At 08:13:54 PST on 03-27-99, dianne wrote:

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>>THANKS FOR THE MESSAGE, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF THIS COMPANY LED YOU TO BELEIVE THEY WANTED TO PURCHASE YOUR TIMESHARE AND REQUIRED IT TO BE APPRAISED?
>>ARE THEY MARKETING FOR APPRAISAL COMPANIES? PLEASE RESPOND TO MY CONCERN, IT WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.
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>Micheal and Mich:
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>We don't have an answer, but we were contacted by Swiss American Bank to sell our timeshare. We were told it needed to be appraised and were given a list of appraisal companies. We chose RCI as we felt this was probably safe. We are awaiting a return call from Swiss American Bank. We received a very garbled message on our answering machine so assumed they were waiting for us to reply, but we could not hear what the message was. We discovered your postings when attempting to find information so we could contact them in response to the garbled message.
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>We are awaiting a call from a potential buyer, but as a result of your postings, we are very skeptical about Swiss American's integrity.
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>We are anxious to receive more information from anyone else regarding this issue.
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Hello All:

Add another one to the ranks of the skeptical. I too, was contacted by Swiss American and choose RCI as the appraiser. After receiving the appraisal and sending in the requested paperwork, I waited, and waited. After three months I received, not a letter discussing the transaction, but another letter soliciting my timeshare! This was just last week (week of 3/22/99), so I called. Are any of us surprised that the number cannot be completed as dialed? I'm not sure what we can do, but I would certainly be interested in hearing from others.

While we're at it, is anyone interested in purchasing a floating blue/white week at Newport-On-Shore in Newport R.I.? I have a recent appraisal!