Did you buy at Disney or over the phone?

[OkieDisney]

sorry about double post...

Which one? Where?

We bought over the phone

 

[Granny]

Bought VWL over the phone, sight unseen.

 

[BIERMUGG]

Did Both have 4 Contracts

 

[sloneta]

Signed up for 250 points while there, then decided wanted 300 when we got home. So, had to call our guide and have a new contract drawn up.

 

[yesdisneyfool]

OKW sight unseen.

 

[Beth]

Learned about DVC at a park.

Called guide and got information mailed to us.

Spoke to guide on the phone and got all questions answered.

Drove over to OKW on a Sunday afternoon and signed the papers.

So - bought in person, but could have just as easily done it over the phone.

Both add-ons were bought over the phone.

Didn't find this board until 1 year later (5/98)

 

[Chuck S]

Bought initial contract at WDW in 1992, did 3 add-ons - 2 over the phone - 1 in person.

 

[Doctor P]

Bought OKW over the phone, sight unseen. Bought BCV over the phone, but I must admit we peeked in the windows of the models when we were down last Christmas and saw the outside in our travels around WDW--so I guess that is not really sight unseen.

 

[sgtpet]

we did both, bought vwl onsite, but recently purchased bcv over the phone.

 

[OkieDisney]

OOOOOPPPPPSSSS

Should have had a 3rd choice "both"

If you have done both maybe answer which you did FIRST?

 

[wheeler]

Bought 250 points at VWL sight unseen, but had been "thinking" about it for 2 years. Took our first (and what I seriously thought would be our **ONLY** trip to WDW - HA!HA!) in '97, and after being at the Poly for 4 days, we moved to the Delta Orlando (yeck! this was all arranged by a travel agent before I found the DIS a few months later and realized I could do it for about HALF the money if I booked it myself!!!!!) so we could go to Universal/SeaWorld. Well, about 2 hours into the Delta Orlando and all 4 of us were miserable and wanting to go back to the Poly. The next year '98, we had a great trip to WL for 9 days. In '99 we did a 10-day at the ASMo, and missed the "deluxe" feel. I remember being approached SEVERAL times during the '99 trip by a DVC rep at various kiosks around WDW....they seemed very aggressive, but I was intrigued enough when one rep mentioned that all the money I was spending on this trip could be the "deposit" money for DVC Membership. I thought, RATS! Why didn't they say this LAST year when I was at WL for 9 days! I wouldn't even "sit down" w/her, but I agreed to be sent lit & a video. I threw the lit out and never watched the video, convinced that these boards were helping get to the "world" for rock bottom pricing anyway. We skipped '00 to go to Las Vegas/Grand Canyon, but when we went in May '01, I realized I truly wanted to come back every year, and approached a DVC kiosk at FW. The kid was a really bad salesperson, so that turned me off again. Because of my "commando-style" touring, I never wanted to invest the time for the real DVC tour on property, and as soon as I got home, I started researching this board (I was always on the DIS - I just never looked at this board) and got a lot of questions answered, and went and found that dust-covered video and watched it. I called the name (Julie Hughes) that was still taped to the video (she had called me I think only twice over the 2-year period since she sent the video/lit) and spent about 3 weeks of nearly daily conversations/questions/ answers/ etc and wished I had taken the tour while at WDW. The point increase I think is what finally "pushed" me, and I started out only wanting the "minimum" points (150) !!! another "HA!" I wish I bought 300 now, but oh well........it was a financial stretch for me at 250. I was extremely pleased that I could buy at VWL as WL was already my favorite resort anyway. Being from New England, the Boardwalk just wouldn't seem like I was "away on vacation" (which come to think of it, may have been why I lost interest back in '99.....I didn't like the Boardwalk - it looks just like seaside resorts in New England) We stayed at AKL in '01 and DH and I met a lovely retired couple (from FL) in the jacuzzi one night that simply RAVED about OKW and DVC for about an HOUR. I thought to myself, "Geez......if they LIVE in FL and still bought DVC then it MUST be a good deal!" and then they mentioned the VWL and how nice it was, so I was really excited then, but we were leaving the next day. Julie was just awesome, though, and totally patient with me every step of the way. I have no regrets, just wish I could afford more! I stayed 2 days in a studio in December so I've never even seen the 1BR, but I'll be in a 1BR for 9 days starting 4/28!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[SJUGuy]

We purchased our DVC while on a promotional trip to Disneys Hilton Head resort. We now happily call HH our second home.....We or taking our first DVC trip to BWV in 7 days....we can't wait...

SJUguy


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[Luv2Dream]

We bought while at Disney in November 2000 on the first day that VWL went on sale. However, we had stayed at OKW way back when they first opened and I wanted to buy in then, but my DH said no. However, after years of hearing me talk about it, I finally convinced him that November. Thank God. (Now we have 1 child and we go down about twice a year!)

 

[KathyR]

We purchased our first contract (BWV) on a visit to HHI. We planned the visit to make our purchase at BWV in addition to taking a nice vacation with the incentive they offered. We got 3 nights in a 2 bedroom with a 4th night free for $99/night. Now we look forward to visiting HHI regularly in the fall as I fell in love with the Disney resort there

Our 2 add ons (BWV and VWL) we have done over the phone

 

[caroleRWO]

We bought today at BCV and as we are living in Munich, Germany - originally from UK with a spell in Boston, MA in the 80´s - my DH had to fly over to complete in person. Have been avidly following this board since our visit in Aug last year when we did a tour but decided WLV wasn´t for us. As we, like New-Yorkers, can´t officially get information this source has been invaluable.The trip had been planned for over a month now and every day I´ve been dreading reading that the incentive was to be discontinued. We just made it and I had to share my excitement. Now I can start planning our first trip home. Thanks from a new member, I don´t think we could have done this without you.
The Atkinsons.

 

[joepoe]

We bought 270 pts at BWV over the phone sight unseen in '98 after staying at OKW. Celeste Chafaut was our guide. I told her it was the easiest sale she ever made.

We just bought a 232 pt re-sale at OKW.

 

[tiffany123]

We bought HH sight unseen---will be making our first trip in June. Then we turned around and bought an OKW resale sight unseen.
Will be continuing on to OKW after visiting HH. Haven't been to either HH or WDW in a dozen years.

 

[Luvmyfam3]

We bought into BWV over the phone. We had walked along the Boardwalk, but my husband refused to walk into the DVC room samples. To this day, I still don't know how I talked him into buying into it four months later!!! I guess I won't question the "magic"

 

[eva]

Well we bought at OKW over the phone. But we had taken the tour about 2 weeks before that. So it wasn't sight unseen. It's funny too, because we were ready to buy but our guide talked us into going home and thinking it over.

 

[Uncleromulus]

We bought at OKW after the "tour". My parents had been there the year before. They had wanted to rent at the Village units because my mother had to be able to eat in the room. They were all rented out, but OKW was "new" and Disney reservations said they were renting one bedrooms w/ kitchen there. To make the story short, as soon as my parents returned they started bombarding us with stories of what a nice place OKW was (actually then it was just the Vacation Club).
We had always stayed at the Poly concierge, but to humor my parents we went on the "tour" the very last day of our next trip. We were both sick and after the first 1/2 hour we were ready to just leave. But then we got to see the units themselves. We were hooked!! We signed all the papers that day! Then we drove home--quite sick, but very happy!!!