How low can they go ???

[mickeys girl 52]

I was just looking over the ROFR thread and I can't believe how low some of the resales are making it through. SSR $58.00 /pt and the new Villas at Calif. $80.00 BWV at $69.00 But I saw a post the other day that BCV is still being bought back at $80 to $$84 a pt.I guess Disney is still making money with those sales.Maybe that really does show that BCV is the most popular add on villa??

I wonder if there are so many points going back to Disney through non payment that they can't keep buying more back. Boy do I wish I could get one of those resales,but I have to resist the temptation

 

[DVC SSR Owner]

My guess is much lower. We actually only paid $55 pp last August for our SSR resale plus $0 closing costs. I think that there was a divorce involved though. The economy is still not great.

 

[VTNuke]

I think there are two things here that could make it go lower:

1) If DVC actually does create membership levels based on resale or direct sale. I my opinion, this is a bad idea for them at it instantly drops the value of a direct sale. I already know the value will drop the day after I buy direct, now it will drop even more.

2) DVC continuing to not pick up resale contracts. Every time a lower amount gets through resale, it drops the price a little more.

I think the bottom hasn't hit yet and won't hit until after Disney makes the announcement about the "levels" of membership and the economy really starts to recover. I'm thinking late spring/early summer of 2011 will be the bottom.

 

[Disney Todd]

I'm disappointed that Disney isn't supporting the price of resorts through exercising their right of first refusal. To try to sell ssr for $115 and then let resales go for half that seems like a poor long-term business decision. We bought new at akv and last month a resale at bcv, and Disney is making it very tough to buy direct for anyone that does 15 minutes' worth of research. When we bought akv, the difference bw direct and resale was dramatically smaller than it is today. I don't regret the decisions we made, only that the landscape is changing fast. One wonders how cheap the resorts are to build and market when they're passing up opportunities to potentially make $50 per point with none of the massive overhead. Plus, that would help keep prices up which in my mind makes it easier to market since people know once they have less need for the timeshare, that they can get most of their money back.

 

[Debbie & Bill]

I'm disappointed that Disney isn't supporting the price of resorts through exercising their right of first refusal. To try to sell ssr for $115 and then let resales go for half that seems like a poor long-term business decision. We bought new at akv and last month a resale at bcv, and Disney is making it very tough to buy direct for anyone that does 15 minutes' worth of research. When we bought akv, the difference bw direct and resale was dramatically smaller than it is today. I don't regret the decisions we made, only that the landscape is changing fast. One wonders how cheap the resorts are to build and market when they're passing up opportunities to potentially make $50 per point with none of the massive overhead. Plus, that would help keep prices up which in my mind makes it easier to market since people know once they have less need for the timeshare, that they can get most of their money back.

It's much cheaper for Disney to buy back at 50% off then build a new resort, Marriott Vacation Club is doing the same and both of these guy's could care less what we get. And they can get a nights room rate till it sells too, great time to be them.