SueDonJ
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YES!With a few exceptions I always felt that the Facebook Marriott groups were somewhat like high school, with a few folks having a clue while most are just typing to see their words and express their narrow understanding as gospel, even if well intentioned....while TUG was college level, with thoughtful, polite comments from folks that take time to listen for awhile and integrate with the group before they share their thoughts, and hopefully add value.
This thread almost got back to being valuable, but seems like the freshmen class keeps dragging everyone back down. Did this happen back in 2010?
Granted, it was confusing for everyone because Marriott didn't drop anything but the actual legal documents at the outset and it took the combined knowledge of many long-time owners/TUGgers to parse through and come to an agreement of what most made sense.
But I'll admit and I'm sure many others will as well that it was absolutely infuriating to have to repeatedly push back against aspects that were completely misunderstood by people who appeared to only be looking for things that would justify their pre-conceived ideas. And I'm not talking about "misunderstood" based on opinions - some of the things that repeatedly came up as justification for hating the system simply couldn't and wouldn't pass the smell test based on the legal documents. I fear that if the same ridiculous pushback happens with whatever Marriott rolls out for Vistana/Hyatt, Marriott TUGgers will simply walk away from the discussions when they lose patience. Why would we continue, after all, when we've already been through it?