Accept or reject.

[Jimsboy]

I was planning on buying 300 VGF points this summer. With all the incentives it was cheaper to buy 150 points in 2 transactions instead of 300 altogether. Or so I thought. I paid cash for the first 150 and was going to use the MB to go towards the second 150 point purchase. Unfortunately when I got the contract for the second set of 150 points the price was $1,500 more. The guide found out that the “Welcome Home” credit only applies once. He did not know the rules and therefore gave me wrong information. So I currently have an unsigned 150 point contract with summer incentives minus the Welcome Home credit. My frustration is I could have bought 300 points and received even greater credits.

If I go through with this it will cost me $1,200 more than if I would have made a straight 300 purchase. I tried to talk to a sales lead and he assured me there was nothing that could be done. His response was take it or leave it but so you feel good about your $30,000 purchase I will throw in a few coupons for one of our overpriced undervalued cafeterias.

Should I just sign and be thankful or should I turn it down? I am definitely leaning towards turning it down. I think they can make it right at least charge me what a 300 point contract would have been since it was their “guide” who misguided me.

 

[Sandisw]

Did you close on the original contract yet? If not, they should be able to rewrite them for you.

If the first contract has indeed closed, then there is no way to go back and fix it.

Honestly, probably just follow through with it as it still is a great deal.

 

[Chili327]

Did you close on the original contract yet? If not, they should be able to rewrite them for you.

If the first contract has indeed closed, then there is no way to go back and fix it.

Honestly, probably just follow through with it as it still is a great deal.

Agreed. If you can change the first one do it, if not then it depends if you want the deal on the second 150 contract or not. Not sure what the deal is on the 2nd one, but if it isn't something that has to be done right now hold off on it & sleep on it for a while.

 

[Jimsboy]

Did you close on the original contract yet? If not, they should be able to rewrite them for you.

If the first contract has indeed closed, then there is no way to go back and fix it.

Honestly, probably just follow through with it as it still is a great deal.

First one has closed. I have a large down payment on the second already as well but have not signed any of the contracts.

 

[Sandisw]

First one has closed. I have a large down payment on the second already as well but have not signed any of the contracts.

While $1200 is certainly a decent amount of extra, in the end it’s still less than $10/more a point you would have paid…and still makes it a decent price for VGF.

 

[AstroBlasters]

What is the ppp on the contract in question with incentives vs resale?

 

[aceshigh73]

personally, id take the original 150 and move on to the resale market. Whether you like VGF enough to stay there or not, there's deals to be had by looking around, even waiting for Poly 2 and/or the cabins.

Good luck with whatever you decide...

 

[eandt]

I was planning on buying 300 VGF points this summer. With all the incentives it was cheaper to buy 150 points in 2 transactions instead of 300 altogether. Or so I thought. I paid cash for the first 150 and was going to use the MB to go towards the second 150 point purchase. Unfortunately when I got the contract for the second set of 150 points the price was $1,500 more. The guide found out that the “Welcome Home” credit only applies once. He did not know the rules and therefore gave me wrong information. So I currently have an unsigned 150 point contract with summer incentives minus the Welcome Home credit. My frustration is I could have bought 300 points and received even greater credits.

If I go through with this it will cost me $1,200 more than if I would have made a straight 300 purchase. I tried to talk to a sales lead and he assured me there was nothing that could be done. His response was take it or leave it but so you feel good about your $30,000 purchase I will throw in a few coupons for one of our overpriced undervalued cafeterias.

Should I just sign and be thankful or should I turn it down? I am definitely leaning towards turning it down. I think they can make it right at least charge me what a 300 point contract would have been since it was their “guide” who misguided me.

I would not be able to trust an incompetent (at best, liar at worst) guide so if he couldn't make it right I would cancel the second contract and work with another guide if you still want the other 150. I would feel better about pulling his commission than getting a couple of meal vouchers ...... thats just me.

 

[Jimsboy]

What is the ppp on the contract in question with incentives vs resale?

Counting MB it is $171.1/point or 193.1 without MB. It is an October UY.

 

[DanCali]

For Oct use year you're kind of running out of time for 2022 MB points, no?

 

[Jimsboy]

For Oct use year you're kind of running out of time for 2022 MB points, no?

Points have been loaded and taken out for 22 already.

 

[AstroBlasters]

Honestly, I wouldn’t get emotional about it and just compare $171 direct vs $151 resale. I would pay $20 for direct vs resale all day because of the ability to book future resorts to stay or rent in WDW and DL without restriction.

 

[AstroBlasters]

I would not be able to trust an incompetent (at best, liar at worst) guide so if he couldn't make it right I would cancel the second contract and work with another guide if you still want the other 150. I would feel better about pulling his commission than getting a couple of meal vouchers ...... thats just me.

While I agree with the sentiment, the OP couldn’t get the same same incentives and pricing if they did that.

 

[Floridian From Afar]

You're spending a lot of money dedicating yourself to regular Disney vacations. The last thing you want is to feel cheated or have a negative experience at the get go.
Do what feels good for you. If you buy the 2nd contract, will you go into every trip with a bad attitude because of the extra 1200?
If you pass up on the contract, will you regret having less points each trip?
It's a bad situation the agent put you in. Any other business would have given you the agreed upon price and moved on, but it's Disney and it's all about $$$$.
I agree with one of the other posts. Consider going through a different sales agent to give them the commission. At least that way the other rep won't benefit financially from his own mistake.

 

[Rex1993]

I'm a bit confused because I did the same transaction at the end of July and ended up at just under $160/pt on two 150pt VGF contracts.

 

[garalex]

you wanted 300, you are not getting best deal but still a good deal. yes - some opportunity was missed so just go on with it. next time you will decide to add 150 and that would be more expensive - think about. I would reject it only if 100% sure I would never want it buy again.

 

[Sandisw]

I'm a bit confused because I did the same transaction at the end of July and ended up at just under $160/pt on two 150pt VGF contracts.

It sounds like The OP bought one contract and waited to buy the second one until after getting the MB check because they were told they’d then be eligible for another Welcome Home credit…

But, that was wrong and had they known, might have just bought like you did..which is why it’s costing more now.

 

[we"reofftoneverland]

Resale instead. You already have a blue card.

 

[AstroBlasters]

You're spending a lot of money dedicating yourself to regular Disney vacations. The last thing you want is to feel cheated or have a negative experience at the get go.
Do what feels good for you. If you buy the 2nd contract, will you go into every trip with a bad attitude because of the extra 1200?
If you pass up on the contract, will you regret having less points each trip?
It's a bad situation the agent put you in. Any other business would have given you the agreed upon price and moved on, but it's Disney and it's all about $$$$.
I agree with one of the other posts. Consider going through a different sales agent to give them the commission. At least that way the other rep won't benefit financially from his own mistake.

The OP can’t get the same pricing because the incentives have gotten materially worse and Disney raised the base price. The contract they still have available to them is likely the lowest price they will ever have access to for direct VGF points.

 

[we"reofftoneverland]

Fidelity has some GF contracts for $148/point
And you could bid lower than that. I’d offer $140 with seller pays all dues if I were buying. Or better yet, why not go to fidelity and buy an even less expensive resort so you have two home resorts.