I am not seeing the need to rush just yet... $5 off per point is pretty measley IMO. The new developer point incentive is nice and sweetens the pot...but you still can't use your BLT points anywhere until they open the booking on what? March 1? I don't know if the incentives will get better or not...but I think the holiday season will tell a lot about the economy and how people are REALLY spending. Holding off awhile MIGHT not hurt...DVC might reconsider offering something better. I think that this new developer point incentive will be around for a little while - it JUST started today. I'm sure they're hoping to get a rush of people who were waiting for something like this. Once the initial rush for this incentive dies down they might be a little more generous later. It's kinda like the high prices that DCL charges...as long as people PAY them they can get by doing it. If people would make a statement about them charging too much by NOT booking and boycott a little then maybe they'd re-think their prices.
Next time DVC opens a new resort, I will need a guarantee of this type, "We promise that if anyone buys these points at a lower price within the first year, those buying during the members only early purchase period will get the difference refunded to them."
Next time DVC opens a new resort, I will need a guarantee of this type, "We promise that if anyone buys these points at a lower price within the first year, those buying during the members only early purchase period will get the difference refunded to them."
We were doing the same thing - we took the bait today!
We were going to buy anyway, and figured this is a decent deal (would have gone to WDW paying cash this April, so now that's covered) so we took it. My guide did say that they will be raising the minimum buy in at BLT to 200 points soon, so just factor that in as a possiblility. There's definitely a chance they'll do a better deal, but I felt like I was getting enough now not to kick myself if they end up doing a gift card or something else later - Oh, and my DH is very impatient, so it was the right time for us!
OR maybe I'm just bitter 'cuz I can't buy right now!
I suppose at least with developers points you can plan a trip even tho it's not to BLT...... Hummm... Yep. I'm just bitter.
Is that for ALL resorts or just BLT?? I sure wish DVC would communicate this kind of crap to its members via REAL mailings and not via rumor on the DISboards.
It's only BLT and they DID communicate it to members. I'm not even a BLT member and I got the piece in the mail last week.
To the people holding out for more incentives - you're waiting for nothing. DVC is not going to offer more incentives on the newest resort they're selling - not when they're increasing the price on the next-to-the-newest and have just said as of January 15th you can't even buy BLT for less than 100 points (existing members). That tells me sales are still at least as strong as Disney wants. I don't see that changing.
It's only BLT and they DID communicate it to members. I'm not even a BLT member and I got the piece in the mail last week.
Well, I guess some members must be on a priority mailing list as we have received nothing from them... But I shouldn't be surprised. It took us at least 2 weeks longer to receive the initial BLT mailer than it took for some to receive it... I think they should get their act together on these mailings and time them so that we all get them at least within a day or two of each other.
But at least the minimum add-on is not going up at AKV...
Hopefully they will not raise add-on minimum at other resorts....
really like having that option of adding on as little as 25 points.
Makes me wonder though if in the near future 100 pt add-on will be minimum
across the board.
