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[ 2008 ] SVO eBay Sales

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silverpen38 said:
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.
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Perfect - it is good to hear about real eBay sales (and other resale purchases) since we do not know if the eBay ones ever get finalized. Congrats - great strategy and usage as a vacation investment.

Most owners feel uncomfortable about listing the price paid for a variety of understandable reasons (and others are uncomfortable with this thread since eBay sales may not be representative )
 
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Just curious as to how you know this. :shrug:
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Do you mean how do I know that the taxes are doubling? Because I keep up on VI news from a few sources - and the Tax Recorders Office attempted to send out Property Tax bills (illegally) last Fall that had the TS taxes doubling. I spoke to a person at the Tax Assessors Office when I was researching the costs for buying our 2nd WSJ week recently and was told verbally what the property tax was increased to - it was briefly listed on the tax Recorders web-site. The sellers compensated us for the back taxes (which was nice).

It is still in the courts however (due to unfair assessments) - the USVI Gov't hasn't collected taxes since 2005. STJ overall is getting screwed - and TS owners in the VI also since it is essentially taxation w/o representation since TS owners have no vote.

This should be in the WSJ Thread.
 
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WKORV 2Bd LO (Premium-small) IV - 148.1K SO (3/3/09) - $17,200
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260367321397

Harborside 2Bd LO (Platinum - Phase I) - 148.1K SO (3/3/09) - $20,100
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=110353964312

WSJ 2Bd/3Ba (Virgin Grand) Week 33, Unit 3310 - 81K SO (3/3/09) - $12,400
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=280316608869

WMH 2Bd LO EOY-odd Gold (3/3/09) - $680
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=260367793871




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A bit of a tangent for this thread - but not really...

I have been noticing more and more real Owners (not PCCs) attempting to sell their units on eBay - where they are asking for what they believe to be reasonable prices based on what they paid and were probably told by SVO salespeople, but are far above the real selling prices (on eBay or other sites). A WKORV OF for $56K, WKORVs for $30-35K, WPORVs for $35-40K, WSJ (low) for $30K, WKV (67.1K SO) for $15K. I really feel bad for these folks when/if they discovery the awful truth.
 
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Check out Tug and Redweek ads. There are similar listings right below listings for the exact same season/view for 50% less. I wonder why they bother listing it.
 
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DavidnRobin said:
A bit of a tangent for this thread - but not really...

I have been noticing more and more real Owners (not PCCs) attempting to sell their units on eBay - where they are asking for what they believe to be reasonable prices based on what they paid and were probably told by SVO salespeople, but are far above the real selling prices (on eBay or other sites). A WKORV OF for $56K, WKORVs for $30-35K, WPORVs for $35-40K, WSJ (low) for $30K, WKV (67.1K SO) for $15K. I really feel bad for these folks when/if they discovery the awful truth.
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I have noticed that too, as I've set up to get an email on new Westins that show up. I've seen the big buck WKORV showing up recently and shake my head. :(
 
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WKORVN 2Bd LO IV - 148.1K SO - $15,600 (4/2/09)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350183395600

I had a work-friend who paid~$48K from Starwood for this same unit-type about 2 years ago. Needless to say - I will not be mentioning this to them (they did not heed my warning to rescind and buy resale since they wanted the SPs - I hope they got a lot of value from those SPs...).





Posted to sticky - THANKS!
 
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DavidnRobin said:
WKORVN 2Bd LO IV - 148.1K SO - $15,600 (4/2/09)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=350183395600

I had a work-friend who paid~$48K from Starwood for this same unit-type about 2 years ago. Needless to say - I will not be mentioning this to them (they did not heed my warning to rescind and buy resale since they wanted the SPs - I hope they got a lot of value from those SPs...).
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I bought one EOY IV WKORV for 10k from the developer . I think the orignial purchase EOY WKORV was 19k? mine was not North. This was back in 2005 though. Then I purchsed an annual and deluxe with better views.

Was this an annual? Maintenance fees look like it is. You just never know.
 
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WKV 2Bd LO Gold (81K SO) - $4,250 (4/6/09)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=180343257158

I believe this is the lowest eBay price for this unit-type at WKV
(close to a $4K drop from a year ago)

WKORV 2Bd LO Deluxe IV or OV? (148.1K SO) - $16,100 (4/5/09)
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=130297034881
Based on MFs - this unit is likely a Deluxe unit - auction did not state whether is is an IV or OV units (incredibly bad not to include this info)






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