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[4ARedOctober]

Well my adventures with SVN have become more interesting than I would have liked.

My exchange at my original II account for one of the WPV weeks using the new SVN "assigned weeks" is still pending confirmation.

When I joined SVN and converted my week to their system they told me they would use my original II account. Now I know why they were confused when I called.

It appears I have to have a separate II SVN related corporate account which should have been set up when I converted to their system. So that is different than what I was told on the phone by several reps.

So I have the exchange on hold in my original account. I sure hope they can work this out....after several days it is not done yet. I just don't want to lose the exchange.

And now I have an extra II account I don't need anymore.

[Bill4728]

The only owners who can have their own II account are owners at SVN resorts who are not part of SVN. All SVN owners must share the II corporate account. So the info you got months ago was wrong.

[4ARedOctober]

Yes it was. I asked over and over to several different SVN reps about the issue and they assured me that the wrong information was correct. I even asked for my new account that they were paying for out of my dues but I was told it would all be done in my existing account.

I now have the II SVN corporate account. Now I am waiting for the week I had exchanged for to be put in my account. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Originally Posted by Bill4728

The only owners who can have their own II account are owners at SVN resorts who are not part of SVN. All SVN owners must share the II corporate account. So the info you got months ago was wrong.

[4ARedOctober]

Ok....I got my new II SVN corporate account. But in their haste they messed up our names and that hopefully is being fixed. Of course II has to verify the names with SVN blah blah blah....

And II called today and did the WPV exchange that we had on hold....since it was a representative they charged us an extra $10 even though we had done it originally on-line and SVN/II were the ones who screwed this up. The II rep said she would be happy to back out of the transaction and let me do it on-line...yeah right....no way was I going to let that process lose my exchange so I just agreed to let them have the extra $10.

So hopefully this will be all cleared up in a couple of days....at least we have the exchange that we already booked FF air for.....

[Bill4728]

WOW they want to charge you an extra $10 because the two of them messed it up??

But I do agree, pay the $10 and make sure they don't mess it up again.

[Denise]

Glad that you got your II account for SVN working, and that you got your internal exchange!

I am one of those unfortunate folks who paid developer for Maui, and I am feeling the pain of the $2400/year MFs....ouch .

Oh well, lots of great memories for the past seven visits to Maui !

[4ARedOctober]

Denise that just floors me.....$2400 a year.....wow. Does that include the ever increasing taxes in Maui?? How does it break down?

Originally Posted by Denise

Glad that you got your II account for SVN working, and that you got your internal exchange!

I am one of those unfortunate folks who paid developer for Maui, and I am feeling the pain of the $2400/year MFs....ouch .

Oh well, lots of great memories for the past seven visits to Maui !

[Denise]

Originally Posted by 4ARedOctober

Denise that just floors me.....$2400 a year.....wow. Does that include the ever increasing taxes in Maui?? How does it break down?

Yes, it floors me, too. It does include the taxes, but I am not sure where. I sort of paid the bill and then filed it.

But I just took it out, and it is too long to type in here, but I own two EOYs.

EOY: Master Assn Assessment $80.18
Apartment Ownership Assessment $205.47
Vacation Ownership Assessment $850.77
SVN Membership Fee $113.53
TOTAL: $1249.95

The other one is the same except for the SVN Fee is $34.38. TOTAL: $1170.79

So actually $2420.74. Yikes. This is the first time I actually added it up .

The letter with the MF bill said that property taxes went up $272.55 per ownership week.

[GrayFal]

Originally Posted by Denise

Yes, it floors me, too. It does include the taxes, but I am not sure where. I sort of paid the bill and then filed it.

But I just took it out, and it is too long to type in here, but I own two EOYs.

EOY: Master Assn Assessment $80.18
Apartment Ownership Assessment $205.47
Vacation Ownership Assessment $850.77
SVN Membership Fee $113.53
TOTAL: $1249.95

The other one is the same except for the SVN Fee is $34.38. TOTAL: $1170.79

So actually $2420.74. Yikes. This is the first time I actually added it up .

The letter with the MF bill said that property taxes went up $272.55 per ownership week.

It could be worse, the people who own a 'deluxe' 2BR have fees over 3K (I know u know this Denise- posting for the others)