brsmith080
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I attended a sales presentation some months ago and ended up buying ~100k points annually. I did some pretty light research right after, but didn't dig deep. Looks like I probably should have 
. That said, I am excited about having these points - I think it'll be good for my family. We have 4 young kids, so we have many years of vacations as a big family ahead of us.
I am finding that the ~100k we have probably doesnt go very far so I'm starting to look into buying enough to double that. I definitely want to take advantage of resales for that, I've read a few threads here and seen some articles in other places. Seems like there's quite a few that can be "bought" for basically nothing. I don't have a sense of how common it is to get more points for $0 total though. I see quite a few listings on ebay < $100 with buyer paying the $299 transfer fee - or whatever it is. I see a few where the seller covers all of the costs. Any tips on what I should reasonably expect? What kinds of questions should I ask about these? I imagine there can be some gotchas with a transfer like that?
The sales guy that we talked to when we bought our points gave us a certificate for something with RCI that sounded like something special, but seems like it's just an extra vacation getaway at the same cost. Those seem be ~$300 for a week at some resort in a short window - like 6 weeks or something? He mentioned some other benefits to being able to use RCI. Maybe something around not having to use points for bookings through RCI? What's going on there? I see something about transferring points into RCI to be used, and I see some last minute trip sorts of offers for a few hundred dollars.
Also, I have my first stay booked in September 2020 at Bonnet Creek in Orlando. Should I expect more sales pressure during my time there? Will the staff there try to push to attend meetings and things? Is that a common sort of thing at these resorts?
. That said, I am excited about having these points - I think it'll be good for my family. We have 4 young kids, so we have many years of vacations as a big family ahead of us. I am finding that the ~100k we have probably doesnt go very far so I'm starting to look into buying enough to double that. I definitely want to take advantage of resales for that, I've read a few threads here and seen some articles in other places. Seems like there's quite a few that can be "bought" for basically nothing. I don't have a sense of how common it is to get more points for $0 total though. I see quite a few listings on ebay < $100 with buyer paying the $299 transfer fee - or whatever it is. I see a few where the seller covers all of the costs. Any tips on what I should reasonably expect? What kinds of questions should I ask about these? I imagine there can be some gotchas with a transfer like that?
The sales guy that we talked to when we bought our points gave us a certificate for something with RCI that sounded like something special, but seems like it's just an extra vacation getaway at the same cost. Those seem be ~$300 for a week at some resort in a short window - like 6 weeks or something? He mentioned some other benefits to being able to use RCI. Maybe something around not having to use points for bookings through RCI? What's going on there? I see something about transferring points into RCI to be used, and I see some last minute trip sorts of offers for a few hundred dollars.
Also, I have my first stay booked in September 2020 at Bonnet Creek in Orlando. Should I expect more sales pressure during my time there? Will the staff there try to push to attend meetings and things? Is that a common sort of thing at these resorts?
you've got the ghist. Yes they'll want you to do a sales meetup every visit. 
