Wyndham Grand Desert...good deal?

pacodemountainside · Jul 31, 2014

puppymommo said:
I agree with this. But sometimes there is a wrinkle. For example, I just saw an auction on ebay for a Wyndham contract that has a October to September use year. So the 2014 points would be available October 2014-September 2015. In such a case it might be valid for the buyer to pay the 2014 mf.

The take-away is that we should all do our due diligence (as the OP is doing) and ask all the questions we need to feel comfortable and confident in our purchase.

It is my understanding use years operate on a forward basis not arrears.

So, points posted on October 1, 2014 would be 2015. 2015 MF would have to be paid to use unless doing monthly!

Jay6821 · Aug 1, 2014

To answer an earlier question, the Wi-Fi was free.

And the service tech who came to our room was very helpful and checked back twice. He said that he needed to reset the router, and I think one of the problems was that it was close to capacity.

Bigrob · Aug 1, 2014

Jay6821 said:
To answer an earlier question, the Wi-Fi was free.

And the service tech who came to our room was very helpful and checked back twice. He said that he needed to reset the router, and I think one of the problems was that it was close to capacity.

Thanks - the website and book still show WGD has a fee for Wi-Fi.

Anyone want to roll the dice on this package?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301256422743?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

Bigrob · Aug 4, 2014

Bigrob said:
Thanks - the website and book still show WGD has a fee for Wi-Fi.

Anyone want to roll the dice on this package?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/301256422743?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

So... who pulled the trigger?

spackler · Nov 14, 2014

Are the maintenance fees at Grand Desert all basically the same regardless of type of ownership (UDI, converted fixed week, biennial, etc)?

Free2Roam · Nov 14, 2014

There are 2 HOAs that I'm aware of (as of 2012). The 2014 maintenance fees are $4.25/1000 and $4.20/1000. UDI only... No fixed or converted weeks.

spackler · Nov 14, 2014

Well, I ask as I've been watching for them on eBay; this one looks like a great deal at first:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261653708552?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

But the MF's look kinda high, even if you take out the $118 program fee.

am1 · Nov 14, 2014

spackler said:
Well, I ask as I've been watching for them on eBay; this one looks like a great deal at first:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/261653708552?_trksid=p2055119.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT

But the MF's look kinda high, even if you take out the $118 program fee.

Nothing that small is a great deal.

spackler · Nov 14, 2014

Even so, if you take the listed $468 maintenance fee, subtract out a possible $118 program fee, that brings it down to a $350 HOA fee.

Divide that by the 77K points & you get a 4.56 per K ratio.

Any idea why that's more than the supposed $4.10-$4.20 cost?

(Or am I doing this calculation wrong?)