Hi-
I've been lurking for some time now reading as much as I can, but I'm still not clear on the best strategy for timeshare trading through II. What are your opinions on the best strategy for trying to get exactly what we want through II, "deposit first" or "request first"?
Common sense would say that depositing first would increase trading power because in doing so, the TS owner is giving up something and taking on a little risk (i.e., the risk of not getting an acceptable trade back and thus would be relegating to accepting a lesser property than that which he/she gave up). But is that really true? We did a deposit first about 6 months ago, never got our hit, and ended up grabbing something at our home resort. When we caught up with our home resort rep, she told us that "[you] did it all wrong. You should call II, tell them that we have a week 52 at Ko Olina and see what they can do." I tried that, and *presto!* Nothing special happened. They said log on, do a deposit first or a request first. So I'm back where I started.
So to all our experienced fellow BBS colleagues.....what do you suggest? Deposit or request first?
Many thanks in advance!
I've been lurking for some time now reading as much as I can, but I'm still not clear on the best strategy for timeshare trading through II. What are your opinions on the best strategy for trying to get exactly what we want through II, "deposit first" or "request first"?
Common sense would say that depositing first would increase trading power because in doing so, the TS owner is giving up something and taking on a little risk (i.e., the risk of not getting an acceptable trade back and thus would be relegating to accepting a lesser property than that which he/she gave up). But is that really true? We did a deposit first about 6 months ago, never got our hit, and ended up grabbing something at our home resort. When we caught up with our home resort rep, she told us that "[you] did it all wrong. You should call II, tell them that we have a week 52 at Ko Olina and see what they can do." I tried that, and *presto!* Nothing special happened. They said log on, do a deposit first or a request first. So I'm back where I started.
So to all our experienced fellow BBS colleagues.....what do you suggest? Deposit or request first?
Many thanks in advance!