lisan
newbie
Here's my situation...
We recently bought at San Luis Bay Inn in CA while on vacation for 3,500 points. We're paying for the Club Sunterra membership with options to trade with Interval International, etc. We bought from Sunterra and paid retail price with $507 in total annual fees (maintenance, club membership, taxes).
Now...there have been several intruiging auctions on e-bay for very cheap Sunterra points. One example was 4,000 points that went for $620 plus closing, etc,; maintenance fees of $530/yr.
I called CS to see if the points could be combined with what we now own, as was told "yes". I even made it clear that the points were part of the Epic trust, converted to Club Sunterra points. I was also told that my total maintenance costs plus taxes and club dues would be $1027. But, no mention of the $2995 fee that I see mentioned here and elsewhere.
So...has anyone here actually done this? I was told by one of the e-bay sellers that I would have to pay the $2995 and the the Club Sunterra rep. just failed to tell me this. I was also told that virtually all Club Sunterra sales on the Internet are former Epic owners, and that is why they are so cheap.
I guess my biggest question is if anyone here has added onto a developer bought membership through an online auction or other resaler? And what were all of the charges? Also, how do you calculate maintenance (combined) fees? How long did the process take and how difficult was it? What advice would you give someone in my situation (wanting to add points)?
Thanks!
Lisa
We recently bought at San Luis Bay Inn in CA while on vacation for 3,500 points. We're paying for the Club Sunterra membership with options to trade with Interval International, etc. We bought from Sunterra and paid retail price with $507 in total annual fees (maintenance, club membership, taxes).
Now...there have been several intruiging auctions on e-bay for very cheap Sunterra points. One example was 4,000 points that went for $620 plus closing, etc,; maintenance fees of $530/yr.
I called CS to see if the points could be combined with what we now own, as was told "yes". I even made it clear that the points were part of the Epic trust, converted to Club Sunterra points. I was also told that my total maintenance costs plus taxes and club dues would be $1027. But, no mention of the $2995 fee that I see mentioned here and elsewhere.
So...has anyone here actually done this? I was told by one of the e-bay sellers that I would have to pay the $2995 and the the Club Sunterra rep. just failed to tell me this. I was also told that virtually all Club Sunterra sales on the Internet are former Epic owners, and that is why they are so cheap.
I guess my biggest question is if anyone here has added onto a developer bought membership through an online auction or other resaler? And what were all of the charges? Also, how do you calculate maintenance (combined) fees? How long did the process take and how difficult was it? What advice would you give someone in my situation (wanting to add points)?
Thanks!
Lisa