So many SSR's up for sale....in the 70's

[hakepb]

Before we bought into SSR, I was a little concerned about the same thing, although, it may not have been that far out of wack at that time. We still chose SSR because it was right for us and tried not to let those values determine where we went. As long as you like it, that is all that matters, right. We don't have any plans to sell so it doesn't bother me that much that the resales are cheap.

Supply and demand depends on the total DVC market. Theoretically, DVC could ROFR SSR at "loss" if they thought they were propping up the new resort's sales (which I guess tha new points have a high profit %)... Also Disney does not have to ROFR 100% of contracts to maintain a price, they just have to ROFR to keep sellers/buyers "scared enough" to pay overall higher prices.
Although if DVC's fiscal year begins in October, DVC may be ROFR'ing less on points they do not have a waiting list for just to keep those expenses off the books. It may be possible that ROFR's go up in October, perhaps they have an ROFR budget?

 

[DisneydaveCT]

IMHO, a major reason for the downturn in the resale market is very probably the economy, and not just a loss of interest in SSR.

People are struggling with the mortgage crisis. The high fuel costs are making trips to WDW more challenging for people, whether they are driving themselves, or flying into MCO. . Being unable to visit WDW annually may be causing people to rethink their investment

Personally, my plans for returning to WDW for Thanksgiving is questionable due to the high airfare. I had been paying $250 R/T, BDL to MC0, for Thanksgiving for several years. Right now, the best rate I can find is $500 R/T. But while I may cancel my Thanksgiving plans, I am not even considering selling my OKW membership. Even my unemployment 4 years ago didn't result in my selling my DVC membership.

If you look at the resale offerings, even the prices for OKW has come down. That could be related to many OKW owners who did not want to take advantage of the 15-year extension. Many of those people posted on the Disboards that they would rather sell their OKW membership and buy a new membership at AKV, or one of the newer resorts. Dumping this inventory on the market would certainly bring down the OKW prices, which in turn could bring down the other prices as well.

Even though I firmly believe the economy is a key reason, I would strongly urge the DVC executive management to read the other threads about poor resort conditions. While DVC and Disney cannot change the economy (or could they ), they can definitely address the issue of poor resort conditions.

And like a few others, if I had the money, I would buy more points at the reduced pricing right now.

 

[alldiz]

Thanks everyone
I will definately look at it in a positive.

All those resales....of all the DVC's have less people making ressies
Kerri

 

[White_Sox_Fan]

Even if you add up all the points listed on the dvc-resales site it is less that 0.2% of the total points in SSR.