Back in the day, advice and discussions about buying and selling resale were commonplace; there was what one would consider a healthy resale market, albeit at a fraction of the prices developers were selling "new" for. Of the dozen-or-so weeks we've owned, only the first one was a "retail" purchase, and the first three or four that we got rid of we sold in the resale market.
But, at some point that changed, the discussions became about the glut on the resale market, and you more likely would have to give them away, like to charity. Can anyone remember when that happened . . . was it during the recession, say 2009, or had the resale market collapsed before then?
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I was just thinking that the gap between those still saying "Just sell it", and those thinking the industry had best deal with this issue, is not that great. There was a time not all that long ago that I, and others here, would have thought of the idea of paying someone to get rid of your timeshare would be ridiculous. I've resisted that notion during the 11 years I have been downsizing our holdings.
Yet, today, by signing that QCD, I am a grudgingly acknowledging reality. I have compromised, and moved from my position, just to have the last one over with.
The compromise I can see happening is "Try to sell or give away your timeshare. If you find you can't, or don't feel you are competent in that regard, we will take it back, and we will charge you (whatever)."
Just saying that would be a fair policy is a compromise for me.
But, at some point that changed, the discussions became about the glut on the resale market, and you more likely would have to give them away, like to charity. Can anyone remember when that happened . . . was it during the recession, say 2009, or had the resale market collapsed before then?
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I was just thinking that the gap between those still saying "Just sell it", and those thinking the industry had best deal with this issue, is not that great. There was a time not all that long ago that I, and others here, would have thought of the idea of paying someone to get rid of your timeshare would be ridiculous. I've resisted that notion during the 11 years I have been downsizing our holdings.
Yet, today, by signing that QCD, I am a grudgingly acknowledging reality. I have compromised, and moved from my position, just to have the last one over with.
The compromise I can see happening is "Try to sell or give away your timeshare. If you find you can't, or don't feel you are competent in that regard, we will take it back, and we will charge you (whatever)."
Just saying that would be a fair policy is a compromise for me.