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Trading power for the same weeks in RCI is very different between accounts

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Okay, so we have two members who own week 26 at Foxrun in North Carolina. One person has deposited both 2009 and 2010 weeks into RCI and is seeing all the Disney resorts.

Another owner deposits the same week, same resort, into his account at approximately the same time (within a couple of days). He cannot see the Disneys and cannot pull nearly the resorts the first person can pull.

Why the difference in trading power? Is it an anomally, or is it a glitch?

I am challenging you all to come up with an answer to the dilemma, as I am stumped. :doh:
 

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A bulk space bank occurred between the two deposits???
 

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Or it was keyed in wrong somehow when it was deposited.

I remember almost exactly the same problem with II some years back. After a lot of calls from a few of us it turned out to be some kind of "programming" issue that was resoved in a few weeks.

At least that was the story as we were told. :rolleyes:
 

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Wow. That is really strange.
 

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uhoh.. may have adjusted the trading power between those deposits
 

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VEP difference? I think VEP is based on the first resort you had with RCI?
 

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VEP difference? I think VEP is based on the first resort you had with RCI?

Yes, this is what I am wondering. BUT, owner number 1 also has a Fairfield account, included with her Wyn/Fairfield memberships, and she deposited one of her week 26's (she has 3 week 26's) into that account, which also had superior trading power. That was exactly what he was using, a Fairfield/ Wyn RCI account. :shrug:

I personally think RCI should step up, when owners have this kind of knowledge about their resort's trading power, and they should fix their system to reflect identical trading power.

I also considered Roger's idea about bulk bank deposits affecting trade power. So I am thinking that three week 26's may have been more than what they have for demand. Does that make sense?

Another thing I discovered, which is odd in itself, is once you have deposited your week for testing purposes, you can not deposit your week later on and get better results. The RCI guide told me that if I want to deposit a Colorado week again, which is one that I pulled back because it didn't have great trading power, it will have the trading power of the original time I deposited the week. The computer remembers. :rolleyes: So you cannot wait until they may have a demand for your week because it won't give you the trading power it deserves, it gives the trading power it had before. :shrug: So I have a July week at Val Chatelle that I need to either use, or I need to deposit elsewhere.
 

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I experienced this once a couple of years ago when comparing notes with another TUGger who owned the exact same SA week as I did: Same week, same size unit, approximately the same deposit date. My week traded with a better VEP than hers did, and pulled more units in trade tests.

We were stumped too!
 

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Call and ask again -

Another thing I discovered, which is odd in itself, is once you have deposited your week for testing purposes, you can not deposit your week later on and get better results. The RCI guide told me that if I want to deposit a Colorado week again, which is one that I pulled back because it didn't have great trading power, it will have the trading power of the original time I deposited the week. The computer remembers. :rolleyes: So you cannot wait until they may have a demand for your week because it won't give you the trading power it deserves, it gives the trading power it had before. :shrug: So I have a July week at Val Chatelle that I need to either use, or I need to deposit elsewhere.

I bet if you call and ask another VC or a supervisor you'll get a different answer. I had to call II last Saturday and I went through 4 people - who all gave me very different answers and totally contradicted what the other person told me - I think the CRS I talked to last just told me what I wanted to hear - I still have no idea which one of them was right.
 

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It's possible that there was a bulk deposit from one of the other resorts in the Lake Lure area, which could still affect the demand for an individual's deposit.

There can be a problem with telling an exchange company rep that another owner is enjoying better trade power. Rather than upgrade yours, they may downgrade the other person's. Careful!
 

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There can be a problem with telling an exchange company rep that another owner is enjoying better trade power. Rather than upgrade yours, they may downgrade the other person's. Careful!

That's what I was thinking! They are much more likely to downgrade the unit that is trading better. And it will probably be quite a struggle to get RCI to even look at the situation. You know they won't thank you for pointing out the discrepancy, either.
 

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I own 3 SA weeks all deposited the same day into the same RCI account and one of the three weeks pulls more units than the other two!

Mount Amanzi (#2617) Jan 2008 to Jan 2011 [74,670] Available to Exchange

Mount Amanzi (#2617) Jan 2008 to Jan 2011 [74,918] Available to Exchange


Mount Amanzi (#2617) Jan 2008 to Jan 2011 [74,670] Available to Exchange :confused:
 

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RCI trading

It was probably some kind of computer problem. I had owned a week in a N.C. studio for 22 years and have been able to exchange every year, never set foot at my own resort once. Was even able to trade to Spain into a 4 bedroom villa, always used the RCI website and never the phone. Once my week was on the deposit bank i just checked their inventory on the area i wanted to go and always found something available, even two and three bedroom units.
Got rid of it last year and since I still belong to RCI i use their last minute inventory to find resorts.
Last month booked a two bedroom week in Orlando for May for $350
 

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RCI's canned answer:

Hello,

Thank you for your e-mail. We apologize for the delay in our response.

It is very unusual for the same identical week at the same resort to
have different Trading Power, except for the timing of the deposit in
relation to the start date. I think the unusual situation is your
friend's week. It is almost impossible to find Sanibel or Disney with
immediate availability. I have been here 20 years and don't think I
have ever seen it available without entering an ongoing search. Lucky
for them, but I believe theirs is the one that has the glitch. You can
always enter a request for a future vacation. The Trading Power is
determined at the date of deposit of the week.

The RCI Weeks Exchange Program allows an RCI subscribing member to
exchange his/her week at a resort for a different week at the same
resort or at a different resort. The RCI Exchange Program uses a
"deposit" and "withdrawal" system. To make a withdrawal, a member must
first deposit vacation time in the "SPACEBANK" system. Once vacation
time is deposited, it is then assigned a Trading Power value.

When RCI receives a large number of requests for times or areas with
limited availability, we prioritize the exchanges according to
established Trading Power guidelines. The RCI exchange system works
best when requesting dates and locations of similar demand to your own.

Trading Power changes over time and is based on the following factors:

* The demand, supply, classification grouping and utilization of the
deposited vacation time and the affiliated resort and geographical
region associated with deposited vacation time.
* The seasonal designation of the deposited vacation time
* The size and type of the unit deposited (i.e. number of bedrooms,
kitchen type and maximum/privacy occupancy of the physical unit)
* The comment card scores of the affiliated resort
* The date of deposit and the start date of the deposited time

Your decision to purchase vacation time should be based primarily upon
the benefits to be gained from the use and enjoyment of that vacation
ownership. It should not be based upon the anticipated benefits of the
RCI Exchange Program.

Kind Regards,

Jan Green
Customer Communications Specialist
RCI North America
 

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I think the unusual situation is your
friend's week. It is almost impossible to find Sanibel or Disney with
immediate availability. I have been here 20 years and don't think I
have ever seen it available without entering an ongoing search. Lucky
for them, but I believe theirs is the one that has the glitch. You can
always enter a request for a future vacation. The Trading Power is
determined at the date of deposit of the week.

What? What are they saying?
 

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Yes, it is ridiculous for her to say "I have been here 20 years and don't think I
have ever seen it available without entering an ongoing search....."

She is lying, certainly, because I have several weeks at two different resorts that are not even gold crowns, all of those weeks pull Disneys and Sanibel, Marco Island, and everything else that others post here.

I also have a 1 bedroom at Bali Hai on Kauai, and that week pulls all of the same great stuff.
 
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