Unit Assignment Bias @ SOK

Can anyone tell me whether SOK is biased in their assingment of units to owners who bought their units on the resale market? We've heard that they only assign Garden view units in this case.
Thanks,
Brooke

Not that I've encountered. We bought a 3 bedroom resale in 2002 and have been assigned ocean view units every time that we requested them (can't request them every time as they keep track of your placement, but get ocean view even when not requested, on early arrival). Have also gotten the Penthouse Unit.

Hope this helps.

Tony Alanis

tonya336 wrote:

Not that I've encountered. We bought a 3 bedroom resale in 2002 and have been assigned ocean view units every time that we requested them (can't request them every time as they keep track of your placement, but get ocean view even when not requested, on early arrival). Have also gotten the Penthouse Unit.

Hope this helps.

Tony Alanis

Sounds encouraging!
Thank you Tony,
Brooke

tomm332 wrote:

Can anyone tell me whether SOK is biased in their assingment of units to owners who bought their units on the resale market? We've heard that they only assign Garden view units in this case.
Thanks,
Brooke

Not true. I bought my first unit from the developer and 3 more on the resale market. All room assignments are treated the same. Skip Paulsen

Not true...I bought a unit on eBay this year and they give first year buyers Ocean Front and then it rotates every year to Ocean View then Garden View and then back to Ocean Front every third year.

tomm332 wrote:

Can anyone tell me whether SOK is biased in their assingment of units to owners who bought their units on the resale market? We've heard that they only assign Garden view units in this case.
Thanks,
Brooke

I own 3 units there (2br) and my brother owns 3 units as well. We bought them on the resale market several years ago and have been able to get reservations in all 3 categories (ocean front, ocean view, and garden). I was also able to upgrade to a 3 br one year. What I don't like is that I believe that there is a man that owns a lot of units there and it seems that he gets priority assignments. He is a realtor and rents his out and I think they have certain ocean front units set aside for his use....that way he is able to command higher prices for his rentals. You can find out who he is by searching condo rentals in Kahana (outside Redweek). It should be pretty obvious who he is.

stevef26 wrote:

tomm332 wrote:

Can anyone tell me whether SOK is biased in their assingment of units to owners who bought their units on the resale market? We've heard that they only assign Garden view units in this case.
Thanks,
Brooke

I own 3 units there (2br) and my brother owns 3 units as well. We bought them on the resale market several years ago and have been able to get reservations in all 3 categories (ocean front, ocean view, and garden). I was also able to upgrade to a 3 br one year. What I don't like is that I believe that there is a man that owns a lot of units there and it seems that he gets priority assignments. He is a realtor and rents his out and I think they have certain ocean front units set aside for his use....that way he is able to command higher prices for his rentals. You can find out who he is by searching condo rentals in Kahana (outside Redweek). It should be pretty obvious who he is.

I believe that this guy owns these units and that they are outside of Consolidated's care and upkeep. The units are shown in bldgs 2 & 3 as off Consolidated's inventory. Consolidated has a color coded map of all four buildings and the available units are clearly marked as timeshare while the private units are marked too. You can get this map at their front desk.

Some units are timeshare, some are private residences, some are investors that rent outside of Consolidated's control.

Hope this helps.
Mike

We bought in the resale market a few years ago and have had no problems with getting the ocean front/view every other year as promised.