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  1. Newsgroups: misc.consumers
  2. Path: sparky!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!rpi!batcomputer!munnari.oz.au!uniwa!cujo!goodtime.curtin.edu.au!J.Newman
  3. From: J.Newman@icarus.curtin.edu.au (John Newman)
  4. Subject: Re: Timeshare advice requested
  5. Message-ID: <J.Newman.200.726479066@icarus.curtin.edu.au>
  6. Lines: 23
  7. Sender: news@cujo.curtin.edu.au (News Manager)
  8. Organization: Computing Centre, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia
  9. References: <Bz22rs.F7v@fc.hp.com> <Bz2GID.J4t@vcd.hp.com>
  10. Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 07:44:26 GMT
  11.  
  12. >Subject: Re: Timeshare advice requested
  13. >: 
  14. >
  15. >Your right that you can win with a TS if you use it but generally means using
  16. >it every single year. It is very hard for most people to commit to something
  17. >like that. Suppose you want to stay home some year and paint the house?
  18. >You have still paid for the TS. How many people who have been laid off from
  19. >corporate downsizings own TS's?
  20. >Times change and tastes change. 
  21. >John Eaton
  22.  
  23. If you can't use a timeshare in a particular year, have it rented out
  24. for real $, or "spacebank", i..e. save it up for the next year and
  25. have a longer holiday. If you own "red" time you can usually swap
  26. it for any other time of the year.
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  30. \ John Newman              J.Newman@icarus.curtin.edu.au /
  31. / Computing Centre,           "There is less to this     \
  32. \ Curtin University,            than meets the eye."     /                         
  33. / Perth, Western Australia     - Tallulah Bankhead       \
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