Dean
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- Aug 19, 1999
You should talk to DVC upper management on this subject. You want us to prove to you with figures that no one else is going to have and you want to discount what has already happened, what the guides are telling some that tour and what other timeshares have done. I've come to the conclusion that you will never be happy in timesharing, that the first change you see as negative you to will likely put you in jilted lover mode. Go back and look at the 2 large reallocation threads and the large valet parking thread, this might give you some insight.As I've said before, I don't accept that Disney needs to worry about the resale market at all. Until someone can at least show some ballpark calculations and numbers with facts and reasonable assumptions, it is all just conjecture. I do not at all blame direct buyers who want more benefits because they paid more for essentially the same thing. But that doesn't mean I agree that is deserved.
We disagree on both points but that's OK. I doubt they have to do anything but the idea that they somehow have a responsibility to protect resale prices is simply incorrect. If you read the POS, it specifically states that one should not buy with the idea of selling or renting and that if you do, you'd be in direct competition with DVC. Not only does DVD not want you to sell for a good price, they don't want you to be able to sell at all. It's not that they want to hurt the member, they just want every sale and no, I don't have access to their internal memos.Retroactively decimating resale value for both direct and resale purchasers is a customer-hostile move. I don't think it is necessary to extrapolate that to larger slices of life to understand or discuss it. I just don't accept it as OK or necessary. If they want to start adding value to direct purchasers, that would be a smarter and customer-rewarding move. Again, I'm not sure they need to do this at all either. But if they are suffering and need to promote sales at their prices, adding value is a better way to go.
DVD is the sales arm and they are totally separate and somewhat unrelated to DVC or DVCMC. They have different agenda's. Actually there likely aren't enough things they could do to add to retail that would serve their purposes so by default, they'll have to take away from resale members. This is a principle in timesharing, one that I don't think there's anyway to get around, that the sales arm is in competition, not partnership, with the members. I think you can expect further changes in the future and they will certainly be negative to most members. If this issue is a deal breaker to you, and it seems it is by the tone of your posts, you shouldn't participate.