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No perfection in the world of "exchanging"... (by KC):
In all fairness to RedWeek, it is my personal opinion that "exchanging" is almost ALWAYS a bit of a crap shoot anyhow --- REGARDLESS of the individual exchange company involved. RCI rents out some of the best deposits directly to the general public, never even making them available to RCI members for exchange. RCI also has a "deposit first, then just hope and pray" policy and a secretive, mystery evaluation process for deposits (although this might well change after the ongoing lawsuit against RCI). II has a "search first" option, but only 1/3 the number of affiliated resorts when compared to RCI and II also has a "like for like" policy which limits what an exchanger can even "see" as being available as deposited in the first place. RedWeek has a welcome, transparent advance (but still seemingly inconsistent) evaluation process, but limited inventory and a very difficult to navigate search mechanism.
In short, there simply IS no "perfect system" in the exchange world...