At Frenchmans Cove

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Aruba platinum weeks are selling on the resale market for less than $14000. If MFC is something you really want the offer they put on the table is not a bad one. They are selling platinum weeks, I don't know the price of platinum plus weeks, for $36,000 at the resort now. If you trade your week in it will only cost you $15,000 for a far superior resort, imho. Plus you'd be done with the Aruba week. That alone would be motivation for me. Marriott has 40+ owners on their resale list and there are tons more on all the other resale sites.

Again, if this is something you would like to do, I suggest, you go for it.

I think reality lies somewhere in between. I know the market has dropped, and maybe I missed a ridiculous price that slipped through, but having been shopping I did not see any Plat. Aruba weeks go for less than 14K (unless you are referring to a 1BR Ocean Club week). I know the 2 BR's at the SC are still commanding good money on the resale market, albeit a little lower than before (but not the tremendous discounts we've seen at some other resorts). OC weeks may be selling a little less because of very disgruntled owners, high MF's and the special assessment over the next two years.

As for it being a much better resort- that is a matter of opinion. I would contend just the opposite- I like Aruba much better. That's why they have properties in all different locations. Doesn't make you right and me wrong or vice versa.

That said, if you really prefer going to St. Thomas then it is a good offer. Unless you own an OF view, which would sell for considerably more, it is a little less than what OS units have recently been selling for, prob. around the pricing for OV units and a good price for a GV. Again, maybe Marylin has seen a couple of units that I missed, but I researched this extensively at the end of last year and that's what 2 BR SC units were selling for.