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Upgrading to ocean front at WKORV

pointsjunkie said:
the explorer program is for svo's. we went for an update at keirland and we were not interested in purchasing at that time so they brought us to the explorer person. it was for signing up for another update within 18 months and a guarntee 50000 starpoints and a 5 day stay at the resort or purchase somewhere, don't use the 5 day stay and recieve 90000 starpoints. the money goes toward the new purchase. we did this when we upgraded our VV in december.got 90000 starpoints.:whoopie:
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How much is the explorer pkg? If I understand this right, you applied the full cost of the explorer Pkg. to the purchase price of your upgrade, so it doesn't really cost you anything, plus you get 50K Starpoints with the Explorer Pkg., plus incentive Starpoints when you purchase the upgrade? So you got 50K Starpoints + 40K Starpoints for the upgrade?
 
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DavidnRobin said:
The owner we bought from paid $65K based on the info he had (from ~2 years ago).
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Dave - I know you've posted this before, but please remind me what you paid resale for your WKORV OF?

BTW - I emailed James Johnson and he got right back to me. He is checking to see if they have any OF inventory. In my email I asked him about upgrading, requalifying, Starpoint incentives, and price - I will let you know what I find out.
 
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DeniseM said:
Dave - I know you've posted this before, but please remind me what you paid resale for your WKORV OF?

BTW - I emailed James Johnson and he got right back to me. He is checking to see if they have any OF inventory. In my email I asked him about upgrading, requalifying, Starpoint incentives, and price - I will let you know what I find out.
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~$56K including MFs for 2006. We paid about $4K too much (live and learn) - we just felt that that we had just saved $20K over the WKORV-N OF (at ~$74K) - so it seemed like a bargain. If we had been more patient we could have saved more, but having Thanksgiveing week reserved (and the ability to have out family there for our marriage and T-Day was worth some additional cost) - there was one on eBay that went unsold for $49.5 from Stroman Reality.

Also worth knowing - the inside (non-Deluxe) OF units that are side-by-side (I listed their unit numbers in another thread) do have a real lanai on the studio-side, even though the 'premium' floorplans do not show a lanai. I have never seen one of these forslae, but they would be nice to own from many aspects (lower MFs, both sides facing the ocean).
 
DeniseM said:
How much is the explorer pkg? If I understand this right, you applied the full cost of the explorer Pkg. to the purchase price of your upgrade, so it doesn't really cost you anything, plus you get 50K Starpoints with the Explorer Pkg., plus incentive Starpoints when you purchase the upgrade? So you got 50K Starpoints + 40K Starpoints for the upgrade?
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it was 2grand,we applied the full amount to the upgrade and received 90,000 starpoints for the upgrade from the explorer program. i will never buy from starwood without getting an explorer package first. i can get it over the phone and the starpoints will keep on coming in. i travel 3-4 times a year for 5 nights( so i get the 5th night free) that is beside my TS vacations. i love the ability to turn my vo to starpoints. i exchange harborside every other year and we charge everything on the amex (college tuition) and we travel for free like crazy.:whoopie:
 
Points Junkie --

Does your college charge a service fee? I would love to do that, but I haven't figured out how to get around the fee.

Thanks,
jersey
 
jerseygirl said:
Points Junkie --

Does your college charge a service fee? I would love to do that, but I haven't figured out how to get around the fee.

Thanks,
jersey
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Both of my kid's colleges charge a fee too! :annoyed:
 
FYI, in the last month or so, a "lot" of North units have been put on the resale market if this site is accurate.

http://sellmytimesharenow.com/searc...sortId=7427&price=&unitType=&bathrooms=&week=

A bit surprising given that it hasn't even opened yet, and that Westin seems to have no trouble selling more weeks.

Also a bit surprising is how many Maui units, especially Westin and Marriott, are available for rent as seen at redweek.
 
divenski said:
FYI, in the last month or so, a "lot" of North units have been put on the resale market if this site is accurate.

http://sellmytimesharenow.com/searc...sortId=7427&price=&unitType=&bathrooms=&week=

A bit surprising given that it hasn't even opened yet, and that Westin seems to have no trouble selling more weeks.

Also a bit surprising is how many Maui units, especially Westin and Marriott, are available for rent as seen at redweek.
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See this thread
http://www.tugbbs.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42289&highlight=sellmytimesharenow
 
college fee

the colleges do charge a fee but we figured out that is was well worth it because with both tuituins we had enough for 2 nights at cat 4 hotel.
 
pointsjunkie said:
the colleges do charge a fee but we figured out that is was well worth it because with both tuituins we had enough for 2 nights at cat 4 hotel.
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I don't know - if I have to pay for the points, it doesn't seem like a good deal to me.
 
I heard back from Dave's SW contact today and he said they didn't have any OF units at the WKORV available now, but he would contact me when they do. He said that they are getting some units because people upgrade to WKORVN. Can you imagine "upgrading" from ocean front at the WKORV to any unit at WKORVN??? :eek:

An OF unit closed on ebay today - one of the center units. There was a $55K reserve, but the auction topped out at $22K and didn't meet the reserve.
 
DeniseM said:
I heard back from Dave's SW contact today and he said they didn't have any OF units at the WKORV available now, but he would contact me when they do. He said that they are getting some units because people upgrade to WKORVN. Can you imagine "upgrading" from ocean front at the WKORV to any unit at WKORVN??? :eek:

An OF unit closed on ebay today - one of the center units. There was a $55K reserve, but the auction topped out at $22K and didn't meet the reserve.
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What was the auction #? I track these and didn't see it listed Did it not have Westin in the title?
 
DavidnRobin said:
What was the auction #? I track these and didn't see it listed Did it not have Westin in the title?
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No, it didn't - I found it by searching by state.
 
DavidnRobin said:
Do you have the auction # handy?
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No - but you should be able to find it by doing a search for Hawaii (state drop down menu) and then choose COMPLETED LISTINGS (on the left) and click SHOW ITEMS.
 
DeniseM said:
No - but you should be able to find it by doing a search for Hawaii (state drop down menu) and then choose COMPLETED LISTINGS (on the left) and click SHOW ITEMS.
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I did this, but still do not see it.
 
Here it is:

140095304910

Glorian
 
Thanks - talk about a bad way to list a TS.

DeniseM - offer them $45K and see if they take it - :)
 
What a listing! The address is wrong, and they haven't paid 07 MFs that were due in January?! Doesn't sound as if they have reserved a unit for 2007 yet either...good luck with that!

Why would someone place such a poorly designed listing for such an expensive property and hope to sell it?
 
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Thanks - talk about a bad way to list a TS.

DeniseM - offer them $45K and see if they take it - :)
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They won't take less than $55K - I let them know about the OF unit listed for $49.5K that didn't get any bids...
 
Denise L said:
What a listing! The address is wrong, and they haven't paid 07 MFs that were due in January?! Doesn't sound as if they have reserved a unit for 2007 yet either...good luck with that!

Why would someone place such a poorly designed listing for such an expensive property and hope to sell it?
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I would guess that they can't make a Resv. because they haven't paid the MF?
 
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