As OP stated in another thread, he has two other Wyndham points contracts that have been "tagged" on the Wyndham database as "Resale Contracts". I believe this is happening almost all the time now when a contract is changing ownership/title. Wyndham has an actual field on the first page of each contract and its history (prior owners, etc). Wyndham has invested A LOT of $$$$ in these data bases; once flagged, it will not go thru as a trade in, no matter how devious a resort's sales staff is, said it is, or how many it seems to have gone thru ... that is why a company has auditors and new procedures.
So, what rolled 4 years ago won't today; Wyndham is not stupid. Let's get a
poster who has brought resale in the past year and has trade in that deed for VIP in the past 4 months - and I hope that TUGGER posts under a totally NEW and nontracable ID, for Wyndham might strip them of VIP (leaving them with a big debt due to their recent points purchase).
Look how much OP "wants" VIP; let
Cain_Dogg say that, after his bonus points expired, the sales staff didn't have him hooked as a "VIP Junkie" (to the ego trip of being a VIP Owner including early checkin, special checkin line, newspaper at door, possible unit upgrade, discounted vacations).
Why does he think the sales division created "Bonus Points" and temporary VIPs? That they were giving away a bonus because "it was your day"? NO - it was a hook just like those "Free Dinners", "Free T/S Vacations", or my favorite, "Free Breakfast". A more elaborate and addicting hook and maybe one of the most successful (I really should not discount its cousin, the Discovery Program Pkg - that may truly be the all time winner for Wyndham).
So, Cain_Dogg, do you have enough TOTAL points with or w/o this developer purchase to get in the vacations you want? IMHO, you should rescind, READ more, Learn much more, go and use your resale points that you already own, and find out if you really NEED (not want) more points (and the associated maintenance fees, special assessments, travel costs). You haven't even started to look vacations thru exchanging which can cost ONLY 28,000 Wyndham points and a low $164 exchange fee (about $300 total cost per week).
So much more to learn in how to work the system fully,