Hi, I'm new here!

[Maui_ed]

Hi. My name is Ed. My wife and I have been timeshare owners for only a few years now. All 3 of our units are Starwood. We are currently still happy Starwood owners. We have enjoyed some of the flexibility of trading within the Starwood system and coverting to points for airfare and hotels in Canada and Europe. We hope to do more travel abroad and will use either the II Getaways and Starpoints (or both) to enable that.

I will second WalnutBaron's disclaimer - I have less knowledge than most other posters on TUG, and certainly less wit and charm. I prefer to pass along personal experiences where relevant or helpful and try to refrain from passing along advice or instruction. The others here are much better qualified and able to do that.

Welcome all newcomers.

 

[Loriannf]

Hi, I'm Lori and my husband and I own 2 3 bedroom Westin St John pool villas, both bought from the developer (one even after I found TUG!).

We discovered Starwood 10 years ago when I took a vacation to St John to escape the dreaded Cleveland winters, which I must say are worse than the Chicago winters I lived through. I hated Cleveland so much and I'd developed SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) and we needed a place to go which was sunny. The previous fall we'd been to Maui but that was a long long plane ride from Cleveland. I found St John, took the tour, and bought a week; although I must admit I made them write into the contract that we could rescind if my husband came down and hated it. He didn't, and we've owned 4210, week 17 since 1999.

We bought the pool villa because we loved St John and anticipated having a family and bringing extended family with us. Well, we only have one child, now 8, who actually took her first steps in our St John unit. We've visited every year but one, but that one year we tried to trade and found it nearly impossible. So, a few years later, we bought another unit (4310, week 18) thinking then we would still have a week in St John and another week elsewhere. I knew about TUG then, and had been reading and trying to find a resale week either before or after the week we owned for about 2 years. Couldn't find one, so we bought another week from Starwood.

Still love St John, but hate the ever increasing, and in my mind unjustified, maintenance fee increases. Don't really like the SVO system, because our StarOptions never until this year afforded us enough to get an equivalent trade. We did a couple of StarOptions trades (one to Vistana Villages, another to Myrtle Beach) which weren't really equal but were done to make extended family vacations easier. We tried for years to get into Harborside, but were unable to with StarOptions, so a couple of years ago we managed a direct exchange with another owner for our St John week. I truly think that's the best way to utilize our extra St John week so that we can attempt equivalent trades.

That's our story.

Lori

 

[Negma]

Hi, I am Rick, and bought our first timeshare at DVC 10 years ago and have enjoyed every minute of it. In fact with my youngest of 4 as senior in high school we are going to try the food and wine festival next year. We are also looking forward to not being tied down to school vacation calendars. I am in the biotech business (spell negma backward to figure it out).

My misfortune was to find TUG after many of our purchases, but I have learned many tricks of the trade through TUG (and tried to share some).

I probably read the site every day but leave most of the posting to the experts. I have met several Tuggers live and you are all truly a great group of folks. My family constantly gives me grief that I spend the majority of my free time planning out next excursion.

We have found our timeshares to be a great way to vacation and I would do it all over again (except buy resale). I still like Starwood but as others have said, a corporation that is at times at odds with what works for the customer (can I run for office now?).

 

[mscarboroughusa]

Hi - my name is Matthew and I am a banker in the Baltimore area - I have a great wife and (2) children - girl age 7 and boy age 4 - we bought a 2-BR platinum WMH unit in 2002 after rescinding on a 1-BR Westin St. John November week (essentially getting nearly 3x as many Staroptions for the same upfront cost) - Overall, we have been very happy and actually have only used within Starwood resort system - I suppose I have been lucky, as we have had no real issue trading to St. John (we have traveled there 4 times and are going again in January) , and have also stayed @ Harborside, WMH, and Kaanapali - I also own (2) SVV 2-BR units that I purchased re-sale in order to increase my options (rent to offset MF, convert to Starpoints, or use for additional vacation) - 90% of my travel involves Starwood properties and I have found that loyalty has its benefits. Starwood AMEX has afforded me ALOT of great vacations. Like another poster, I utilize the cash + points option when it makes sense.

I have NEVER used II for an exchange but am thinking of banking (1) of my SVV weeks (it is a 2-BR 67k Staroption week) for some future travel - I have been a bit scared off b/c I would likely want AT LEAST a Marriott trade (say Aruba or other Caribbean destination), and doubt I would get it. Any advice on dealing with II ??

And thanks for all the good advice and insight from the poster(s) on this site.

 

[DanCali]

Well hello all.

My name is Jim and while I do not own any Starwood timeshares, I am a former employee of the company. I started my employment with them when the company was Vistana Management. I answered phones making reservations and providing customer service for the owners of Vistana Resort, Vistana Beach Club and The Oak Plantation. To say the least, it was a very simple world then. My last position with the company (by then SVO) was the owner services manager.

James - since you were formerly a Starwood insider I can guess that (i) you had better information than the general public and (ii) you had incentives to buy SVO timeshares for yourself which not available to general public.

I'm going to make a financial markets analogy - many times investors read into company insiders buying their own stock as a good sign and if they sell it's a bad sign... So can we infer anything from the fact that you actually do NOT own a Starwood timeshare (even though you possibly could have gotten it at a favorable price)? I had to ask...

 

[mlpmd56]

Great Board

Greetings fellow TUGGERS. I love TUG!
I am an OB/Gyn, married to a public radio manager, and we have 5 canine children (3 Golden Retrievers & 2 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels) but no human kids. I bought our first timeshare (from a resale broker on Maui) and we have LOVED the Maui Schooner and the trades we have gotten for the last 7 years. The incentive for this purchase was a $350/night room (and this was in 2002!) that had only a sliver of ocean view if you craned your neck on the lanai, had flooded due to bad air conditioning, was on a major crosswalk with everyone looking in our door, had a queen bed (my husband and I are both "physically enhanced"--smile), and walls so thin that we could hear every word coming from the condo next door. I was SO annoyed I bought the cheapest (should I say least expensive?) 5 star on Maui that I could find, and that was the Maui Schooner. Paid $5900 and don't regret a cent of it, despite the killer prices currently on ebay. At that point maintenance fees at the Schooner were $490 for a 1 bedroom, so $70/night for a 5 star ocean front condo. Remember those days? Since then I bought a second Schooner week, this time a 2 bedroom, on ebay, for even less than my 1 bedroom. This past January we were on St. Martin (again one of those killer trades) when a WKORV came up on ebay. Rob (husband) and I had stayed at WKORV on a promo deal, and really liked it but weren't interested in paying the high prices, neither developer or resale. I had been trying to "snipe" an ebay Westin for awhile, but always got WAY outbid. So anyway, since we were in St. Martin, and the seller was in California, the sale ended at something like 2:30 am St. Martin time. Rob could not BELIEVE I was setting the alarm to get up and try to snipe. I did and GOT IT!!!! So, we are planning to go to Harborside as our first Star Options trade and have a reservation for January 2010. A few months ago I sniped a Kauai Beach Marriott, and I am waiting for that to close. I know maintenance fees are high in Hawaii, especially Maui, but I would be glad to go back every year. Any time away from my practice is money lost, so I want my vacations to be as annoyance free as I can arrange them to be. Renting might be cheaper, but I always want a good view of the ocean, if I can get it. So we'll see how I feel in a few years, but right now I feel I got a fantastic deal on all my timeshares, I love to vacation, and I am gratefull for all of the worthwhile knowledge I have obtained from TUG. Thanks to the moderators all, and ESPECIALLY Denise! Marcy

 

[DavidnRobin]

DavidnRobin

OK-OK... DavidnRobin is entirely David - the ornery one of the two, Robin is the pretty and gentle one - and therefore tends to be the muse of my many photos and videos - since who wants to see my sorry ass. She is the Yan to my Yin.

I am a Scientist (yes - actually my job title) at a very large BioTech company (now way too large) and I specialize in the clinical pharmacology aspects of oncology drug development. I tried not to be my profession, but I was unsuccessful in that (goes with the territory). To that end - I was lucky enough to find Robin - fall in love - get married (engaged in St John, and married at sunset on Kapalua Beach in Maui - barefoot - surrounded by family/friends - with live acoustic music - this says alot about who we are...) - and decided it was time for more vacations and less work. It was the 2nd marriage for both of us - we are both in our early 50s. Robin is a grandmother twice over (hard to believe...).

While we were vacationing on a SVO resort package at the Poipu Sheraton (Kauai) in Dec 2004 - we were sucked into buying a 2Bd LF OF at WKORVN for $74K (!!!). Luckily, being a researcher, I found TUG in time and rescinded. My first post was replied to by DeniseM (her 1000th post) back before she was a Mod and we had a dedicated Starwood Forum - she probably regrets it to this day - lol.

Having dodged that SVO TS bullet - we decided that we liked the Westin SVO product and after some research decided to buy resale WKORV Dlx OF as a present to ourselves. A good deal at the time (plus we saved $1000s due to our rescinding WKORVN) - no longer - water under the bridge - but we have had many great stays at WKORV since then. Except for the 1st year when my folks stayed in the studio for our wedding cermony - we have rented the studio side to offset the MFs (I guess that is over also...).

A few months later I bought a WSJ 2Bd Townhouse (June) villa on eBay - it was a poor ad - and I got it for an excellent price (again at the time, but it has held pretty steady since then). I had been to St John in the early 90s - and loved what I saw on the island (soft sand beaches - warm water - remote). We went with my brother and finace the first year with the plan to get married as a surprise, but since she had been divorced it was too difficult to pull it off as a secret (I was confident she would say 'yes') - so I surprised her with a ring while in Great Cruz Bay at WSJ (yes - while in the water) - I wanted to do it at Trunk Bay - but couldn't wait. It turned out to be a good place since now we can look down from our balcony and see 'our spot'.

Since the WKORV we had bought was reserved during Thanksgiving week - we decided to get married there (as stated above) - and have Thanksgiving celebration at the same time (2 birds with 1 stone). Great fun for all.

After researching more on TUG and getting more involved - we had decided to buy 81K SOs (1 Bd Plat/Prem) at WKV since we are SF Giants Fans (Spring Training) and my folks live outside of Scottsdale. During our week stay in March 2007 at WKV - I went into negotiations to buy an EOY odd at WPORV and broke a few 'so-called' SVO rules at the time. This experience is well-documented in dukes' requal thread - essential we requaled our EY WKORV with an EOY purchase, got 3*, used same day Exporer package, SVO Owners EOY price at 1/2 EY price (we weren't SVO Owners) for $24.3K, and picked-up 225K SPs in the process (which using fuzzy TS sales math - paid for itself - lol). We had bought EOY odd because we had a planned 8-week vacation in 2009 (that we just go back from - talk about pre-planning...).

anyway... this is turning out as long as our Trip Reports - lol

We bought another WKV week - since I felt that it is one of the best SVO deals on the resale market - and that way we could stay, rent, SVN exchange - since then we have rented our WKV weeks except this year where we used one week to exchange into WKORV.

We picked-up an adjacent week at WSJ from the Owners that sold us our first week indirectly - they had donated it - and was how it ended up on eBay by the Tarpey Bros. in the first place. I arranged the sales agreement - and the title change with the Owners who sold us the 2nd week for less than our first week (and reimbursed us for back taxes - wonderful people). Now we had back-to-back weeks at WSJ. Living in the SF Bay - it was too far to go for 1 week - and 2 weeks on STJ is many times better than just 1 week.

OK-OK - enough - more than you probably wanted to know. One more thing though - do not put up with the BS that SVO has recently pulled - the squeaky wheel does get the grease - and if we stand together to fight these battles - we will make headway (eventually - hopefully). You do not need to be a majority - just a very noisy minority - I found this out when we fought back against the WSJ HOA and MF issues (why I started the WSJ thread...). Do not let others fight these battles for you - we all need to get involved. Write your HOAs or SVO/SVN, and demand real answers.

Peace to all.

 

[DeniseM]

WOW! Thanks for the wonderful posts! Keep 'em coming!

My first post was replied to by DeniseM (her 1000th post) back before she was a Mod and we had a dedicated Starwood Forum - she probably regrets it to this day - lol.

Oh Yeah! I should have just banned you for life the first day I became a Mod! :rofl:

(NOT! )

Nov. 19th will be my second anniversary of being the Mod on the absolute best board, with the absolute best people, on TUG! (Except for a few of you, and you already know who you are! )

 

[AwayWeGo]

I Resemble That Remark.

Except for a few of you, and you already know who you are!

Nobody's perfect.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[DeniseM]

Nobody's perfect.

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

Well, there's the first one! :hysterical:

 

[gregb]

Hi,
I'm Greg and my DH is Chris. We live in Cupertino, CA (In the SF Bay area and home of Apple computer.). Chris and I grew up in Michigan and are both alumni of Michigan (so we know about how cold it is in the Midwest in the winter. You guys complaining about the cold are wimps! Oh yeah, we moved away many years ago. In the first 5 months after DH retired, we were traveling 9 weeks, so I guess you could say we like to travel.

Our 23 year old son graduated from Cal Poly in 2008 and lives and works nearby (Yeah!). We both worked in High Tech as software engineers/managers. I "retired" in 2001, and Chris last year. We have lived in Michigan; Dallas, Texas; Fort Collins, Colorado; Grenoble, France, and Sunnyvale, California.

We have been to all the main Hawaiian Islands and like Maui the best. We had stayed on Maui several times (three times on TS preview trips) before we finally succumbed and bought WKORVN from the developer in 2006 (I think). It was just before the North side opened. We have stayed there three times and will be going back the first two weeks in Feb of 2010. (The whales are amazing.) We have only used StarOptions once. This year we exchanged a week in our Studio for 9 days in a 1 Bed Dlx at SVV this October. Recently returned from that trip. It was great but I don't think we will be exchanging too much. Since it is just the two of us for now, we like the lockout feature that allows us to spend two weeks in Maui for one week of ownership. Anything less that two weeks seems like a waste of the high air fare to get there, and also it is way to short. So I guess if we want to do more TSing, we will have to purchase another unit somewhere (Yes I know, resale!).

We have used some of the StarPoints we got when we bought our unit, and from the AmEx card, but have found that Starwood hotels are not found in many of the places we visit. Guess we have to plan a return to Europe to use up the rest of our points.

I found out about Tug about 9 months ago and have been reading posts since. I requested the Owners Manual for WKORVN (it was not given to us when we purchased!) and have read all of it. Some parts multiple times to try to understand it. But that was some time ago and now it is fading into the background.

 

[mariawolf]

Hi and welcome to all the "newbies"! We own two weeks at Harborside--one bought very early on before the models were opened--both platinum weeks--and the second also bought from developer as we were specifically looking for a week 52 to use with grandchildren once they were older and not able to take out of schools.
Having bought at Harborside with the ever increasing fees we never trade. I am a strong believer in what so many folks here post--buy where you want to go.
We also bought a Marriott timeshare at Frenchman's cove in Saint Thomas--again very early on so no resales!. We like St John but honestly I am a kind of plant myself in a lounge chair with a drink in my hand so going to all the gorgeous beaches with no lounge chairs just isn't for me. Frenchman's cove gets me to the warmer climates--I hate winter!
For those of you that ever get to Trip Advisor I am a destination expert for Paradise Island--my children (3 boys aged 28-38) find this all very amusing that their computer challenged mother is on both these sites!
I live in Maryland just out of DC and I am a real estate agent. We like to get away in the winter and we have a house in Bethany Beach Delaware that works for us in the summer!

 

[Transit]

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Hello everyone,I'm Frank and I didn't want anything to do with timeshares at first. A while back we stayed in relatives timeshares and did some presentations.I enjoyed staying in timeshares but still wasn't convinced.My wife Stacy really wanted this much more than I did and finally convinced me that we should buy.I've been hooked ever since and now have 3 Starwood timeshares. I did not buy exactly where I want to go because I want to go everywhere. I think I enjoy the hunt for a great vacation ( Or what others would call "gaming the system" ) as much as I like going on vacation. Now my wife has no interest in the details of ownership but she and my son love to give the thumbs up or down on our next destinations. I'm also addicted to TUG......

 

[gregb]

Hey Denise,

I suggest you "sticky" this thread so that it will be easy to find.

 

[grgs]

Hi,

I'm married with 2 daughters (ages 13 & 9). I'm a librarian and my husband is a GIS person.

We bought our first timeshare (WKV) in 2004. We went to a tour at WMH. My husband would have bought then and there, but I wanted to research first. I read and asked questions on TUG. I still ended up buying direct (my husband was impatient and there weren't resales at that time), but bought WKV instead of WMH as I found out about mandatory vs. voluntary from TUG.

We considered Marriott, but really like the flexibility of Staroptions. We traded our WKV unit for 12 days in Maui in 2006. For next year, we traded our WKV unit for 16 days in Harborside in June, and still had enough options left over for another week there! We also would have considered Hilton, but the limited number of locations didn't appeal to us.

I then bought a second week resale at SDO which I requalified with another Kierland purchase. In the process of doing that, I ended up with two "accident" units--another SDO and one SVR.

Overall, we've greatly enjoyed our Starwood vacations, and I find staying in a timeshare (love the kitchen and w/d) so much more pleasant than staying in a hotel--especially with kids.

I am concerned with the rapidly increasing mf and other Starwood actions of late. My fear is that Starwood isn't as committed to their timeshare business as Marriott is. With the pressures of bad economy, I think Starwood is willing take whatever short-term profits that they can out of the system. Marriott (based on what I've read on the Marriott board) takes a longer term view.

Glorian

 

[jerseygirl]

Hey Frank --

I love the "thrill of the hunt" too. I had some leftover hyatt points getting close to expiration and today I was able to snag Thanksgiving weekend at the Hyatt in Carmel for my brother. It made my day! Better than .... well, maybe not.

- Jerseygirl

 

[fasha39]

Hi, my wife and I along with our two kids (10yr old son &7yr old daughter) live in Western Canada and we can tell a few stories about cold winters that make Chicago or Michigan seem tropical. But we love where we live and our country so wouldn’t dream of moving anywhere else. I work in the consumer goods manufacturing industry and my wife works in the oil and gas industry. We are both in our early 40’s busy shuttling the kids to ballet, sports and we love to spend time as a family travelling (to warm places).

About a year ago we seriously considered buying a second home in the U.S. somewhere warm but decided against it after finding out the tax/estate implications for non- U.S. citizens and TSing seemed to suit our needs more. Part of my business is in the hospitality industry, I’ve had long term corporate relationships with most major banners (Marriott, Starwood, Four Seasons etc.) and using this background as well as drawing on our own experiences (and couldn’t afford Four Seasons) we decided Starwood was for us. Luckily found TUG before we bought and couldn’t be happier with our purchases. We are in the process of adding more weeks with an eye to using them as a winter escape for retirement.

Having worked in large corporations for most of our careers we both have a decent understanding how they work and see Starwood’s warts but for us the warts are benign.

Although I’ve been accused of being a Starwood employee, Jarta’s alias and other things I do enjoy TUG, I have learned many things and I’m sure to learn more.

We are off to WKV tomorrow for a week of GOLF and R&R!

Jeff

 

[Courts]

Hello, I'm Jack and own three (hopefully two soon ) starwood properties.

My first "brush" with timesharing helped me immeasurably.....see link in my sig.

The first TS I owned was in NC and I never stayed there but traded to a number of good places. Had to get rid of it in the 80's recession.

Bought two Starwood properties resale then one from developer for the Staroptions and Starpoints. I know I did it backwards but I'm happy with the decision.

I like the Starwood properties, but hotels are often in better locations than the TS properties or even any TS properties. Considering the price of hotel rooms vs MF's I'm thinking it's about time to reevaluate.

I'm retired but work part time for my wife in her Insurance Agency.

.

 

[botham]

How y'all doin?

I'm Tim and i'm from the UK.

I own 1 week at Vistana Resort and have visited the resort 3 or 4 times since my purchase about 10 years ago. I have been a Tugger for several years, but don't visit that often.

I'm generally happy with the location, but have been very concerned with the increased costs of ownership.

Several times I have thought about selling, but have stuck with it. Up until now we have been restricted by school terms, which has made exchanging particularly difficult, especially in the limited number of European resorts.

We plan our next visit in 12 months time in conjunction with a cruise on Carnival Dream.

 

[James1975NY]

James - since you were formerly a Starwood insider I can guess that (i) you had better information than the general public and (ii) you had incentives to buy SVO timeshares for yourself which not available to general public.

I'm going to make a financial markets analogy - many times investors read into company insiders buying their own stock as a good sign and if they sell it's a bad sign... So can we infer anything from the fact that you actually do NOT own a Starwood timeshare (even though you possibly could have gotten it at a favorable price)? I had to ask...

I believe that I had a 10% - 15% discount on purchases through SVO for timeshares.

I did not buy a Starwood timeshare for two reasons.
1.) I had access to employee discounted rates.
2.) I have a timeshare in Key West that I use every other year (odd).

Additionally, my family and I travel quite a bit together each year and we tend to favor rental houses to give us that "compound" feel. We can be a bit roudy at times and like the privacy of having the full lot to ourselves.

 

[mitchandjeanette]

mitchandjeanette

Like DavidnRobin, "mitchandjeanette" is Mitch... Jeanette is too busy being mom to our three wonderful kids (13 year old boy, 12 year old girl, and our "unexpected blessing" 6 year old boy) to be on the computer much....
We got sucked into this TSing thing in October 2005. We went to a WMH preview package, and bought WLR the day Wilma hit Cancun, yes THE DAY WILMA hit. The picture below is what was on TV when we returned to our room.

You would think that we would have noticed a few, ok one HUGE RED FLAG (rescind, buy resale), but oh no, they had us hook line and sinker.
Oh well live and learn, just wish we had learned first.
We bought SVV and SVR resale before finding TUG, but once again we "lived before learning" and could have done better with TUG's help.
We have never seen our Orlando properties, but have been to WLR using SO's and loved it. Using II trades we got, WKORV (3x's), a week in Lake Tahoe, a week in Palm Springs and an upcoming Easter week in Williamsburg. I know that doesn't seem like much to some of you, but to us, it is a lifestyle change.
Simply put, married in 1991 honeymooned in Hawaii, back to Hawaii in Jan, 2005, but nothing but weekend trips here and there between 1991 and 2005.
I am still trying to sort out all the II changes, but to this point have been very happy with our "forced vacations."
Some more about us. We live in S. Cal and to this point have been fortunate for Jeanette not to work and just stay home. :whoopie: Not sure why she needs all these vacations all she does is stay home.
All kidding aside, she is wonderful and works 24/7 being the world's best Mom and Wife. If she was to get paid what she was worth, we could be making developer purchases and not thinking twice about it.
Somehow we have been able to mix our "forced vacations" into our "normal life" of church, school, soccer, basketball, volleyball, track, vbs, etc… Thanks to Starwood for getting us started and thanks to all the TUGers who continue to share their knowledge, and last, thanks to our A/E card for flying us around. (I know it's not the best way to use SPG points, but it's really difficult to drive to Hawaii.)

mitch

 

[DeniseM]

Mitch - I think the AMEX is a great way to use SPG points. We use it for free tix to Hawaii every year. If we want to stay in a hotel we use Priceline and pay less than $100 per night for a 3 or 4 Star hotel.

 

[HenryT]

Hello. My name is Henry. I have been time-sharing for over 13 years. All my purchases were resale as I found out about resales early on. My first purchase was a 3 bed Diamond unit at Cypress Pointe which I purchased to trade. It has actually been an excellent trader over the years.

My 7 year old son went on his first T/S vacation at the ripe old age of 6 months (to Puerto Rico). He now thinks everybody goes on 4 vacations per year in timeshares.

I purchased many T/Ss over the years but 3 years ago with the increasing fees to exchange and increasing difficulty in getting exchanges I started buying only where I wanted to go. Since I like to go to different places I currently own 13 timeshares. I brought and sold to get to my current position. I go on 4 vacations per year and I rent my remaining units. Every other year I organize a family reunion which requires me to get up to 5 units for the week at the family reunion location.

I found Tug a few years back but I have mainly just listened in. I have gained a significant amount of knowledge lurking here.

I own 3 Starwood resorts (Westin St John, Harborside, and Sheraton Broadway Plantation), 2 Marriotts, Worldmark, Wyndham, and others.

I love traveling and I love timeshares. I can't imagine staying in a hotel anymore. Thanks Timesharing and thanks Tug!

 

[AwayWeGo]

I Resemble That Remark.

My first purchase was a 3 bed Diamond unit at Cypress Pointe which I purchased to trade. It has actually been an excellent trader over the years.

Same here -- except we bought ours for going to instead of for trading. That was in 2002.

In 2003, we sold it for the same amount we paid for it & bought a 3BR Diamond unit at Cypress Pointe Grande Villas right across the street -- for approximately $1,500 less.

Yesterday, 1 of our TUG-BBS colleagues bought a Cypress Pointe 3BR Diamond unit via eBay for $1.

Times change, no ?

-- Alan Cole, McLean (Fairfax County), Virginia, USA.​

 

[DavidnRobin]

Mitch - that photo is fantastic - love the look on her face. - David