I agree we would much rather have the pricing in the $90/$95 range. I offered low and they took a higher offer...don't blame the seller as they are trying to make as much as they can right now. Since we aren't in a rush, better luck next time.
I've been searching some of the less "prominent" sites to see what's out there and have noticed a few similar discrepancies. One site appeared to have listings that the owner wrote the ad copy for themselves. It stated that the points could be used for Cruises, Disney Collection, etc. (well, yeah... for YOU, but not for whoever buys it from you).
I had exactly the same experience! I also couldn’t figure out how many points per year. There’s an SSR contract on one of the really sketchy sites for $76/point and it has no info as to 2019/2020/2021 points. I keep looking at it but I can’t pull the trigger. Maybe I’ll bid $50/pt and if they take it at that point I don’t care if it’s loaded or stripped.I've been searching some of the less "prominent" sites to see what's out there and have noticed a few similar discrepancies. One site appeared to have listings that the owner wrote the ad copy for themselves. It stated that the points could be used for Cruises, Disney Collection, etc. (well, yeah... for YOU, but not for whoever buys it from you).
Another site (which was clearly not formatted with DVC in mind as the main product), included no UY information for any of the listings. I used the "chat" feature to inquire about the UYs and the reply was that I needed to use the "make an offer" function and then ask the owner what the UY was. Ummm... I don't want to make an offer on it if it's not the UY I want.
I thought about offering $1 in order to ask that question. If by some strange circumstance, they accepted it, I might be willing to take on a random UY in order to save that much. But then I thought about the fact that this would require me to register all my information on this website that virtually guaranteed I'd be bombarded with who-knows-what non-DVC timeshare spam. No thanks.
I sent an email about that contract yesterday just out of curiosity and I have not gotten any reply back. I honestly would not even buy it if it was loaded because I have no idea if it a scam or not lol.
I bought a 120-point AKV resale that passed ROFR in January for $104/point, Sep UY. They DO come up and I think even with ROFR back on, you'll likely be fine at $100/point.
According to their site you can use First American Title if you want which is a real title company. That goes a very long way in reducing your risk. i would make my offer contingent on them allowing me to chose my own title company. I have decided for me though, I am not going to bid.
buyatimeshare.com It's been discussed here recently in a few threads. The people selling timeshares there have zero idea what the market is and they are nearly all priced way too high or way too low. However, buyer beware, their BBB rating is awful.
I know. I have several such e-mail accounts. But I hesitate to even use those because I have a compelling need to go in and regularly clean out my inboxes regardless.This is what burner Gmail/outlook accounts are for.
I offered on one today they were asking $127 for 100pt at AKV and I offered $105 and according to the broker there were others that were lower than mine so I didn't get it. The broker thought that it would probably go for $120-$123. You don't know unless you ask...no worries as we aren't in any rush.
Yes they would, but there were others higher than mine. All he would say was that offers were still coming in and they were only going to contact the seller with one offer. Will not make any more offers until I start to see a drop in prices.
Wouldn't the highest offer be the one the seller would accept?
I know. I have several such e-mail accounts. But I hesitate to even use those because I have a compelling need to go in and regularly clean out my inboxes regardless.
My wife, on the other hand, has tens of thousands unread e-mails. It drives me crazy because I can't help but wonder if there's something important that slipped through and is buried among the rest!
So I got a call from the broker today. I’ll call him back in a bit. But they are just one of those “dump your timeshare” companies. I may make a crazy low offer just to see if they will take it. Anyone have an idea on how low a SSR contract could pass ROFR? Like if I offered $50 a point any chance it would get through?
Hard to say. Disney has let some very good deals through recently, to the point where it seems they are not planning to ROFR anything. But it is possible that there is a price where they won't pass it up. However, I think at SSR the odds of a crazy deal passing ROFR are better than at like BCV or VGC.
P.S. Good luck, like I said I decided that I didn't want to risk doing it, but I hope it works out for you.
Turns out that unit is not for sale, supposedly the owner does not want to sell anymore. Oh well, not a big deal.
lol. i think i made a $100 offer on that one last week (was the price recently reduced?). they countered, but it was still higher then i wanted to pay.
