Originally posted by ClarabelleCow
I'm not saying anything is deceptive, just confusing. IE: the amount of posts with members stating how they are confused!
Considering the situation, I think there has been fairly little confusion regarding the Annual Pass benefit. Here's the sequence of events:
On Monday the monthly Member Clubhouse was released. It briefly stated that the next issue of Vacation Magic would have details on a "long-awaited member perk."
Within 24 hours people were on the phones to
DVC confirming that the perk was discounted Annual Passes. What followed was about 48 hours of speculation and general confusion--almost entirely fueled by folks who just didn't want to wait for the formal announcement.
By Wednesday, DVC had posted details on the member website. IMO, the details were very clear-cut and explained the exact amount of the discounts, along with eligiblity requirements.
What has followed is basically discussion of how "fair" the discount's application might be and speculation on when / where / if variations might occur in its application.
Hard to fault DVC for what basically amounts to Internet gossip. Seems the plan all along was to reveal the discount in VM and there would likely be discussion at the annual meetings, too. But we just couldn't wait that long.
Even the recent Give the Gift of Magic. I currently don't have the time to type the entire add, but I was confused until I read it the third time!!
I read it. I understood it. I threw it away. At best, I'm 50/50 on this one. I understand what DVC was trying to do--they're trying to say "hey, how about buying more points" without actually saying "hey, buy some more points!!!"
Yes, it's a little bit of a stretch to try and convince members to add on so that they can send a family member to WDW.
the person that had their pocket perks or website printout that stated they could get a 10% off at Olivias but couldn't! Was told it is over but it still stated it?
If you take a look at the thread you linked, the issue was that the Pocket Perks still listed the discount, but there were signs posted at check-in and a notice given along with Pocket Perks indicating that it was discontinued through the end of the year.
As to whether this is "confusing", I don't think that's the case at all. Multiple notices were given indicating that PP was incorrect.
I don't consider it fair that such a perk would be eliminated during high capacity times, but that's a topic for another thread.
