Bought Worldmark Membership on eBay

[ecwinch]

Thanks LLW. Worldmark points look much more expensive than Wyndham points on ebay. Why such a difference?

IMHO - combination of unfriendly owner policies implemented by Wyndham, higher m/f in Wyndham, and greater supply. Wyndham has sold more memberships, resulting in more supply. In todays market, where there are less buyers, this has depressed prices.

Also there is large rental market, which undermines the ownership market.

 

[LLW]

Thanks LLW. Worldmark points look much more expensive than Wyndham points on ebay. Why such a difference?

How do they each translate into the other system? How much difference is there after the translation? After accounting for the difference in maintenance fees?

Worldmark prices have gone down with the market too. Market prices are a factor of supply and demand, and all it takes is one seller to meet one buyer at a certain price under certain conditions. But there have also been words that maybe it is bottoming out, for WM.

I don't really know the Wyndham/Fairfield end of the comparison, but I think part of the reasons might be that Worldmark has lower MF and more owner-friendly and -protecting corporate governing documents, from reading on this board. Part of the reason for the higher Wyn MF is they have fancier resorts (in general). But maybe in these harder economic times, people would rather pay less for a less fancy vacation, but still have a vacation.

 

[Captron]

Thanks LLW. Worldmark points look much more expensive than Wyndham points on ebay. Why such a difference?

They have a totally different point structure and requirement for similar units. Comparing them would be like comparing two currencies (say US$ vs Thai baht).

Someone could probably effectively create a conversion between them just like you can for US$ and any other currency but just know that they are very different.