Sorry, Cindy, there was some tongue & cheek humor in the middle of the thread which was never, ever intended on becoming political. Sally13 was explaining how buying from the developer was a better deal than a resale timeshare.
So, let's go back and review the point where this diverance started?
Sally13, what name does the buy from the developer group go by?
mea culpa, Cindy, et al.
I think I'm the one who first used the term "conspiracy theories" that led to a bit of divergence. And I tagged on to Linda's humor with a bit of my own...
However, my points were directed at the argument Sally13 was making that in the future she envisions (and many NAMED people who apparently agree or who have helped her formulate this opinion) she claims that those who have
"legitimate," IOW developer, TS's will be better off and will weather the economic storm due to that "wise" purchase.
I was positing that in that case, resale TS's are no different as far as their deeded value - that having saved money purchasing said TS was allowing for the purchase of other necessary goods, and in the end, that if everything ends up in a worst case scenario - the TS is the least of our worries, and would be of little use or value as we'd need water, food, etc.
So, despite the slight divergence, they were still about timesharing - just a bit off the path.
Also, two posts were merged, and some of the paths are due to the second post more than the first.
However, I will try to be better about keeping to the forum and subject at hand.