Club La Costa Points

[Findhorn]

Any advice on how to get rid of club la costa points.
Whilst we are always happy with holidays we take with club la costa-
we are continually experiencing hugely rising maintenance costs etc and do not feel we are getting value for money any longer.
We have been approached by all the usual scams- advertising on resale sites etc, and are fed up with almost getting scammed by these un reputable companies.
We have considered approaching Club la costa to see if we can GIVE our points back to them, but after reading comments on this site=-it seems that even that would not work!!
Any Advice/Ideas greatly appreciated.

Findhorn

[Willself]

findhorn. YOU could always try e-bay, points always fetch more than weeks however if you really, really wish 2 get rid, set your opening price realistic. Good Luck.

[wilsonjenny]

You could try and sell them via the CLC members site
www.clcmembers.co.uk

It is not the offical CLC site and has nothing to do with them. It's for members like us only. The forum administrator and owner is or will shortly set up a forum for buying and selling, however there is a section already available for this purpose.

Unfortunately you will not get what you paid for them and it is a pity you feel you have to sell them on. CLC won't be interested in your plight and won't offer to buy them back. Instead as with all purchases of this type, they will hope that you will not pay your maintenance fees and they can get them back for nothing.

It is a pity we are not told this when we are given the sales pitch in the first place. Having said that, at the moment we are happy with our purchase.

[Findhorn]

wilsonjenny-
Thanks for your reply-
I'll certainly have a look at that site
I didn't think that CLC would take them back at all- even if we just ofered them to them for nothing? Are you saying that if we don't pay our maintenance fees then CLC will claim the ponis back automatically.
Would that then be the end of our liabilities to them?

Findhorn

[sellers]

We also have a Gold points with Club La Costa and have been paying off a loan for years and years to the tune of about 13k. The maintenance is truly disgusting we are now getting a bill for £1000 snd recently they have even had the cheek to ask for another £98 because of the Euro! Surely we can all do something about this, otherwise they can just charge what they like. For the amount of times we are able to use it, the £1000 would give us an OK once a year hol.

Any advice out there please, surely we can take them to task for over charging on the fees?

[cougar571]

Findhorn:-

If you fail to pay your maintainance charge they will take you to court for it.

They WILL take back your points for nothing though, just ask them, this is what my parents have just done, everything is kosher & they now have no liability.

[wilsonjenny]

Sellers:

Unfortunately, there is nothing the members can do about the additional surcharge. CLC are not the only ones who have done this and to my knowledge this has not been levied before. There are a lot of members who are up in arms about this, as the maintenance fees are high as it is and going up each year. Hopefully, this is a one off.

It is always a pity when someone gives points back to CLC as they are the winners and you the losers. They will sell them on again and make a profit whilst you lose out. You cannot just stop paying the maintenance as CLC will pursue this via the courts.

The maintenance plan that CLC have in place is a huge rip off and should not under any circumstances be used, unless you can afford to pay it off in regular installments. There is information on how to do this on the clc members website (www.clcmembers.co.uk). If you can't afford to pay it off, then take out your own loan at a lower interest rate.

There is also a section of the members web site that is for selling. You never know it is better than giving them back to CLC.