Relative RCI trade power

[heather]

I've been playing with the relative trade value of two weeks from the same property, same size, both red but from different weeks. It's been a while since I played with weeks as my practice for the past 3 years has been to use my weeks as PFD. This time I put the weeks into Weeks to play with before moving them into Points. I experimented with areas where I know the properties well so can judge the quality of what I am being offered. So....

One is clearly a stronger trader as it pulls more and better weeks in various trials including some 2009 summer weeks where the weaker trader shows nothing. But, in several situations, what was not pulled with the weaker of the two weeks, along with higher rated properties, were really low end properties seen with the strong week. Recollections from my earlier experience with weeks suggest a filter based on my home resort but if such a filter still exists, why would it filter out the poorer quality properties from the weaker trader and not from the one that's stronger? Can anyone help me to understand? I need a refresher!

 

[kwilson]

There is probably higher demand for the "poorer" quality properties than you might think, therefore requiring higher trading power to pull them. What you consider "quality" may not equate to demand depending on location and season.

 

[heather]

I thought that might be the answer but the properties that I see as less desirable are also always available for rental or "extra vacations".

 

[MaryH]

IPV trade power

I have an IPV floating blue week 1bdrm which I booked for 2009 end of March and deposited in II. This is a stronger trader than my March 2009 weeks in New Orleans. Does anyone know if such a week would be a decent trader in RCI or Trading places? The last time I deposited into RCI I was given a bulk banked early Dec week that already passed and it was a dog.