[ 2008 ] SVO eBay Sales

DavidnRobin · Nov 13, 2008

tomandrobin said:
You said you were done three units ago?

Not true... two units ago...

but we are done.

The 2nd WSJ - I just couldn't pass up - it was either buy this one - or sell ours. Two weeks in STJ/WSJ cannot be beat - especially travelling so far.

The WKV (1Bd. Plat/Prem)... is just a great value as a SVN exchanger (next year into WKORV or WPORV), for renting (twice now - easily - for ~$1K over MFs), and a great resort to stay at (why we own two weeks at WKV).

We have 11 weeks of vacation in 2009 :whoopie:

tomandrobin · Nov 13, 2008

DavidnRobin said:
Not true... two units ago...
but we are done.

The 2nd WSJ - I just couldn't pass up - it was either buy this one - or sell ours. Two weeks in STJ/WSJ cannot be beat - especially travelling so far.

The WKV (1Bd. Plat/Prem)... is just a great value as a SVN exchanger (next year into WKORV or WPORV), for renting (twice now - easily - for ~$1K over MFs), and a great resort to stay at (why we own two weeks at WKV).

We have 11 weeks of vacation in 2009 :whoopie:

I am with you, we were done too. But life sometimes will present you with an oppurtunity that you just can't refuse.

I have the same thoghts about Hawaii. When we go back, its for two weeks next time. Its too far to travel and expensive, for 7 days.

thinze3 · Nov 13, 2008

DavidnRobin said:
....We have 11 weeks of vacation in 2009 :whoopie:

WHAT?? Geez, boy I do have a ways to go yet!

Good for y'all! :clap:

tomandrobin said:
I am with you, we were done too. But life sometimes will present you with an oppurtunity that you just can't refuse....

In this market, at these prices, you can never say never.

Terry

SDKath · Nov 13, 2008

Don't you people ever work??????? :wave:

Katherine

Fredm · Nov 13, 2008

Ken555 said:
WOW! 148k SOs for $10k

There is a better deal than that on the new TUG classifieds.
It's an annual IV at KOR North.

DavidnRobin · Nov 13, 2008

tomandrobin said:
I am with you, we were done too. But life sometimes will present you with an oppurtunity that you just can't refuse.

I have the same thoghts about Hawaii. When we go back, its for two weeks next time. Its too far to travel and expensive, for 7 days.

You are right - especailly when evaluated as in $/day for the entire trip.

thinze3 said:
WHAT?? Geez, boy I do have a ways to go yet!
Good for y'all!

In this market, at these prices, you can never say never.
Terry

We get an additional 6 weeks every six years (and that is next year) - otherwise 3 weeks per year.

SDKath said:
Don't you people ever work???????

Katherine

Sometimes... but thinking, posting about and planning vacations helps me survive - the true selling point for TSing.

tomandrobin · Nov 13, 2008

thinze3 said:
In this market, at these prices, you can never say never.

Terry

My Robin has said no more! (at least for a couple of years).

The only timeshare I have been given the "Green Light" for is if disney adds a timeshare section to the Grand Floridian in WDW.

DavidnRobin · Nov 13, 2008

Fredm said:
There is a better deal than that on the new TUG classifieds.
It's an annual IV at KOR North.

Better hope that DeniseM doesn't see this post - it cuts a very fine for TUG rules. Sorry, but it is one that I often complain about - especially after I was trying to make OF WKORV Tuggers aware that I had a potential direct exchange into WSJ that I thought was pretty good deal - but was deleted according to so-called TUG rules. Yet... others use less direct approaches (e.g. this one) to advertise their TSs.

btw - I think (within reason) they should be allowed.

also - What a good price! (I know someone who bought from SVO for almost 3x this amount - yikes!) but I would still buy WKV and exchange into WKORV/N unless I could only travel during the highest demand weeks in HI (like 3 of the 50 weeks)

clsmit · Nov 15, 2008

CanadianLawyer · Nov 16, 2008

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http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=400005032874

SVV Gold 2BR - $3,050
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=370105055121

SVV Gold 2BR - $2,169
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260307712844

SVV Gold 2BR – $3,754
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260305949967

SVV EOY odd Gold 2BR - $2,325
http://cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=390002771202

Interesting to note the range even in identical units sold at near the same time.

Posted to sticky - THANKS!

SDKath · Nov 16, 2008

Many of these units were being sold by questionable sellers with either no feedback or already known troubled seller who decided to start new eBay accounts (Wanted Weeks). I think that explains the huge difference in prices.

Katherine

CanadianLawyer · Nov 16, 2008

SDKath said:
Many of these units were being sold by questionable sellers with either no feedback or already known troubled seller who decided to start new eBay accounts (Wanted Weeks). I think that explains the huge difference in prices.

Katherine

Kath, none of the sales I listed were offered by new eBay accounts. Some had as few as 15 transactions but most had hundreds of transactions and feedback ratings between 90% and 100%. I usually ignore offerings by zero rated sellers.

Mark

abdibile · Nov 16, 2008

Kath,

what does the "(almost) done" in your profile mean?

That was not there until recently, correct?

Are you on the hunt again?

SDKath · Nov 16, 2008

CanadianLawyer said:
Kath, none of the sales I listed were offered by new eBay accounts. Some had as few as 15 transactions but most had hundreds of transactions and feedback ratings between 90% and 100%. I usually ignore offerings by zero rated sellers.

Mark

Well I won one of those auctions and believe me, at the time, the seller had 0 feedback. So I KNOW it for a fact. There were also mistakes in the ad which made the price about $3000 less than what it should be. Good for me.

I am almost done because I need to revise my 5* plan thanks to Starwood messing with the SO requirement. I am not really hunting resales at this point as much as trying to find some sort of purchase opportunity from Starwood direct that won't cost me an arm and a leg. Maybe Starwood will eventually put their weeks on eBay for me too. :hysterical:

Katherine

DeniseM · Nov 18, 2008

Thanks to those of of you who recently posted ebay sales data.

A couple of suggestions:

As you probably know, the ebay link eventually expires, so it's important to have the date and condensed version of the sale in the description.

Something like this works nicely:

WKORV 2Bd LO IV EOY odd (148.1 K SOs)-$10,000-(5/6/08)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290226421371&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019

In this format, even when the ebay link expires, the date and pertinent info. are still available.

If a resort has different phases, it's helpful to have the name or number of the phase in the description, as well.

Thanks again! :hi:

CanadianLawyer · Nov 21, 2008

DeniseM said:
Thanks to those of of you who recently posted ebay sales data.

A couple of suggestions:

As you probably know, the ebay link eventually expires, so it's important to have the date and condensed version of the sale in the description.

Something like this works nicely:

WKORV 2Bd LO IV EOY odd (148.1 K SOs)-$10,000-(5/6/08)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=290226421371&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019

In this format, even when the ebay link expires, the date and pertinent info. are still available.

If a resort has different phases, it's helpful to have the name or number of the phase in the description, as well.

Thanks again!

Thanks for the heads-up Denise. As soon as I get a bit of time, I will go back and fix the sales I posted before, as well as add the new ones.

Mark

CanadianLawyer · Nov 21, 2008

Here are the WMH and SVV sales since November 16:

WMH 2BR LO Plat week 50 (11/17/08) - $5,468.53
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=200274224063

WMH 2BR LO Silver (11/18/08) - $997.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=300273364021

WMH 2BR LO Silver (11/20/08) - $1205.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=220311520250

WMH 2BR LO Silver (11/20/08) - $152.50

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260315717810

SVV Bella EOY Gold 2 BR 67K SO (11/19/08) - $2000.00
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=270303176842

Mark

SDKath · Nov 22, 2008

So when are you buying, CanadianLawyer??? Seems like those WMH Platinum weeks are just begging to be picked up by someone like you!

Katherine

CanadianLawyer · Nov 22, 2008

SDKath said:
So when are you buying, CanadianLawyer??? Seems like those WMH Platinum weeks are just begging to be picked up by someone like you!

Katherine

Kath, that sounds like a challenge!

I'm not sure things have bottomed out yet. I did pick up the one gold SVV week that went very cheap on election day. I think there will be other opportunities, but I may wait until everyone gets their MF invoices. :bawl:

Ken555 · Feb 15, 2009

I was reviewing the latest few on eBay and thought I'd update this thread a bit with some current sales prices. Some friends & family are considering a purchase in the near future, so I'm trying to become familiar again with recent sale prices, as one method of indicating market value.

WMH 2BR Silver (2/3/09) - $793.25
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260353380452

WMH 2BR EOY Gold (2/12/09) - $1,355
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290294414604

WMH 2BR EOY Gold (2/13/09) - $1,136
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220357371257

WKORV 1BR Plat Ocean View (2/3/09) - $11,802
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300289737168

WKORV-N 2BR Plat Island View (2/11/09) - $15,200
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350162405145

WLR Studio EOY Plat Plus (2/13/09) - $2,000
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180326728070

WKR 2BR Gold (2/11/09) - $8,025.83
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280311007994

Posted to sticky - THANKS!

DavidnRobin · Feb 15, 2009

A few more...

WKORV EOY 2Bd LO OV (2/3/09) - $12,200
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=220339628538

WKORV 1Bd OV 81K SO (1/4/09) - $7,903
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350147205491

WKV 2Bd Gold 81K SO (1/11/09) - $10,100
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350149988186

WKV 2Bd Gold 81K SO (1/3/09) - $8,100
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350146662555

WKV 2Bd Gold 81K SO (12/29/08) - $6,405
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=150317434252

WSJ Studio 3314/18 37K SO (1/6/09) - $8,850
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350147216812

WSJ 3Bd 4410/30 104.1K SOs - $30,000
http://cgi.ebay.com/Westin-St-John-...286.c0.m14&_trkparms=66:2|65:13|39:1|240:1318

Posted to sticky - THANKS!

DavidnRobin · Feb 16, 2009

WSJ 2Bd/3Ba 3328/22 81K SO (2/15/09) - $16,322
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190285666998

I had to laugh at this ad - I wonder if it will be re-listed... (although it did make me feel good about the price we just paid for week 23)

No mention of the MFs - which are >$2400 for the next 3 years.
No mention of the 3 years of back taxes that will be due at some point.
Uses stock photos (yet claim as part of their families' vacation experience) in which other units are shown - like the jacazzi tub that doesn't exist in the 2bd units.

Sellers' moniker is 'no_hassles_please' - too funny...

Appears to be the same villa on RedWeek - asking $19,200

Posted to sticky - THANKS!

silverpen38 · Feb 17, 2009

SDO 1-52 EY Large 1BR $598.00

Hi Guys,

Don't know if I'm posting this correctly, but I completed a Ebay sale on 2/13/09 for the above listed unit from vacation innovations. Usage don't start until 2010, but that suits me just fine. (I just finished paying our maintenance fees on our other units and taxes on my parent's home so I'm pretty tapped out anyway.)

I have been watching these weeks for a couple months now at they have been selling for between $800 and $1000. I don't know if not being able to use it until next year was the deciding factor in my successful bid but I'm very happy. Our goal it to get 4 weeks at this resort and spend a month there visiting the grandchildren. This is much cheaper than renting weeks or purchasing another home. Two down and two to go.

Diane Jones

:whoopie:

amundson · Feb 17, 2009

ebay sale

DavidnRobin said:
WSJ 2Bd/3Ba 3328/22 81K SO (2/15/09) - $16,322
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190285666998

I had to laugh at this ad - I wonder if it will be re-listed... (although it did make me feel good about the price we just paid for week 23)

No mention of the MFs - which are >$2400 for the next 3 years.
No mention of the 3 years of back taxes that will be due at some point.
Uses stock photos (yet claim as part of their families' vacation experience) in which other units are shown - like the jacazzi tub that doesn't exist in the 2bd units.

Sellers' moniker is 'no_hassles_please' - too funny...

Appears to be the same villa on RedWeek - asking $19,200

I don't see the problem with this... feedback of 80 and it is 100%. Seems authentic to me.

DavidnRobin · Feb 17, 2009

amundson said:
I don't see the problem with this... feedback of 80 and it is 100%. Seems authentic to me.

I did not intend to make it sound non-authentic, or wasn't a real seller. It was about the info (and lack of). As I own a 2Bd week 23+24 - I am interested in comparibles - and these are diverse at WSJ VG (more than other SVO resorts) since they are fixed weeks (eventhough claimed as float).

Most ads for WSJ have poor info - the 1st week we bought has a very misinformed ad (and at the time caused it to be a great deal - now just a good deal).

I was joking about the 'no_hassles_please' name because lack of info will lead to hassles.

The Tax Stamp will tell them that taxes have only been paid to 2005, and smart buyer (e.g. one that finds TUG) will find out that they have doubled.

There is a 3-year special assessment of almost $800+ over the MFs (~$2400 + $99 SVN fee if 1st SVO TS) - MFs not even listed.

Pictures used are stock photos - it is easy to get your own photos since it is claimed to be their family vacation place - or download others (link here on TUG with some clever searching) - photos show a jacuzzi tub - nope...

[ 2008 ] SVO eBay Sales

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clsmit

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SDKath

DeniseM

CanadianLawyer

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CanadianLawyer

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