jtiggercat...Congratulations!!! You are now officially "moved"!! And...WELCOME HOME!!!
Wish I lived in Fl...you are right. Many people would "prefer" to find a full contract rather than a stripped one. But, in some cases (esp with BCV and VWL) there just aren't that many contracts, and the waitlists at
DVC are SOO long. If a contract comes up with your UY, sometimes people are so desperate for these points, they just buy it!!
Also, sometimes people buy a stripped contract because they don't need the points for the next year...and they figure, "Rather than going thru the hassle of renting (and the expense of maintenance fees), we'll just pay a few dollars less per point, and not have to worry about it." Remember, any contract that has current points, you have to reimburse the seller for the maintenance fees on those points (which adds $4+ per point to your purchase). But, if the contract has NO '05 points, you don't have to reimburse the seller for the maintenance fees.
Okay, here's the update:
PASSED:
Bobbiwoz - passed (mid-Jan) 50 VWL $77 all '05 points intact
leise - passed (1/19, in less than 10 days) 100 OKW $76
Amanda C - passed (mid-Jan) 70 HHI $70 all '05 points intact
Scotch - 1) passed 1/21 (sub. 1st week of Jan)
on 160 BCV (Apr) $78 4 '04, and all '05
MickeyBabe - 190 OKW $72 (went to DVC 12/22, passed 1/03)
jtiggercat - OKW 130 $72 (Oct) all '05 (went to DVC 1/11, passed on 1/24)
ROFR'D:
Diszip - ROFR'd on 1/20 - 150 VWL (Aug) $75 all '05 + 8 '04 ( Sorry!!)
Kimber - ROFR'd 50 BCV $73 3 points coming in '05
Donald..really - ROFR'D 200 VWL $75
WAITING:
Greenban - waiting on 270 VWL (Aug) points $76 all '03, '04 & '05 intact
Beca - waiting on 150 BCV (Aug) $83 all '05 + 137 '04 (went to DVC 1/22)
Scotch- 2) waiting (sub. 1/10) 150 OKW(Mar)
$65 15pts. remaining in '05
Tink10 - waiting - 25 BWV (Aug) $78 all '05
Daname - waiting 160 BWV $78 with banked 2004
Cinderpals - waiting BWV 200 $77 '04 pts, all '05 pts (went to DVC on 1/21)