GVC Sunterra - Is it a freebie?

[bazrat]

It was 30 which was the amount i bought but it is now 40 which is enough to get you one weeks holiday but not in peak season.but you obviously failed to read my post because i already made the comparison,but if you wish to use the figures that Steve1881 gave you than so be it but as usual it will be inaccurate.
Please read my earlier posts anything you do not understand i will explain again.




Barry

[bazrat]

By the way Fullmonty do your homework i answered the question on this thread 16-02-2008 06:23 AM i have nothing to hide unlike yourself.



Barry

[bazrat]

i also posted this reply on the 28/2/2008

Hi Willself the original cost of joining DRI is quite steep but it is a long term investment in holidays.
first point min points required is 4000 to get a week's holiday but not at peak season 8000 is what's required to get a weeks holiday at peak season.
2 DRI as a large selection of resorts around the world which you can swap your point for holidays for.
3 to exchange outside of DRI they use a affiliate which is II (interval international) which costs �99 have not used that side so cannot comment on it.
4 Week owners can swap there weeks but that part is not tied in with the points system but they can exchange there weeks for points but it cost a lot to do it,obviously they than become point owners and nolonger week owners.
The resorts which are owned by DRI are currently being bought back up to specification after the previous management let them go.
I fall into both camps week owner as well as points i much prefer the points system.
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[Steve2]

Bazrat,

>>Yet again Steve you totally missed the point what use is the money in the bank gaining you interest while your kids are growing up without holidays,because every time you dip into it you lose interest and heaven forbid we would not want to lose interest.

But the kids have the same holidays with both the 'pay as you go' option and the timeshare option! It's just that with the 'pay as you go' option there is no �36,400 upfront payment and so this stays in your building society account and not DRI's account.

[bazrat]

Steve this is pointless until Steve1881 can explain were he got that figure from it is pointless talking to you.
the only place i can get anywhere near that figure is the timeshare consumer association and i paid less than there minimum figure.
I have answered your interest argument but you and fullmonty can continue if you wish,and if the moderators believe this is adding to the knowledge base of DRI i am at a loss to see how.


Barry

[Steve2]

Bazrat,

I agree.

It would be very helpful if steve1881 could confirm the information in his posting yesterday (in particular, that old DRI points each cost �280).

Meanwhile I'm going to sign off. Goodnight all.

[HW Jan.C]

fullmonty and Bazrat,, you have had one warning, yet you chose to carry on the argument on this thread,, your now on a 2nd warning,, there is no 3rd one. Please stop the bickering and back biting on something you will NEVER agree on.It is not informative, or helpful and is not entertaining either, BOTH of you have made your point on this subject, now please pack it in.
Jan

[bazrat]

Hi Jan
I only joined this site because there was a lot of misinformation/lies being written about DRI,i have attempted to correct that issue but it seams like i have offended people in the process for that i will not appologise for.

The fact that i am one of the very few people on this site who as any experience of the club,so that places me in a better position to offer advice to those who are thinking of joining.

The information which i have given as been factual and can be verified by those who so wish,but others and i repeat my self here are allowed to post whatever they wish with out even the basic truth in there statements.

So to sum it up i cannot allow in good conscious just to sit back and allow misinformation/lies to be given with out a response.

I repeat my self from a previous post if that brings my exclusion from this site than so be it.



Best regards


Barry.

[Steve2]

Jan,

I appreciate that the "it's awful/it's great" slanging match is not helpful
but some of the discussion above is, I believe, more useful than that elsewhere because we now have some cost figures from a DRI member.

We now know (approximately) how many DRI points it takes to get a 2 week holiday in a 2 bed apartment in the school hols and, having costed this, the potential buyer can compare this with a non-timeshare option.

I have outlined how the timeshare option might be costed. Bazrat would exclude one item that I would include and he thinks that the price per DRI point reported by another contributor is too high. This is fair enough. People can form their own views and adjust the cost calculations accordingly.

But I think that the figures above provide some very useful background information for anyone considering whether to attend a sales presentation for DRI and/or whether to join DRI.

[bazrat]

Hi Steve the way you must look at joining any timeshare is it is not for the short term,5 or 10 years would in my view make it uneconomic and would not be recommended,where it do's come into it's own any many members would agree is long term 15 years plus than you get the full benefit.
The children would have grown up (that's assuming you have children if not it pays off sooner)when the points we have discussed would buy you 4 week low to mid season,that's how were going to Florida for 4 weeks in a 2 bed apartment 4 adults in total.
The argument about original purchase and loss of interest irrespective how much you pay if it worries you don't join,because the loss of interest would far outweigh any holidays you would take.


Barry