MrInfinity
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- Aug 23, 2012
@ziravan ... Difference is the builder walks away from the property. Timeshares are different.
I don't agree with the notion that "they should want a healthy resale market". "They" don't. Buyers do. Sellers do. But a timeshare developer wants the one family to have to go to Disney long after the Disney-fever that made them buy in wears off. That's what "they" want. They do not want a liquid resale market. It exists with Disney because unlike most other timeshares which I couldn't care less about getting like a hotel on some beach I don't care about... Disney timeshares are Disney. Thus they develop their own resale market because there is demand for it. There is no demand for other timeshares so their value falls to 0.
@Matty B13 ... It is not a good selling tactic to say "hey you can always sell". That is an internet thing and prevails out here. The goal of a timeshare is that it's so awesome you'll love the ownership and want to go for life. You're not simply hedging a couple near-term trips at a discount on the anticipation that you'll be able to sell in 5 years when it's assumed you won't want it any more.
@Bing Showei ... You're looking at it like you've bought 50 years of club and that's sellable. Only the property interest is sellable. The Membership Benefits were offered to you and only you as a perk for buying. That didn't need enforcing before the internet made easy paths to buy and sell, thus we're seeing the amendments which are really just being done to enforce standard timeshare intent.
Didn't say they're freeloaders. I'm saying that Disney offered one family some perks as an incentive to buy their timeshare. They're not offering that perk to some other guy who's buying your points from you. Come buy the points here! At Disney. We'll offer you the same perks. That's the whole point. Incentivize direct sales.
Really... a liquid timeshare is not a goal of a developer. Many people above said DVC... Is... a... Timeshare... And that should be taken to heart. You don't own the perks, you can't sell the perks. If you want the direct sales incentive perks, then buy direct points.
I don't agree with the notion that "they should want a healthy resale market". "They" don't. Buyers do. Sellers do. But a timeshare developer wants the one family to have to go to Disney long after the Disney-fever that made them buy in wears off. That's what "they" want. They do not want a liquid resale market. It exists with Disney because unlike most other timeshares which I couldn't care less about getting like a hotel on some beach I don't care about... Disney timeshares are Disney. Thus they develop their own resale market because there is demand for it. There is no demand for other timeshares so their value falls to 0.
@Matty B13 ... It is not a good selling tactic to say "hey you can always sell". That is an internet thing and prevails out here. The goal of a timeshare is that it's so awesome you'll love the ownership and want to go for life. You're not simply hedging a couple near-term trips at a discount on the anticipation that you'll be able to sell in 5 years when it's assumed you won't want it any more.
@Bing Showei ... You're looking at it like you've bought 50 years of club and that's sellable. Only the property interest is sellable. The Membership Benefits were offered to you and only you as a perk for buying. That didn't need enforcing before the internet made easy paths to buy and sell, thus we're seeing the amendments which are really just being done to enforce standard timeshare intent.
Didn't say they're freeloaders. I'm saying that Disney offered one family some perks as an incentive to buy their timeshare. They're not offering that perk to some other guy who's buying your points from you. Come buy the points here! At Disney. We'll offer you the same perks. That's the whole point. Incentivize direct sales.
Really... a liquid timeshare is not a goal of a developer. Many people above said DVC... Is... a... Timeshare... And that should be taken to heart. You don't own the perks, you can't sell the perks. If you want the direct sales incentive perks, then buy direct points.
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