Canadian Disney Mom
Formerly Tollerwalker - originally joined July '05
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Now...countdown to the "my owner ripped me off and cancelled my reservation" thread appearing.
Now...countdown to the "my owner ripped me off and cancelled my reservation" thread appearing.
I don't know if I'd call this a "scam," because the person didn't get anything from you.
But it's better than a check. Quicker, and won't bounce.
True but there are a lot of horror stories out there about PayPal reversing charges following a complaint or even locking accounts entirely.
I can't speak to the frequency of these actions, nor to the circumstances which lead up to them. But it seems if you're unlucky enough to hook-up with a renter who is bound and determined to cause trouble, complaints filed with PayPal--embellished or fraudulent--could lead to just as many headaches.
Understood.
You forgot time.
They were giving - left presents of headaches, stress and wasted time. And nothing's more valuable than time. Sighing.
Change the name on the reservation.
Give them a call and say that you still have a reservation, but they do not. However, if they Fed Ex you a certified check, after you cash it, you'll change the name back. But it has to be Fed Ex'd on Monday, because Tuesday you are listing the reservation as a "can't be used" on the rent trade board for less than 30 days out at firesale prices.
Hopefully you got a deposit from them.
Congratulations! This really is a typical Disney story.....it started out wonderful, turned ugly, then along came someone to save the day, and they all lived happily ever after.
Merry Christmas!
Yeah I'll wait for that one too. It's becoming the American way to want things for free. I just hope someone else doesn't have to go through this.
I sort of hope whoever he rented to was scamming, and wasn't one of those disorganized, flighty people who will arrive at WDW to find a cancelled reservation and not really understand what happened. But either way, it isn't his problem or mine.
I sort of hope whoever he rented to was scamming, and wasn't one of those disorganized, flighty people who will arrive at WDW to find a cancelled reservation and not really understand what happened. But either way, it isn't his problem or mine.
OP, SOOO happy everything worked out for you.
I am a DVC owner and have rented points as well as the renter.
I have found most of my transactions on another site and a couple from the dis.
Anyway, was the person you rented from a diser? I sure hope not.
Also, I wanted to ask the others that have given you advice and told their stories, can you please let me know if I am correctly understanding your posts in that you rented out a reservation, say to me.
I go to the front desk at the resort and tell them I'm js and here is my ressie number and they pull me up from the screen.
Then, I tell them I don't want the ressie and change the name on it and when I change the name, I ask for bigger accommodations and the CM just says ok and takes the points from your account??? OMG, I NEVER thought that something like that could happen.
Am I understanding this all correctly?
Thanks.
OP, SOOO happy everything worked out for you.
I am a DVC owner and have rented points as well as the renter.
I have found most of my transactions on another site and a couple from the dis.
Anyway, was the person you rented from a diser? I sure hope not.
Also, I wanted to ask the others that have given you advice and told their stories, can you please let me know if I am correctly understanding your posts in that you rented out a reservation, say to me.
I go to the front desk at the resort and tell them I'm js and here is my ressie number and they pull me up from the screen.
Then, I tell them I don't want the ressie and change the name on it and when I change the name, I ask for bigger accommodations and the CM just says ok and takes the points from your account??? OMG, I NEVER thought that something like that could happen.
Am I understanding this all correctly?
Thanks.
WOW! Thank you very much for explaning. I never even thought that this could happen and quite honestly once the week started for my renter, I never even checked every day to see about a change in points. Thanks to the dis, I will certainly do so in the future.In my case, I rented a reservation at my home resort, BLT, through a reputable broker. The renters appeared to be high maintenance, as I was continually getting messages from the broker to add room requests, delete room requests, add them back on, etc. The renters booked 2 studios for the exact same dates.
When they checked in, I am guessing they asked to change around who was in which room. I say "I'm guessing" because despite my asking, I was never told what exactly happened. This required the resort to cancel the original reservations and rebook them. Instead of using the same points, the CM took additional points from my account and left the ones originally used to make the reservation in a holding account. Because I had been checking my account online every day while the renters were using our points, I saw the holding points show up 2 days after they checked in and I called MS immediately. It took several nerve wracking minutes for the CM to figure out what happened, but in the end she fixed it.
I have heard stories where a renter books, say a standard view room at BLT. Then upon arrival, they think DVC works like a cash ressie and ask for an upgrade to Theme Park View. Sure! says the CM. Then, unbeknownst to the owner, the CM dips into the DVC account on file and takes more points to use for the upgrade. Oy.
I repeat... I will never. ever. ever. rent out our points again.
Thank you very much for explaining all this to me. I would have never thought that this could happen.It might even be a little worse than your understanding, but has certainly not been a frequent issue. Over the years we have had a few reports where a guest/renter asked at arrival if any upgrades were available. In those few cases the CM at the front desk made the change to a larger villa and had MS deduct appropriate number of points from the member's account. The guest/renter never really had to suggest they were the member at all.
It has been a long time since we have had a similar (and unverified, as always) report so I don't know that it needs to be a real concern, but a few have reported this happening over the years on our DVC Boards.
You know, I thought the same thing after reading this thread last night.Can we not put a note on the ressie to provide no upgrades upon checkin?
You know, I thought the same thing after reading this thread last night. I will still rent my points if I have extra or need to but I sure hope we can put a note that the reservation stands as is and the people on the reservation are not the point holders.
As members we are required by DVC to let Member Services know when booking that it is a rental.
I have to wonder if the reservations would have been changed if that had
been noted.