Got My Dvc Card Date Not Right

[JudyTL]

I got my DVC card yesterday. It used 8/97 as my member date. Where did that date come from? Anyone else out there with an odd date. I just bought points in February of this year...

thoughts?

 

[DVCLiz]

Judy, did you buy a resale? If so, I think the dates are the ones of the original owners. One of mine has a weird date, too.

Not sure, though, if you bought directly from Disney...

 

[deedeetoo]

We bought resale last year and our date is right (09/06) so that can't be the only reason.

 

[Chuck S]

For resales cards often, but not always, have the original contract sales date on them.

 

[LisaS]

The dates on our cards are wrong, too. They predate my first trip to WDW! So apparently I was a member long before I even heard of DVC. If only I had known -- all those wasted points!

ETA: We bought resale.

 

[disneynutz]

If you by resale a master contract, you will have the date of the original contract. I you buy resale a add on contract, DVC will assign you a new contract number and a current date.

 

[bwvBound]

JudyTL:

Now that you know why (based on answers above) simply let go and enjoy it!

We picked up a resale "charter membership" on one of our other timeshares. It is funny watching expressions from check-in staff, sales folks and others when they look at the date on our account. We've picked up a bit of "red carpet" treatment for having a membership dating back to the first year's sales.

I really don't know if any of the Disney staff look at the membership date -- but you can still relax, smile and pretend you've owned this luxury for (yawn) years.

 

[mb168]

If you by resale a master contract, you will have the date of the original contract. I you buy resale a add on contract, DVC will assign you a new contract number and a current date.

That' not always the case either. I bought a 70 pt OKW resale in 2002 through TSS and it was dated back in the 90's.

 

[JudyTL]

I am not complaining,, just was confused. I was happy to be considered a member since 97. Yes, this was a resale. I was happy my card came so quickly.

 

[Granny]

I am not complaining,, just was confused.

If you think that's confusing, my wife and I have different dates on our cards for the same resale contract! The only thing I can figure out is that maybe the husband purchased under his name and added the wife's name some time later?

All I know is....they have the same expiration date!!