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Snarky comment aside, as with many things in life, the learning curve various depending on circumstance and need.
Ours changed very soon after buying DVC which necessitated the crash course into areas I wouldn't have bothered with
otherwise, such as renting.

Now if I was going to be snarky, like you, I'd have said something like....you impress easily.

I truly wasn't trying to be snarky. You bought 300 Riviera points direct and several hundred in Grand Floridian, and you haven't been to WDW in 25 years by your own admission. Most of your comments are about how to craft a rental agreement, or renting x number of points, but somehow more points always pop up "if needed". I don't care that you've set yourself up a little rental business, but let's please not pretend we rent once in awhile when the class schedule doesn't work out for your wife. I think most people here will never find common ground if we aren't honest about our intentions.

 

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Again, why would DVC go to all this trouble when they don’t need too?

They simply need to look at the membership and watch what is happening…and look for patterns that seem out of whack against what would be considered normal levels of renting?

Yes, I definitely agree that DVC will do this the simplest way they can, which would be automation.

 

[Sandisw]

Yes, I definitely agree that DVC will do this the simplest way they can, which would be automation.

They really have all they need to enforce whatever rules they decide fit the criteria they are supposed to create…patterns of renting that lead them to believe you are no longer renting within reason and have turned yourself into a business.

It’s one of the reasons the 2008 policy worked because it was simple to explain and enforce.

 

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Again, why would DVC go to all this trouble when they don’t need too?

They simply need to look at the membership and watch what is happening…and look for patterns that seem out of whack against what would be considered normal levels of renting?

Strong possibility we’re all putting way more thought in this than the responsible people at DVC.

 

[MartyParty]

Nothing to see here…please disperse.

 

[Cyberc1978]

I do think a heavy crackdown of renting DVC points would increase availability for us owners.

As long as you don’t expect to see any of the hard to get rooms like value and resort view at BWV being more available then I guess you are right at least to some degree.

 

[IMMkXLVI]

I truly wasn't trying to be snarky. You bought 300 Riviera points direct and several hundred in Grand Floridian, and you haven't been to WDW in 25 years by your own admission. Most of your comments are about how to craft a rental agreement, or renting x number of points, but somehow more points always pop up "if needed". I don't care that you've set yourself up a little rental business, but let's please not pretend we rent once in awhile when the class schedule doesn't work out for your wife. I think most people here will never find common ground if we aren't honest about our intentions.

Wow.

So snarky and calling me a liar. Well the good thing is, I don't care what you think. That is the privilege accompanying the internet.
The gift to not care what others type.

You forgot we also have annual passes and the Member Benefits Plus. That I rented points to buy a Disney cruise at the behest of this very forums members.

But yea, think what you like. I'm a big ol' bad DVC member snatching up your coveted dates! Just picture Pete the cat, that's me.

 

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Wow.

So snarky and calling me a liar. Well the good thing is, I don't care what you think. That is the privilege accompanying the internet.
The gift to not care what others type.

You forgot we also have annual passes and the Member Benefits Plus. That I rented points to buy a Disney cruise at the behest of this very forums members.

But yea, think what you like. I'm a big ol' bad DVC member snatching up your coveted dates! Just picture Pete the cat, that's me.

The point is that you’ve been a member for 2 years, have likely 500+ points at WDW which you haven’t been to in 25 years, and have rented out almost all your points the entire time you’ve been a member. You said yourself you bought extra points to rent. You aren’t a big baddy, but you tried to come across as someone who just ran into scheduling issues for a few years and had to rent points. It’s like the cliche of this whole thread, the crazy “what ifs” that are really just renters trying to keep their niche.

 

[RamblinWreck]

The point is that you’ve been a member for 2 years, have likely 500+ points at WDW which you haven’t been to in 25 years, and have rented out almost all your points the entire time you’ve been a member. You said yourself you bought extra points to rent. You aren’t a big baddy, but you tried to come across as someone who just ran into scheduling issues for a few years and had to rent points. It’s like the cliche of this whole thread, the crazy “what ifs” that are really just renters trying to keep their niche.

^

Hence why I feel like I have to feel weird about renting out most of my points while I'm the middle of rebuilding my house from a fire.


Anyway I just was randomly reminded of a conversation I had with someone at DVC recently (recently as in, maybe early May?). My wife and I had annual passes that still had time left on them, and we decided to use some of our points for a quick weekend getaway for our anniversary even though we rented out most of the others this year.

While I was working with someone at Member Services on the phone to merge a couple of one night reservations I had managed to snag for a VGF resort studio, she made some mention of the other upcoming reservations I had booked under other people's names. I just sort of off handedly mentioned that yeah we had to rent out a bunch of our points this year. And her response seemed very strange. She got all weird about it and was like "whoa whoa, don't tell me that!" I thought it was weird because I never thought that sort of thing was frowned upon. Oh well.

 

[Sandisw]

Strong possibility we’re all putting way more thought in this than the responsible people at DVC.

My opinion? Yes…especially since they have said or done nothing that indicates this is more than an attempt to go after the mega renters.