50% Borrowing Restrictions Easing?

[Madame]

I'll post the response to my email here when I receive it. DVC should not be acting like TWDC.

I assume this will result in a phone call - never put it in writing seems to be their MO. I’ll take copious notes. I’m already on their list from the lock off premium days so

 

[RoseGold]

They let me unborrow a few points in the fallout from their resale borrowing "glitch" that has been there for years. LOL. They told me the only workaround was to borrow proactively.

I would imagine they've moved a lot of points around for the terrible website.

 

[wilkydelts]

I assume this will result in a phone call - never put it in writing seems to be their MO. I’ll take copious notes. I’m already on their list from the lock off premium days

You must really hate when resale members get benefits they "aren't supposed to" as well, don't you?

 

[Madame]

You must really hate when resale members get benefits they "aren't supposed to" as well, don't you?

Nope. I’m a resale owner. There are contracts and laws for a reason. If you want exceptions, stay cash.

 

[pianomanzano]

You must really hate when resale members get benefits they "aren't supposed to" as well, don't you?

This isn't a resale/direct issue, this is a CM/management arbitrarily deciding who gets to borrow points issue.

 

[Alicia22]

It does certainly sound like most have been held to the 50% rule and that exceptions have been few and far between. They have the right to set the rules around borrowing, which, IMO, can include some level of flexibility, on a case by case basis. Like I said, when they waive holding for a member because they got COVID, it was an exception. When someone missing a banking deadline and they have allowed that person to bank late, its an exception. When they returned borrowed points because of a snowstorm, its an exception. So, in the scheme of things, I think they do the best to support members when situations occur, even when they may not be required to and in the long run, I personally like to know there is some case by case support going on.

Hopefully, the rumor is true that this will be gone by the end of June.

Any chance, in your opinion, that the resale borrow glitch will fix itself once the borrowing goes back to full speed? I am resale, newish member. Never had 100% borrowing capacity. Sometimes the 50% works for me and sometimes it doesn’t.

 

[Sandisw]

Any chance, in your opinion, that the resale borrow glitch will fix itself once the borrowing goes back to full speed? I am resale, newish member. Never had 100% borrowing capacity. Sometimes the 50% works for me and sometimes it doesn’t.

I can’t imagine it won’t since it showed up after that happened. It’s the one thing I do not give them leeway on and have written them many times…even though I have had no issues with the website or borrowing on my end.

Two years for an issue and no fix is not okay.

 

[Stargazer65]

Any chance, in your opinion, that the resale borrow glitch will fix itself once the borrowing goes back to full speed? I am resale, newish member. Never had 100% borrowing capacity. Sometimes the 50% works for me and sometimes it doesn’t.

We don't know for sure. But since the glitch appeared when the restrictions started, we speculate that the glitch will go away when restrictions end.

 

[wilkydelts]

We don't know for sure. But since the glitch appeared when the restrictions started, we speculate that the glitch will go away when restrictions end.

Or gets worse!

 

[Stargazer65]

I can’t imagine it won’t since it showed up after that happened.

since the glitch appeared when the restrictions started, we speculate that the glitch will go away when restrictions end.

Jinx, buy me a coke!

 

[Alicia22]

I can’t imagine it won’t since it showed up after that happened. It’s the one thing I do not give them leeway on and have written them many times…even though I have had no issues with the website or borrowing on my end.

Two years for an issue and no fix is not okay.

There was never an excuse for this. All they had to do was put us all in the same “bucket” for purposes of borrowing 50%. IMO, this is the most egregious “glitch” currently happening.

 

[Sandisw]

Jinx, buy me a coke!

You got it but lets make them adult ones! Lol

 

[ZealousConvert]

I don’t understand how case-by-case is legal….

Excellent point.

 

[bumbershoot]

I assume this will result in a phone call - never put it in writing seems to be their MO. I’ll take copious notes. I’m already on their list from the lock off premium days so

Why on earth would you do this? Why do you care? Has this negatively impacted you, or are you just jealous that it's positively impacting others?

 

[Madame]

Why on earth would you do this? Why do you care? Has this negatively impacted you, or are you just jealous that it's positively impacting others?

I am putting you on ignore after this. Every time I post you have something nasty, judgemental and completely misinformed to say. You need to improve your reading comprehension. I posted right before that I had been denied borrowing over the cap. It was right before the 7 month window as well, so instead of an owner having a chance at getting the room they let 7 month points take it. Stop passively-aggressively quoting me.

 

[bobbiwoz]

I certainly hope the borrowing restriction goes away soon!

 

[Brett Wyman]

I don’t understand how case-by-case is legal….

They can Pixie Dust all sorts of things. They gave me some extra pixie dust during COVID cancellations and asked that I not reveal specifics. Im sure similar has happened to many members.

 

[Madame]

They can Pixie Dust all sorts of things. They gave me some extra pixie dust during COVID cancellations and asked that I not reveal specifics. Im sure similar has happened to many members.

The difference is they are allowing different access to the same product while providing no transparency on criteria for granting/denying “exceptions.”

 

[BlazerFan]

I'm a little worried about this. I'm trying to book for marathon weekend and I've now borrowed more than half because the system let me do it. I didn't in the past. I wouldn't have booked if it didn't allow me to. Now I may lose the rooms, right?


Edit----it ended up being my mistake. I called and spoke with member services. It took us a while to figure it out, but I had forgotten that I had used some of my 2023 points when I booked a cruise after the rescheduled DVC Wish cruise. I used the points that were used on that cruise and had to use a few more for the first person. So where I thought the reduced points were from borrowing, they were actually from the cruise. I hadn't actually over borrowed. Phew!

 

[Sandisw]

I'm a little worried about this. I'm trying to book for marathon weekend and I've now borrowed more than half because the system let me do it. I didn't in the past. I wouldn't have booked if it didn't allow me to. Now I may lose the rooms, right?

Possible. Id give them a call because it wasn’t allowing anyone to do it so maybe the system is changing.