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Is this a Good/Fair/Poor Offer at Massnutten?

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spoon

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After sitting through a 4 hour timeshare spiel, they offered us a "weeks" 2 bedroom unit that had a 20,000 points value for $32,000. I knew that was a extremely poor offer and said no. Then they went through a few more iterations of various offers which we declined. The final offer (have 24 hours to decide) was a 2 bedroom unit with a lockout 1 bedroom that has a 67,000 points value for $5,500 with an annual maintenance fee of $839. Is this a good/fair/poor offer?

Also, the agent made two statements during the spiel that we question their veracity.
1) Currently, we only own points. He said that we should add a weeks unit to our portfolio. The reason is that points owners see only points resorts and weeks owners see just weeks units when searching available inventory. So by owning both you get to see all of them. Is this true?

2) When searching inventory a 20,000 points owners will see less availability than someone who has 100,000 points. Is this true?

We suspect both are false.
 
Not really sure on points at Massanutten...I do know that the TUG marketplace has many many 'Nutten listings for free with free closing costs and at times the first year use free. So my opinion is to never buy Massanutten retail with these resale offers there for the choosing.
 
Ha. The 24 hours means nothing. Let it all go. Take your time investigating timeshares in general. So many ts can be found at very low cost or for free. You may want something close to home that you can easily drive to, or one on the west coast only for trading.
You will figure out if points or weeks are best for you.
And we are proud of you for resisting the hard sell tactics!
 
heck there is even a free giveaway there with 116,000 annual points.
 
Thanks everyone for your replies. I am going to pass on the offer. Interesting that the timeshare agent indicated there was very limited availability yet there must have been 30 other people at tables talking to other agents. Also, I did go to the internet just a few minutes ago and found a website that showed over 1,000 units for sale throughout the various Massanutten villages.
 
limited to the number they can sell...
 
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