jim wrote:
RPSIII wrote:
John H wrote:
On Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:29:28 -0400, jim wrote:

John H wrote:
Come visit!

http://tinyurl.com/5fnd9d
Enjoy your camping but don't let them sign you up for a membership.
Ask me about my adventure with the 1000T in Orlando sometime.

Too late, but I've got 7 days to back out. I signed up for the
National at
the East Coast price. In talking to other members while there, they
seemed
to think I got a pretty good deal.

But, I'm interested in your experience at Orlando.

I personally would never by a timeshare, because by the time you pay
your membership fees, your usage fees, your annual fee you could have
come out ahead, just by paying a regular fee at the campground of your
choice.

But if I did want to buy a timeshare, I would never buy it from the
sales agent, I would buy one from a timeshare owner, trying to unload
it at 10% of the cost of a new one. People will almost give them
away, because they don't want to be stuck with the annual fees.

Here is an example of how low you can get them for.

http://www.rvonline.com/campgrounds/camplocate.html




John, Check your email.

Reg, I agree except this outfit tacks a hefty transfer fee on the resale
and I think there are some other things they do to discourage private
resales.

It looks like they charge a $450 transfer fee, and they might have other
loopholes to restrict resales, which is something no one every checks on
until they want to get out of a timeshare.

One of the major problems people find with all of the timeshares is the
annually expenses will continue to rise even if you don't use them, and
unless you can get the majority of owners to agree to do repairs and
maintenance, they will quickly start to look like a dump.

Even if JohnH decides he really would like to buy a timeshare I would
immediately send a registered letter to Thousand Trails, canceling his
contract. Then he can review his options at his leisure, at the very
least, TT will make him a better offer than his current contract price.