Icydog said:
"This remark really frightens me. Where can you buy platinum Marriotts for $5K. Isn't Marriott exercising ROFR anymore?"
These are some recent sales that weren't ROFR'd on Dioxides list
http://dioxide45.tripod.com/cgi-bin/rofr.cgi . All of these sales were in August and things have gotten worse since then. Many Marriotts on e-bay are selling for less than $5000, and they are being purchased by buyers who don't post here on tug, so they don't know or care about posting what they paid on this site. Marriott appears to have ceased ROFR. The e-bay prices are lower than I have ever seen for every resort. As you said yourself, you tried to sell 3 weeks and there were no takers. Here are recent examples posted by people who know about the ROFR database web site, and none of these were ROFR'd:
Bob 2008-08-30 Marriott MPD-CA, Palm Desert, Desert Springs Villas II Platinum EOY 2BR N/A $5,000 Passed
WSB 2008-08-29 Marriott MCV-AZ, Phoenix, Canyon Villas at Desert Ridge Gold Annual 2BR N/A $4,100 Passed
SensWin 2008-08-29 Marriott MGV/MGR-FL, Orlando, Grande Vista Platinum EOY 2BR N/A $5,000 Passed
DJensen 2008-08-29 Marriott MSE-VA, Williamsburg, Manor Club at Ford's Colony II Platinum Annual 2BR N/A $10,500 Passed
SE 2008-08-26 Marriott MMO-HI, Maui, Maui Ocean Club Platinum EOY 2BR Ocean Front $23,000 Passed
John 2008-08-25 Marriott MHB-MO, Branson, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club at Branson Platinum Annual 2BR N/A $2,800 Passed
Jason 2008-08-22 Marriott MCP-FL, Orlando, Cypress Harbour Sport Annual 2BR N/A $4,200 Passed
Pat 2008-08-21 Marriott MHB-MO, Branson, Horizons by Marriott Vacation Club at Branson Platinum Annual 2BR N/A $4,780 Passed
frankhi 2008-08-20 Marriott MMO-HI, Maui, Maui Ocean Club Platinum EOY 1BR Garden View $6,900 Passed
David Pearson 2008-08-18 Marriott MSE-VA, Williamsburg, Manor Club at Ford's Colony II Platinum Annual 2BR N/A $8,000 Passed
RMI 2008-08-06 Marriott MPD-CA, Palm Desert, Desert Springs Villas II Red Annual 2BR N/A $8,500 Passed
RMI 2008-08-04 Marriott MCV-AZ, Phoenix, Canyon Villas at Desert Ridge Gold Annual 2BR N/A $4,210 Passed