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Could you please tell me where my post was moved to. Thank you.
Could you please tell me where my post was moved to. Thank you.
What they have said is trading power of your existing deposit has not changed. It is what it is. But they have re-evaluated trading power for each resort and each week, which means that what you are CURRENTLY able to trade INTO has changed, since values for other resorts changed. Or a FUTURE deposit may have considerably different trading power from an EXISTING deposit, for the same resort and same week.
It doesn't seem to matter what unit # you use - it will give you a list of acceptable unit numbers, just choose one.
I suppose it could make a slight difference at some resorts if certain specific units are larger, but I doubt it.
Could you please tell me where my post was moved to. Thank you.
Are you talking about RCI Points, or RCI Weeks? Searching by date in RCI Weeks hasn't changed.I search for alot of the short dated weeks with my points. I can't find them now, since RCI has had 3 days to change everything. Can anybody tell me in a few simple steps how to search for the short dated weeks? I'd appreciate it. Thanks.
I went back through some of my confirmed exchanges to check to see how my pre-upgrade trades had been. Although I can only see what the trading powers for the intervals are now, not what trading power my deposit had and what trading power the exchanged unit was when I did the exchange, I think it's safe to assume that they wouldn't have changed all that much. All of these were fairly recent.
In one, I appear to have traded down (20->17). I'm actually okay with this one, because I traded within the same resort, going from a 1BR in a peak season to a 3BR in an off season. For all the others, I appear to have traded up, sometimes substantially (27->29, 25->29, 23->29, 19->29, 23->29 and 13->17). The 19->29 was exchanging from a 1BR in Branson with a partial kitchen on a holiday week to a 2BR DVC unit during Spring Break.
I think this clearly shows that we WERE able to trade up before, where now it takes combining to trade up.
While trading up for free is nice (and I certainly took advantage of it), I think I prefer the way it is now. I don't mind paying what for what I get. I still get a tremendous value. And combining, I'm able to get much better quality, more consistently.
So far, I see two things we've lost:
1) Exchange Priority. For one of my deposits, I had exchange priority into the same resort group. My lower value deposit was able to see stuff that a higher trading value deposit couldn't see. That's no longer the case. Hopefully this is just a temporary oversight.
I used the Deposit Calculator and looked at the trading value for both sides of my exchanges (my deposit and the week I got) for all my confirmed exchanges.where do you see this.. I had to call in for mine...
I get it now... I was hoping for a report format.
What I am still not clear is whether a trading power of a deposit will be same as the trading power required to pull that same deposit.
Say I deposit Resort X, Week 52, more than 9 months out. I am assigned 20 points. When another member wants to exchange into this same week (Resort X, Week 52) will he/she be needing 20 points to exchange into (other than for last call)?
I was under the impression the answer is No. But I am not sure now.
I would assume that it *will* fluctuate over time. This makes it important to know the "baseline" value of your deposit, so you will recognize if this is a bad (or good) time to pull the trigger.What I am wondering is if the deposit point offer won't change over time with inventory? RCI always used to say that was a factor. So, for example, if a resort bulk deposited, would the points offered drop until the inventory was absorbed?
What I am wondering is if the deposit point offer won't change over time with inventory? RCI always used to say that was a factor. So, for example, if a resort bulk deposited, would the points offered drop until the inventory was absorbed?
I used the Deposit Calculator and looked at the trading value for both sides of my exchanges (my deposit and the week I got) for all my confirmed exchanges.
One thing I didn't do in my calculations... I know that some of my deposits might have been at 95%, 90% or 80% (and one at 60%) of the listed value because of when they were deposited, but I didn't bother figuring that out. Most of the units I exchanged into should have been at 100% or 95%.
I went back through some of my confirmed exchanges to check to see how my pre-upgrade trades had been. Although I can only see what the trading powers for the intervals are now, not what trading power my deposit had and what trading power the exchanged unit was when I did the exchange, I think it's safe to assume that they wouldn't have changed all that much. All of these were fairly recent.
In one, I appear to have traded down (20->17). I'm actually okay with this one, because I traded within the same resort, going from a 1BR in a peak season to a 3BR in an off season. For all the others, I appear to have traded up, sometimes substantially (27->29, 25->29, 23->29, 19->29, 23->29 and 13->17). The 19->29 was exchanging from a 1BR in Branson with a partial kitchen on a holiday week to a 2BR DVC unit during Spring Break.
I think this clearly shows that we WERE able to trade up before, where now it takes combining to trade up.
While trading up for free is nice (and I certainly took advantage of it), I think I prefer the way it is now. I don't mind paying what for what I get. I still get a tremendous value. And combining, I'm able to get much better quality, more consistently.
"My PnP week26 currently deposited yields 37 points. However, the value for the same week available for future deposit is valued at 34 Both weeks are over the 4th of July holiday, so why the discrepancy? "
Similar here. My current deposits, New Years and Presidents Week units at the same New Hampshire resort, are both rated 25. The deposit offer for Christmas 2011 is 19 and Pres. Week 2012 is 21. (Meanwhile, the exchange planner rates both as 17 as it doesn't show the difference for holiday weeks).
What I am wondering is if the deposit point offer won't change over time with inventory? RCI always used to say that was a factor. So, for example, if a resort bulk deposited, would the points offered drop until the inventory was absorbed?
Ron, I'm running Safari 5.0.2, on top of Snow Leopard (10.6) and those things mostly seem to work.
Try resetting Safari (including all cookies, etc.) and see if that helps.
My PnP week26 currently deposited yields 37 points. However, the value for the same week available for future deposit is valued at 34 Both weeks are over the 4th of July holiday, so why the discrepancy?
Same here, regarding my week 26 ownership in New England (different resort). I already exchanged my 2011 wk, but I can look it up as if it hadn't been, and it assigns its current value at 32, w/max of 34. But my 2012 undeposited week would only get 26 currently. (Think I'll hang onto that for awhile...)"My PnP week26 currently deposited yields 37 points. However, the value for the same week available for future deposit is valued at 34 Both weeks are over the 4th of July holiday, so why the discrepancy? "
Similar here. My current deposits, New Years and Presidents Week units at the same New Hampshire resort, are both rated 25. The deposit offer for Christmas 2011 is 19 and Pres. Week 2012 is 21. (Meanwhile, the exchange planner rates both as 17 as it doesn't show the difference for holiday weeks).
What I am wondering is if the deposit point offer won't change over time with inventory? RCI always used to say that was a factor. So, for example, if a resort bulk deposited, would the points offered drop until the inventory was absorbed?
They do seem to adjust properly for moving holidays (a similar issue to yours). I looked at one resort that got a great TP for weeks 51 and 52 for 2010. For 2011, week 51 is low because it doesn't include Christmas and weeks 52 and 53 get the high TP.It may make a difference that our 2011 weeks begin in month of July, whereas 2012 and 2013 will begin in June, and maybe they automatically rate June-beginning wks lower than July-beginning wks, even tho they all span July 4th.
Ditto! Thanks Ron and Brian!Thanks bnoble...that worked like a charm!
Ron