10,000 BlueGreen Points

[steelecode Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close steelecode]

We've been a BlueGreen owner for 7 years. We have 10,000 biennial points. We've stayed at The Fountains in Orlando once. The accomadations were wonderful and we had a great time. Another time we tried to rent our points through BlueGreen's service. This was a major bust...made like $200.

This might be a question asked her a lot. After having our 4th child, vacations and cash are scarce. Basically we want to sell our timeshare. Is there a reliable service or way to find a buyer? I don't expect to get back what I paid. Making something would be nice, but is this even possible?

Hopefully someone point me in the right direction? Anyone short on BlueGreen points? I can give whatever information you want. I think our week is red or high red.

Thanks in advance.
Brian

[Hobbitess Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hobbitess]

WBasically we want to sell our timeshare. Is there a reliable service or way to find a buyer? I don't expect to get back what I paid. Making something would be nice, but is this even possible?

Bluegreen is selling for next to nothing right now. If the MFs are not killing you, it'd make more sense to hang onto it for a while and use it until the sale prices get better.

Are there any BG resorts within a day's drive of you? When our kids were little, they were fine in the car for five or six hours - we've got two BG resorts within that time span and would probably stick to those while we had young ones. The parents at least get a change of scene, and young ones are often just as happy going somewhere kind of familiar as long as it has a pool and other on-site activities (which the local BG resorts do). If your jobs offer the flexibility, you could also trade through RCI or use the RCI "Last Call" vacations (which admittedly work best if you can go off season) to find a place within easy travel distance.

Bluegreen is changing how it deals with RCI, but at this point you can pay your MFs a year ahead of time and deposit something prime with RCI, then you have two years to find something you want to use. If you're not paying air fare or for motels on the road, you can have some pretty nice vacations for not too much money. And, speaking as a mom of five, getting out of the regular routine and seeing new (or even old familiar but not everyday) sights can be a lifesaver sometimes.

For us, BG vacations can cost barely more than the yearly fees, although admittedly going that cheap only works if you can get to a resort in a day's drive and are fine with going to state parks and fisheries and the like, and/or have a membership with the local zoo/historical society/kid's museum/science museum/whatever that has a reciprocal agreement with other places. One advantage to many of the BG resorts is that they're near free or cheap entertainment, like Wilderness Wildlife Week in Pigeon Forge - a week's worth of musical events, seminars, art classes, bird shows and the like, all for free!

[steelecode Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close steelecode]

Driving Distance

Thanks so much for the ideas and information. Unfortuantely the nearest BlueGreen resorts are about 12 hours away. The rest are further than that. We've considered an RCI exchange and I'll look into it some more.

When you say BlueGreen properties aren't going for much...what does that mean? $100? $1000? The $400 in maintenance fees could give us a nice vacation to Denver if we stay with relatives, so just saving the MF might be worth taking a big loss.

Any advice on good sales tools would be welcome. I get a call every 3-4 weeks from a company telling me they'll get me $20,000 for my property. I think they're all scams because they want $1500 up front.

[willak Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close willak]

I get a call every 3-4 weeks from a company telling me they'll get me $20,000 for my property. I think they're all scams because they want $1500 up front.

Any company that says that they can get you $20,000 or $5,000 is a scam.
Any company charging you $1,500 up front is a scam.

[Hobbitess Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hobbitess]

When you say BlueGreen properties aren't going for much...what does that mean? $100? $1000? The $400 in maintenance fees could give us a nice vacation to Denver if we stay with relatives, so just saving the MF might be worth taking a big loss.

Keep in mind that I look for bargains, but I've seen as low as $1 (yes, one dollar) for 8000 points, and I see $100 for 10000 points once or twice a year. At those prices (and I think generally), buyer pays all transfer fees. Those are prices I've seen either here or at TUG, where you can list for free or for a nominal fee (I think TUG charges $15 or thereabouts).

Listing with Pinnacle, the official BG reseller, will cost more, I believe (not thousands), but might get you a better price in the long run. Be aware that a lot of sales marked "sold" didn't sell for what they listed for. Last time I was paying attention, BG annual points were going for $0.07/per point, and I think biennial were about half that. That was a while ago, but I haven't heard it's gotten much better. So, yes, if you sell, you're going to take a serious loss.

Timeshares work best if you're going to use them for a while; there's a sense where the TS developer is using buyers as a bank, except instead of earning interest buyers hopefully get a lower rental price and guaranteed place to stay for years to come. When you buy a TS, you're buying future vacations; if you can't use those vacations you're not going to get your money's worth.

Bluegreen covers the US east of the Mississippi fairly well, but if you're west of the Mississippi, RCI is the only way to go. Not so many resorts in the midwest or on the great plains as on the coasts, but there are still three in Iowa and two each in Illinois, Indiana and Oklahoma, which I confess I didn't expect. They are usually not as fancy as the ones in areas with more competition, but it is a change of view and they generally have pools and/or are near a lake or whatever. And at least you'd be getting something for your money that way.

If you do go for RCI, sign up for a TUG membership for $15 per year, and you can get access to their reviews. Resorts are often graded down a point if there are few or no on-site activities, which I don't care about, so I find their point system (available without signing on) less helpful. Plus they link to the RCI reviews, and I find coming into RCI's site that way less glitchy than trying to search RCI direct. There aren't a lot of reviews - often you'll find considerably more reviews on Trip Advisor - but IMHO there are enough really good, thorough reviews to make it worth the cash. Assuming you're interested in one of the resorts with one of those reviews.

Timeshare Resort Ratings and Reviews, Timeshare Information and Timeshare advice from Timeshare Users Group

Good luck, whatever you decide to do.

[steelecode Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close steelecode]

Helpful

Wow you have been extremely helpful. I am in Nebraska, so close to some RCI places, but FAR from all Bluegreen. I will probably do the 1/cent deal. Looks like it's much easier to get into Bluegreen than to get out of it. My maintenance fees are due now, so if I can give it away and someone will pay transfer fees and this year's maintenance, that will help my family.

Thanks again for all your help. If anyone wants 10,000 biennual points send me a message! Maintenace is $400, but I think that's every 2 years.

Brian

[Hobbitess Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Hobbitess]

Thanks again for all your help. If anyone wants 10,000 biennual points send me a message! Maintenace is $400, but I think that's every 2 years.

If you do sell, I recommend using Boca Bum (Jim) as your Realtor. He's highly recommended (not just by me) and will expedite the transfer (meaning the buyer will be able to use the points within a couple of months, instead of half a year later or more).

http://www.timeshareforums.com/forum...bocabum99.html

The fees for transferring everything are five or six hundred dollars, and in some states I believe you have to sell the ownership for more than a dollar for the sale to be considered legit - five or ten dollars I think. Who ever you sell it to will NOT get bonus time at all the resorts or Traveler's plus or any of the extra stuff you may have. They will get bonus time at their home resort (where the ownership is located), an RCI membership, and the points, that's it. And they may have to argue with a few people to get the bonus time and RCI. Jim can get them all the extra stuff but it's over a dollar a point for that - paid to Bluegreen, not to the seller. I'm afraid. But personally, we get great use out of our points and have yet to miss the other stuff.

I do think Timeshares are a great deal, but if you buy into one again I recommend you buy resale instead of from the developer unless you want some of the developer benefits (which vary from place to place or system to system -- DVC resales carry the same benefits as buying from the developer, I believe, but most point systems that have been around a while there's a difference). Bluegreen may be a bad fit for you, but something else might be better. OTOH, timeshare rentals are the best fit for some if you like the units but don't want the commitment.

Just hope this doesn't sour you on the whole thing, is all. If you're vacationing, especially if you're taking kids along, timeshares are a huge deal in our experience. We frankly didn't vacation before discovering Timeshares, because I don't see being crammed in a tent or a hotel room as any kind of fun. And with five kids, we actually spend considerably less staying in Timeshares. But you need to know more than the salespeople to find the best fit, because salespeople are more interested in selling you what they have than in helping you check out the possibilities.

Sorry to get to rambling. As Flaubert said, "If I'd had more time, I could have written a shorter letter." Best of luck to you.

[TNTimeShareOwner74 Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close TNTimeShareOwner74]

Steelecode, my wife and I are interested in getting BlueGreen points. I dont have any idea what the transfer fees are but if your interested in getting rid of what you have click on my profile and email me. We can work out a way to contact each other via email.

[longtimer Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close longtimer]

We've been a BlueGreen owner for 7 years. We have 10,000 biennial points. We've stayed at The Fountains in Orlando once. The accomadations were wonderful and we had a great time. Another time we tried to rent our points through BlueGreen's service. This was a major bust...made like $200.

This might be a question asked her a lot. After having our 4th child, vacations and cash are scarce. Basically we want to sell our timeshare. Is there a reliable service or way to find a buyer? I don't expect to get back what I paid. Making something would be nice, but is this even possible?

Hopefully someone point me in the right direction? Anyone short on BlueGreen points? I can give whatever information you want. I think our week is red or high red.

Thanks in advance.
Brian

Where do you own, and what are your approximate MFs?

[steelecode Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close steelecode]

Where & MF

We own Lodge Alley Inn. MF are $370 (this is $0.037 / point). I can get more info on the specific week if you'd like.

Brian

[steelecode Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close steelecode]

Bluegreen programs?

Recently an interested buyer contacted me, then found out BlueGreen doesn't apply privately purchased points toward premier level. What is premier level? Maybe there is an existing thread I can read to get the answer to this question.

Also, I've listed with PinnacleVacations before. I find it interesting that PinnacleVacations is just BlueGreen's resale store front. Anyone know if Pinnacle successful sells in selling timeshares? Or am I wasting my time listing there?

[vacation_family99 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close vacation_family99]

Contact BocaBum Jim on this forum. He can help you if you just want to get rid of the points. Don't expect much for the points ... maybe reimbursement of your 2011 maintenance fees.

[Macarthur Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Macarthur]

Steelecode, my wife and I are interested in getting BlueGreen points. I dont have any idea what the transfer fees are but if your interested in getting rid of what you have click on my profile and email me. We can work out a way to contact each other via email.

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