Incentivizing direct purchase over resale

[kilik64]

I directly asked 3 DVC reps about LSL two months ago. All said Disney had not released if there would be a DVC component. When I asked each if they hoped it did, one said no because they had too much inventory on the table already to sell, and the other two would only commit to they would see if it happened. It remains speculation until Disney announces. It reminds me of the talk about whether the Poly tower would be a new resort or added onto the current one. Most said new. It wasn’t. If you feel you have Disney figured out, play the stock market with your visions of the future and you can buy all the Mickey bars you want to eat each trip. Just let me know when the current Poly prices will bottom out so I can get a good deal.

You must have never heard tale of bay lake tower.

What tower? Is the response dvc reps would give.

The speculation on poly tower is completely different, but I'll have you know I was right on that too being in the same association from the get go.

 

[Brian Noble]

\begin{Westworld}
"It doesn't look like anything to me."
\end{Westworld}

 

[VGCgroupie]

You do know that they’re legally not allowed to tell you any information about a properties not for sale, right?

Also, my memory is that the majority of people thought that the poly tower would be part of the original association…. as it was the most logical choice.

Sure, nothing is a done deal until it’s finalized, but I don’t think that pointing that out in a very direct way is very constructive to the conversation.

Didnt they say BLT didnt exist when people could see it existing with their own eyes?

 

[VGCgroupie]

You must have never heard tale of bay lake tower.

What tower? Is the response dvc reps would give.

The speculation on poly tower is completely different, but I'll have you know I was right on that too being in the same association from the get go.

Responded above before I saw your post.

 

[D-Trick]

At some point, DVC will come out with automatic Purple card benefits (or maybe even more benefits at another tier) once you reach, for example, 300-400 direct points.

How does grandfathering play out in with this scenario? I find it very hard to believe that DVC would add a component that excludes DVC-Y owners with less than said 300-400 direct points.

 

[tx911]

Perhaps they could offer an either or situation.

Pay annually for perk X, or get it for free if you have this many direct points. I think it would require more than what MMB offers though.

 

[pzw90]

You must have never heard tale of bay lake tower.

What tower? Is the response dvc reps would give.

The speculation on poly tower is completely different, but I'll have you know I was right on that too being in the same association from the get go.

When I talked to a guide (phone call) around CCV being on sale last cycle, I mentioned waiting for LSL. He quickly pivoted to “we also have CFW on sale too if you’re interested”

 

[kilik64]

When I talked to a guide (phone call) around CCV being on sale last cycle, I mentioned waiting for LSL. He quickly pivoted to “we also have CFW on sale too if you’re interested”

Now not to completely derail this, but THAT is the real speculation, is CFW gonna get roped into LSL...?

 

[AstroBlasters]

Now not to completely derail this, but THAT is the real speculation, is CFW gonna get roped into LSL...?

Agreed.

 

[PolyRob]

How does grandfathering play out in with this scenario? I find it very hard to believe that DVC would add a component that excludes DVC-Y owners with less than said 300-400 direct points.

I imagine it would be anyone eligible for membership extras (including grandfathered members) get what we currently get. Then tiers could be placed on top of that with more benefits. This way no one loses anything, but people with more direct get more benefits.

 

[AstroBlasters]

I imagine it would be anyone eligible for membership extras (including grandfathered members) get what we currently get. Then tiers could be placed on top of that with more benefits. This way no one loses anything, but people with more direct get more benefits.

I can see a scenario where they add additional NEW perks for larger direct point holders.

 

[HyperspaceMountainPilot]

Yeah. I kind of agree. MMB is probably worth the $100 that it costs. Barely. At today's direct prices, that's 1/2 of a point.

The point of adding perks is to encourage people to buy direct, and the point of potentially adding tiered perks is to get people to add-on.

IMO, those perks are going to have to be WAY better than the $100 MMB perks to get many people to add-on.

+ 1 to all of this. I’ll pay $100 for MMB, might even add on $5k worth of points if it came with priority lounge access and BOGO use points FOR LIFE OF THE CONTRACT— but there’s now way they will even do that, as the contracts are covered in disclaimers that they can pull or change perks at any time. Either the perks need to get so much better I’m willing to cover the extra dues (let alone buy-in costs!!) or they need to promise a certain baseline of perk. MMB + TBD is not going to have us putting down $5k of direct points, let alone $20k (having said that, I might be willing to go direct just for current MMB perks IF I was in the market to add on that number of points anyway….but that’s a hypothetical I can’t even seriously entertain right now).