100 points at BLT!

[TSM1993]

I am under the impression that minimum buy-in is 160 pts for a new member on direct purchase through Disney, however, you may want to give DVC guide a call and find out exactly what is happening at the moment.

jmho, but by the time you & your friend work out the particulars on their purchasing 100 BLT pts for you and then either arranging the sale through a broker or attempting to do all the paperwork, etc. on you own (which some have done) you still have no guarantee that this sale will pass Disney's Right of First Refusal (ROFR) whereby they may step in and purchase the points back - of course they may waive ROFR but BLT is their latest/newest DVC at WDW and even if priced at $115 Disney may buy it back because they might not want prospective buyers purchasing BLT points just yet on resale market. The thing is there really is no way to tell what Disney may do so if you & your friend have the patience & inclination to give it a shot and hope for the best then give it a try but imho I'd look into what the previous poster here suggested to you regarding checking out resale market; just taking a quick look at the board sponsor The Timeshare Store's listings I see a number of 50 pt contracts at various resorts, that probablly have a greater chance of passing ROFR & get you into DVC and then as a member you can purchsae your BLT points (or points at any other DVC resort) directly through Disney at 25 points minimum on cash purchase or 50 points minimum if you'd like Disney's financing.

Check out this thread by Donald Is #1 to get a better idea of what size resale contracts at particular resorts & prices have recently made it through or not made it through ROFR ( post #612 on page 41 is as of March 11 )

http://www.disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1960185&page=41


Best wishes to you and hope that it all goes well on what you decide

They had an offer in Feb 2009 for 100 points AKV thats what I bought

 

[disneydawn6]

I think the way that works is that they are selling 100 point contracts at AKV or SSR, but not at BLT. I think you can buy 100 points at AKV and then add on 100 points at BLT. But they will not sell you a 100 point contract at BLT unless you are already a member....

I was able to buy a 100 point new contract for BLT at Disneyland last Nov. No problems...

 

[disneydawn6]

I think the way that works is that they are selling 100 point contracts at AKV or SSR, but not at BLT. I think you can buy 100 points at AKV and then add on 100 points at BLT. But they will not sell you a 100 point contract at BLT unless you are already a member....

I was able to buy a 100 point new contract for BLT at Disneyland last Nov. No problems... Was also offered AKV 100 points with better discount but took BLT.

 

[work2play]

Sounds like I need a quick trip out to DLR! I also hear they are giving annual passes away as well!!

Does anyone have the name of their guide at DLR? I should be able to do that via a phone call!

 

[Paging Tom Morrow]

If you are going to put the offer in for Disney to ROFR, perhaps you should consider placing some normal tasks that your cousin would do anyway, like babysitting.

Example: The offer is $112 per point, plus twelve nights of babysitting per year for a period of time of six hours per occurrence until your children turn 18. Disney would have to place a reasonable fair market value for the value of the babysitting and compensate you for that value if it is indeed ROFR'd.

($10 per hour * 6 hour * 12 occurrences per year * 18 years = $12,960)