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Re: BUYING DEVELOPER vs RESALE (typical scenario) (by R P.):
hrff wrote:What a wonderful forum. My question: We are currently considering a second week purchase at Cypress Harbour through Marriott (Special week). The selling price is $18,400.00 I have looked at resales but skeptical of the process. Outside of the point loss through Resellers I also understand a resale week cannot be traded for points or rented by Marriott, nor can it be directly exchanged for a Marriott property (which I can do with my current week) but you must go through Interval International.Finally, there is no Marriott advisor available for the resale week. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated. E-mail ronf9801@aol.com
Unless money is no issue with you, $18,400 is far too much to spend for one week of timeshare when you can get the same product on the resale market for far less. Developer perks are very expensive. There is absolutely nothing to be skeptical about when buying a resale timeshare except saving tons of money.
If you got to www.tugbbs.com they have an entire forum related to Marriott timeshares.