SpicyMcHaggis
Mouseketeer
- Joined
- Dec 27, 2023
I'm in the process of looking into options and such for our first purchase and am considering resale as well as direct options. We plan on keeping the contract to term and handing it down, but even so resale pricing and restrictions are a consideration for us. Sometimes things happen, and being able to recoup some of our outlay is a big potential benefit if it is needed. I really like RIV and am hoping for some generous incentives this year similar to the AKV and VGF deals I missed before I was looking to own. But, if RIV and Poly2 are both on sale at the same time for a similar price and Poly2 is restriction-free, I'd probably take Poly2 due to the likelihood in my mind of it depreciating slower than RIV.
The points others have made regarding similar products being sold by other companies in comparison to the unrestricted offerings seem solid. The only question marks in my mind there are ROFR and their interest in executing that right, as well as offering something like points washing at some point which might increase the value of resale contracts. At this point I can't count on either having a material impact on pricing. Even if unrestricted properties lose sway over time and relative value as the 2042 resorts age out of the system, that leaves me no worse off than if I'd bought a restricted resort in the first place. So, it seems like the unrestricted properties with longer remaining contract durations are a safer way to go, and if both Poly2 unrestricted and RIV restricted are available direct, I don't see myself going with RIV even though I like the property itself quite a lot.
The points others have made regarding similar products being sold by other companies in comparison to the unrestricted offerings seem solid. The only question marks in my mind there are ROFR and their interest in executing that right, as well as offering something like points washing at some point which might increase the value of resale contracts. At this point I can't count on either having a material impact on pricing. Even if unrestricted properties lose sway over time and relative value as the 2042 resorts age out of the system, that leaves me no worse off than if I'd bought a restricted resort in the first place. So, it seems like the unrestricted properties with longer remaining contract durations are a safer way to go, and if both Poly2 unrestricted and RIV restricted are available direct, I don't see myself going with RIV even though I like the property itself quite a lot.
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