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Here's one of those services that very few if any should make use of. According to an announcement on the WorldMark web site you can now make one time payments on your WorldMark account (dues or loan payments) via the Western Union web site. Fast, easy, convenient and available most any time. Just log into your WorldMark account online and follow the links to this service.

What's the catch? (There's always a catch.) It's right there in the announcement. "A convenience fee applies to each transaction." Here's a link to the announcement if you want to see all the details.

Why would you pay a fee to do something online that you could do free with a simple phone call? Unless something has changed, you can call WorldMark on the phone and make your payments via credit card for no charge. You can only call during normal business hours but I doubt if a payment made online at night would be posted any faster than one made the next morning via a phone call. Unless there is something I'm missing I'll put this one in the same category as the charge the baseball team ticketing agency wants to impose for printing my tickets at home. Thanks but no thanks.