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nancy bailey June 8, 2009
failure to provide promised service
I made resort reservations on 1/16/09 for 1/16/10 using banked points through RCI. When I recently called the resort to reconfirm my dates, I was told that RCI had scheduled me for 1/16/09 and there was no way the resort could adjust for RCIs mistake. I called RCI and got nowhere. Additionally, RCI cancelled my membership. I am contacting an attorney to try to get my banked points plus my transfer fee totalling over $500 back.
The only other time I banked my timeshare points with RCI, I got put in a rundown resort when I exchanged my points. I own at a very classy, expensive resort. RCI is a rip-off!
renee April 29, 2009
booking fees
RCI...greedy! Canceled a much looked forward trip to Cancun, because of the most recent media reports about Swine Flu, on the advise of our government, I might add. RCI will not reimburse the booking fees or apply them towards another vacation. Even the airlines are not charging rebooking fees in connection with this. It's ridiculous enough that I pay a membership fee to RCI, a booking fee for any vacation I wish to use MY week for (that's assuming they even have somewhere I want to go-which is rare), all in addition to the few thousand I pay in taxes for the timeshare. HOW DID I EVER THINK THIS WAS A GOOD IDEA??
joseph walsh March 25, 2009
RCI ROBBING CUSTOMERS
I HAVE USED RCI VERY MUCH OVER THE PAST YEARS. WHEN I FIRST SAW THE CHEATING I THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MISTAKE. BUT THE MISTAKES ARE CONTINUOUS.THE SOLE PURPOSE OF RCI IS TO ROB AS MUCH MONEY FROM CUSTOMERS AS POSSIBLE AND THEN EVERYONE DOESNT RESPOND. RCI HAS A CLASS ACTION WHICH CLAIMS RCI IS RENTING OUT PROPERTIES THAT THEY SHOULDNT. OVER THE LAST 8 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN ADDRESSING ILLEGAL PEOPLE BEING AT MY RESORT. READ BELOW. BELOW IS THE RECENT LETTER THAT I SENT RCI. CHECK EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO WITH RCI. ANYTHING BAD ABOUT RCI, LET EVERYBODY KNOW BY WRITING IN SITES LIKE THIS. GOOD LUCK
03/25/08 DEAR RCI FEEDBACK, I AM LEAVING TOWN SATURDAY AND I DONT THINK I WILL HAVE INTERNET. I WOULD LIKE A RESPONSE FROM MR. BALOTTI AND MR. RUFF BY FRIDAY EVENING. MR. RUFF HAS HAD THE CASE FOR WEEKS SO HE SHOULD BE ABLE TO ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN TWO DAYS. HE THREATENS ME IN A LETTER AND HE DOESNT LEAVE HIS EMAIL ADDRESS SO HE DOESNT HAVE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. PLEASE TELL HIM TO EMAIL ME WHEN HE HAS ANSWERED THE SIMPLE QUESTIONS THAT I ASKED. THANK YOU. JOE WALSH BEING MY FRIENDS PAID FOR AIRFARE AND FISHING CHARTERS THEY WANT A RESPONSE ALSO. THANK YOU.

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To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Your RCI account
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:54:07 +0000
03/25/09 DEAR RCI FEEDBACK, OVER 8 MONTHS I HAVE BEEN CHEATED, LIED TO, NOT RESPONDED TO AND THREATENED BY RICHARD RUFF. RICHARD RUFF AND OTHER RCI EMPLOYEES HAVE CAUSED SEVERE STRESS AND AGGRAVATION TO ME AND FRIENDS BY INTENTIONALLY TAKING A VERY LONG TIME TO RESPOND AND STILL NOT ANSWERING CRITICAL QUESTIONS. FOR 2 WEEKS I HAVE BEEN TELLING VARIOUS RCI EMPLOYEES THAT MR. BALOTTI, CEO, MUST KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON. I NEED A CONFIRMATION THAT YOU ARE GETTING THIS TO MR. BALOTTI IMMEDIATELY. I AND FRIENDS ARE INTENSELY ANGERED BY THIS SITUATION. PLEASE RESPOND AND CONFIRM SHORTLY. THANK YOU. JOE WALSH PS PLEASE EMAIL BELOW TO MR. RUFF ASAP. PLEASE ASK HIM TO RESPOND TO ME ON EMAIL. ASK HIM TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS THAT HE STILL HAS NOT RESPONDED TO ASAP. THANKS AGAIN


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From:
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: Your RCI account THIS IS AN UPDATED LETTER WITH MORE QUESTIONS RCI HAS NOT RESPONDED
Date: Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:11:57 +0000 TO. MR. BALOTTI, CEO, MUST GET LETTER. I NEED CONFIRMATION OF THIS. THANKS
03/25/09 THIS LETTER IS IN RESPONSE TO YOUR LETTER OF MARCH 25. AS I ADDRESSED TO YOU PREVIOUSLY, I BELIEVE THAT THESE ISSUES ARE SO CRITICAL AND RCI STILL HASNT ADDRESSED ISSUES THAT IT IS CRITICAL THAT MR. BALOTTI READ THIS LETTER AND RESPOND. FIRST OF ALL MY ANGER IS BECAUSE RCI REPEATEDLY DOES NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS AND CRIMES. AFTER 8 MONTHS YOUR LETTER DOES NOT RESPOND TO THE ISSUES I RAISED. KINDLY READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY AND RESPOND TO EVERY ISSUE NOT JUST THE ISSUES THAT YOU WANT TO RESPOND TO.LET US TAKE LAST CASE FOR EXAMPLE. BELOW IS MELINDA KELSEY'S RESPONSE OF FEB 26. AS YOU CAN SEE SHE STRESSED THE URGENCY OF THE MATTER. ERIN RADER TOOK THE CASE SEVERAL DAYS LATER. AIRFARES AND FISHING CHARTERS HAVE BEEN PAID FOR IN HAWAII. FROM FEB 26 UNTIL TODAY MELINDA KELSEY AND ERIN RADER DID NOT SAY ONE WORD ABOUT THE SITUATION. WHY DID YOU TAKE SO LONG TO RESPOND ABOUT CRITICAL ISSUE? 3 DIFFERENT TIMES I CALLED RCI WEEKS AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD EMAIL ERIN AND HER SUPERVISOR FOR RESPONSE. NO RESPONSE. WHY NO RESPONSE? ALSO YOU DID NOT ADDRESS THE LIE OF MELINDA KELSEY TO CANCEL WEEKS IN HAWAII. BELOW IS LETTER TO ERIN ON 3/23. IN IT YOU WILL SEE THE LIE OF MELINDA. WHY DID SHE LIE? THE CHARGES OF 164 AND 547 ARE FOR HAWAII. A RCI GIRL SAID I HAD TO PAY THIS AMOUNT FOR HAWAII, SO I PAID IT AND CHARGES HAVE NOT BEEN CANCELLED. THE CHARGES WERE REMOVED FROM THE WEEKS I HAD BECAUSE EVEN UNTIL YOUR LETTER YOU HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE CRIMES. PLEASE EXPLAIN CLEARLY TO ME WHY RCI DID NOT RESPOND TO AMERICAN EXPRESS ABOUT THE CHARGES. IT IS YOUR DIRECT FAULT THAT CHARGES WERE REMOVED. I SHOWED RCI THAT THERE WERE PEOPLE ILLEGALLY IN MY UNIT. I ALSO SHOWED RCI REPEATEDLY THAT THE RESORT REFUSED TO RESPOND. ALL I ASKED RCI WAS TO TELL ME WHAT THEY SHOWED FOR WEEKS.WHEN I WROTE LETTER I WASNT AWARE OF CLASS ACTION AGAINST YOU FOR RENTING PROPERTIES THAT YOU SHOULDNT HAVE. RCI REALIZED THAT CRIMES WERE COMMITTED SO THEY DID NOT SAY ONE WORD ABOUT THE CRIMES NOR WHAT THEIR RECORDS SHOWED. IN ALL THE TIME YOU TOOK, YOU DID NOT ADDRESS THE ISSUE. RCI HAS DIRECT RESPONSIBILITY OF WHOM IS IN MY UNIT. AS FOR TURKEY I WAS TOLD BY THREE DIFFERENT RCI PEOPLE THAT BREAKFAST WAS INCLUDED. WHEN I GOT THERE, I WAS TOLD BREAKFAST WAS NOT INCLUDED.IN THE EVIDENCE I SENT REPEATED EMAILS TO RCI WITH NO RESPONSE. WHY NO RESPONSE? FROM TURKEY I CALLED RCI TO RESOLVE AND I WAS TOLD I SHOULD GET BREAKFAST. I STILL DID NOT GET BREAKFAST AND STILL NO RESPONSE FROM REPEATED EMAILS. ON THE OFFICIAL RCI CONFIRMATION THERE WAS NO POINTS LISTED NOR BREAKFAST SHOWN. IN ACTUALITY I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN CHARGED ANY POINTS. IS THIS CORRECT?I ALSO ADDRESSED THE OBVIOUS AND INTENTIONAL OVERCHARGE OF 115, 000 POINTS FOR ONE SMALL ROOM OUTSIDE THE CITY IN OFF SEASON. DAVID ALBRIGHT OR YOU HAVE NOT ADDRESSED THE INTENTIONAL CRIME. WHY NOT? ALL DAVID SAID WAS THAT HE WAS GOING TO GIVE ME BACK POINTS AND END OF CASE.ORBITZ ALSO DID NOT RESPOND TO CRIME. I SENT DAVID AND RCI MY BILLS FOR BREAKFAST AND TELEPHONE CHARGES AND NOT ONE WORD WAS SAID BY RCI. WHY NOT? ALSO THE RESORT PROMISED POOL AND BUS TO THE CITY. NEITHER ONE EXISTED. POOL WAS DOWN. I ADDRESSED THIS WITH RCI AND AGAIN NO RESPONSE. WHY NOT? THE LAST TIME I DEALT WITH RCI PARTNERS I WAS INTENTIONALLY CHARGED 150 DOLLARS MORE THAN WHAT WAS AGREED TO BY RCI. I EXPLAINED THIS TO RENTAL COMPANY AND THEY AGREED I WAS OVERCHARGED AND THEY GAVE ME CREDIT.THE EVIDENCE IS PLAIN TO SEE. MY VACATION WAS COMPLETELY RUINED BECAUSE RCI LEFT ME HANGING. ANY DISPUTE TO WHAT I SAID? I ALSO ADDRESSED TO YOU THE WEEK THAT COMPLETELY DISAPPEARED WHEN IT WAS TRANSFERRED FROM WYNDHAM TO RCI.THESE ARE WEEKS THAT RCI DOES NOT ALLOW US TO SEE ON THE INTERNET. WHY IS THIS? WHY IS IT THAT MOST OF THE WEEKS THAT I HAVE I CANT SEE ON THE INTERNET? AFTER THE WEEK DISAPPEARED A SUPERVISOR SAID THESE THINGS HAPPEN. I TOLD RCI 4 YEARS AGO THAT WE SHOULD SEE EVERYTHING WE OWN AND NOTHING HAS CHANGED IN 4 YEARS. ALSO, THE INTERNET TO RCI IS RIDICULOUS. A RCI EMPLOYEE SAID THE SAME. INTERNAL ERRORS, CANT DO WHAT YOU REQUESTED, CALL RCI FOR HELP. THESE ARE EXACTLY THE ERRORS THAT I SAW FOUR YEARS AGO. I HAVE BEEN ON MANY INTERNET SITES AND NOT ONE HAS HAD THE PROBLEMS THAT RCI HAS ALMOST ON A DAILY BASIS. WHEN I SEE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT I SAW 4 YEARS AGO, MY EDUCATED GUESS IS THAT YOU ARE DOING THIS TO STEAL WEEKS AS YOU DID ONCE TO ME. KINDLY EXPLAIN THIS. OVER 8 MONTHS, 30 HOURS OF WRITING, AND MUCH STRESS FOR MYSELF AND FRIENDS, YOU STILL HAVE NOT RESPONDED TO THE ISSUES. YOU HAVE NOT DONE ANY RESEARCH ON MY QUESTIONS SO WHY DID IT TAKE YOU SO LONG TO RESPOND? KINDLY RESPOND AND ANSWER QUESTIONS. THANK YOU. It has been previously stated to you that RCI did not rent out your unit and your alleged credit issues are not with RCI but with your home resort. If you wish to continue to use your RCI benefits you will need to allow the charges to go through for your future exchanges along with the $547.00 to pay for the past vacations which you have disputed with your credit card company. Until this issue is resolved we will be unable to attempt to reinstate your confirmations. Since these confirmations have been cancelled, there is no guarantee the inventory will still be available. You can understand how urgency in this matter is important since inventory changes every day. We do want you to successfully transact with RCI and encourage you to address this issue as quickly as possible. 03/23/09 DEAR ERIN, IT IS NOW MONDAY EVENING AND NO RESPONSE FROM RCI OR YOU. THIS HAS BEEN FROM FEB. 26 AND IF YOU READ BELOW MELINDA KELSEY SAID THIS WAS A MATTER OF URGENCY, YET NOBODY IN RCI HAS RESPONDED. BELOW IS MY CREDIT CARD WITH CHARGES OF 164 AND 547 PAID TO RCI. THESE WERE FOR MY WEEKS IN HAWAII.THE REASON I PAID THIS IS THAT RCI GIRL TOLD ME I HAD TO PAY THIS FIGURE FOR WEEKS IN HAWAII.CHECK THE AUDIO TAPE. THE CHARGE ON 2/4 WAS THE CHARGE MELINDA LIED ABOUT AND SAID THAT I WITHDREW THE CHARGE OF THIS DAY. NEITHER CHARGE IS WITHDRAWN. THE EVIDENCE OF RCI OBSTRUCTING JUSTICE AND INTENTIONALLY NOT RESPONDING TO CAUSE MANY PEOPLE PAIN BECAUSE WE HAVE PAID FOR AIRFARE AND FISHING CHARTERS IS BELOW AND OTHER EMAILS. ALSO, RCI DID NOT RESPOND TO AMERICAN EXPRESS ABOUT THE CHARGES AND IT IS RCI'S FAULT THAT RCI WASNT PAID. MY FRIENDS AND I TALKED IT OVER WITH LEGAL HELP AND WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO IS FLY TO HAWAII, STAY AT RESORT FOR ONE MONTH AND BILL RCI. RCI MADE A MISTAKE ONCE BEFORE AND CANCELLED MY CONFIRMATION EVEN THOUGH I HAD AIRFARE PAID FOR. RCI IS NOT GOING TO RUIN ANOTHER VACATION. AGAIN, MELINDA SAID IT WAS AN URGENT SITUATION ALMOST ONE MONTH AGO AND NOBODY FROM RCI HAS RESPONDED. YOUR LACK OF RESPONSE IS ALSO PREVENTING ME FROM TAKING OTHER WEEKS. I WANT A LETTER FROM MR. BALOTTI ABOUT THIS SITUATION. THANK YOU.
Evelyn Pagan February 6, 2009
Never I receive the package, and I pay 3750.00 for the vacation club in Domincan Republic in July 2008
Im buy the Vacation Club in Dominic Republic and never receive the package. Im going to bank for cancel the second part because Im calling to Dominic Republic in August and never I receive papers about my Vacation Club. Im buying thah in July 2008 .
Matt January 19, 2009
Matt Grondin
RCI confirmed a booking for a vacation in England. I proceeded to purchase a flight. Now RCI tells me the "hotel" changed my check-in date and it's half way into my vacation - leaving me 1/2 a vacation where i would be w/o a place to stay. I have non-refundable airline tickets !!!

I dont see how once you have a confirmed reservation they can just "change" it on someone !!
Trophyhomebuilders January 7, 2009
Trade Scam
YES RCI IS A SCAM!!! Lies, misleading information, all the above! Here is what I think is happening. This is based on my experience. I visited Playa Grande resort in Cabo. Yes, its absolutely beautiflu and I love it. However, I never planned on going to my same resort/timeshare every year so I planned to trade based on their pitch that since my resort was in such demand that I would have significant "trading" power! Yeah right! I get occasional offers for dumps or areas that I really dont want to stay in and dont compare to my own. This for an additional $169.00 fee? I honestly think they are taking our banked weeks and selling them on the open market to non-RCI members at a premium price instead of allowing more actual availability or trades for the RCI members. I know for a fact that my resort is very popular and desired therefore I would think I could get another location that I desire in trade. Instead they are "selling" my week instead of offering to you (RCI-Members) my banked week! I really wish there was a site where all of our members could just not bank our weeks and trade with each other. In fact that is what I am going to try and do. My week is #28 July11-July18 at the Playa Grande Resort (4364) 1 bedroom 2 bath, sleeps up to 5 or could make it 6 with single blowup mattress. Your 100 yards from Pacific and 10 minute walk to the bay. The Marina is 5 minute walk with awesome local food for very cheap prices. You wont be disappointed in this location. I would like to trade with someone for same week in the Florida Panhandle (beach) area such as Ft. Walton, Destin, etc. I will only accept a clean, up-to-date location as my resort is top-of-the-line and would like comparable trade. Let me know if you or anyone you know is willing. Thanks and my e-mail is [email protected]

Jeff
Trophyhomebuilders January 7, 2009
Scam
YES RCI IS A SCAM!!! Lies, misleading information, all the above! Here is what I think is happening. This is based on my experience. I visited Playa Grande resort in Cabo. Yes, its absolutely beautiflu and I love it. However, I never planned on going to my same resort/timeshare every year so I planned to trade based on their pitch that since my resort was in such demand that I would have significant "trading" power! Yeah right! I get occasional offers for dumps or areas that I really dont want to stay in and dont compare to my own. This for an additional $169.00 fee? I honestly think they are taking our banked weeks and selling them on the open market to non-RCI members at a premium price instead of allowing more actual availability or trades for the RCI members. I know for a fact that my resort is very popular and desired therefore I would think I could get another location that I desire in trade. Instead they are "selling" my week instead of offering to you (RCI-Members) my banked week! I really wish there was a site where all of our members could just not bank our weeks and trade with each other. In fact that is what I am going to try and do. My week is #28 July11-July18 at the Playa Grande Resort (4364) 1 bedroom 2 bath, sleeps up to 5 or could make it 6 with single blowup mattress. Your 100 yards from Pacific and 10 minute walk to the bay. The Marina is 5 minute walk with awesome local food for very cheap prices. You wont be disappointed in this location. I would like to trade with someone for same week in the Florida Panhandle (beach) area such as Ft. Walton, Destin, etc. I will only accept a clean, up-to-date location as my resort is top-of-the-line and would like comparable trade. Let me know if you or anyone you know is willing. Thanks and my e-mail is [email protected]

Jeff
Tammy December 26, 2008
Trading
When I tried to exchange my Gold Crown resort, and could not get anything I was told it was my fault for not putting the request in early.
Well...I put the request in almost a year ago and have still not received a trade. Although, I have been called by RCI to RENT what I have a request in for. I asked them if they were an exchange company or rental agency.
I was furious. Is this legal!!
October 31, 2008
Makes Unfair Timeshare Exchanges
Units offered by RCI in exchange for a banked unit is unfair and is not comparable in quality and size. RCI will not disclose the basis or formula RCI uses to determine what units are comparable or of similar quality and size. RCI members, particularly on the West Coast, please email me if you feel an unfair exchange was offered to you for your banked unit. Thanks.
May 22, 2008
Rip Off
I have been a member of RCI for 6 years. I have used their properties only twice. Once in Manhattan, NY and once in Florida. The property in NY was very nice but the people were horrible. The property in FL was gross - bugs climbing up the wall, dirty bathroom, stained carpet and incompetent people. I spent 1 out of 6 nights and left. I have never been able to get the property I request in all this time. I am totally fed up.

The clincher is I made a reservation on RCIs recommendation and after checking online the property reviews, I immediately called back and cancelled the reservation. RCI wanted to charge me $25 to cancel an reservation which was made for only 10 minutes. It took me 5 phone calls and 1 1/2 hours to get a waiver to get back my $25. I was so fed up I cancelled my membership. Good riddance.! They are a big RIP OFF.

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