Just did the SSR Add On..........

[LIFERBABE]

My use year is August. Below is a quote from an email from my guide telling me my dues will be paid until Dec 2005.

"If you get the pts from August of 2004 they would be $95-$5 for a total of $10800. You would need to be able to use the pts before August of this yr or bank them. You are now in your 50% banking window, so you can bank up to 50% of your grand total, providing you have not already banked any. We would pay the dues on your new pts and bonus pts thru Dec of 2005 and give you the additional 100 pts. "

I added on 120 yesterday and I am thrilled!

Mandy

Exactly what I was told and I purchased a Sept 2004 UY. I should receive my paperwork Monday or Tuesday.

 

[laujac]

We must have been dropped from any of the incentive mailings for I have not heard anything about developer points... could someone explain what there add on incentives are? We currently own 310 at BWV with a Feb UY. Any info would be great.

 

[Daitcher]

Maybe I am confused here but I don't see this as a good deal at all. When we bought in we received $10 off per point at SSR. This new deal buy 120 minimum and get 100 one time points is not that great of a deal. 100 points if rented amounts to about $1000 assuming the 10/point rental. Saving the annual dues helps but depending on use year you might not be saving much. $1000 discount plus any annual dues isn't much different than the $10/per point discount we recieved. I just think Disney is trying to generate interest by doing it a little different. I guess any excuse is a good excuse to buy more points.

DAVE

 

[SleepyatDVC]

Dave,

It is $5 off, no dues, and 100 bonus points, if that makes any difference.

 

[Friend Owl]

No more April '05 use year for SSR - had choice of 1) April '04 - got (120) 2004 points but had to use points within next 2 weeks or loose them, DVC won't pay any 2005 dues, will get the 100 bonus for 2005 and it's $90/pt or 2) get a April 2006 use year, think I still get 100 bonus points but no SSR points until 2006. Not so Golden any more

Was able to bank my 2004 allotment (April use year) whoo-hoo! Now if only I knew if this years dues are going to be paid by DVC..

 

[Good Ol Gal]

Friend Owl......How did you get to bank your April 2004 points??

We also have an April UY and was told that we couldn't get the 2004 points b/c it would be useless unless we could be there in two weeks time (which we can't).

I am getting more confused as the days go by!!

Am I reading that if you get the 2004 points, DVC might not pay your dues for 2005??

 

[Friend Owl]

Friend Owl......How did you get to bank your April 2004 points??

We also have an April UY and was told that we couldn't get the 2004 points b/c it would be useless unless we could be there in two weeks time (which we can't).

I am getting more confused as the days go by!!

Am I reading that if you get the 2004 points, DVC might not pay your dues for 2005??

I called MS today and told them I got 2004 points on Saturday and they banked them - no questions asked - someone in a prior message gave me the idea..I was told by my guide on Saturday that DVC would NOT pay my dues this year so I too am confused...hope once paper work arrives, I will know about the dues.

 

[dismem98]

I talked to my guide today. If you take the 04 points the dues start from the month you make the deal so that would be this Mar 05 and she said no bonus points. What???

Too many conflicting stories. Does anybody have their new paperwork??

My guide said the deal for extra points is only for 05 UY add on with no dues. I was on the DVC member site today and they say you can still get SSR at $85 per point after the discount!!

Confusion every where!!

 

[Mickeysduck]

This is the way I understand it:
At this time, only December 04 UY is left for getting the 04 points. (Not sure about this, but this is what I was told.)

Since my UY is not December, I cannot change my use year to get this deal, but....

I can get 120 Feb. 05 UY points and 100 bonus points that are all bankable to 2006 if I bank within the 100% time frame for my use year which is July. No dues on new points until Jan. 2006.

This is for the $5/pt discount. The $8/pt discount is the same, minus the 120 Feb. 05 UY points. So I would just get the 100 bonus points. My new 120 points would be added in Feb. 06.

Hope this helps, let me know if they heard otherwise.

 

[melanieewr]

I sent my paperwork back on Monday. The purchase price for each of my 2 120 point contracts was $11,400 ($95 per point) and then there was a $600 discount applied to make the purchase price of each contract $10,800 ($90 pp). I chose to keep the '04 points and I will rent those out and hopefully be able to take a trip before June myself...though doubtful. I have been told that I cannot bank those points unless I use the one time "special circumstances" exception. I really don't want to do this unless I have no other choice. There was also a certificate in the paperwork that had to be signed in order to credit my account for the dues. No dues until 2006.

The '04 UY points were available to me immediately, once I paid for my contracts using my credit card...which I pay off every month.

The only conflict with me seems to be the fact that some folks are getting to bank the '04 points.

I did receive a very nice DVC backpack and SSR lithograph with my paperwork.

 

[dismem98]

Did you get the 100 bonus points?? My rep said no bonus points if I take the 04 points.

I'm glad to hear that you got your dues paid til 06 because again we've heard different.

 

[SleepyatDVC]

dismem98,

Just got my paperwork. Not sure if it makes a difference but I DO have Dec UY.

Called MS and had 120 SSR and 100 bonus OKW points added to my 12/04 UY already - 120 SSR was added to 12/05. I am within my banking deadlines if I don't wind up using the points first!

$95 - $5 incentive

As melanieewr states, we got a certificate to sign to credit account for 2005 dues for the add-on.

We only got a lithogragh, no backpack, probably because the total add-on was less than 150 points.

 

[melanieewr]

I did receive the 100 bonus points per contract and they are already in my acount and they can be banked. The 100 bonus points were added to my '05 UY and they are BWV points.

I currently have a 600 point BWV contract, but I had banked 405 points to '05...otherwise, I could have added the 600 pts to the 240 (2, 120 SSR contracts) and banked 25% of the total 840 by March 31st. This would have allowed me to bank 210 points if I had not already banked more than that, which I had....confusing....huh!

I hate that you didn't receive the backpack. I figured everyone did

 

[Jacky]

ok- i have an Aug u/y. if i do the 120 SSR add on, will i get

120 2004
120 2005
100 bonus points?

Will i need to pay 90 or 95 per point? or 87? i am getting so tempted especially if i could get 340 extra points. LOL

 

[dvcmember]

I also have an august use year. I did a 150 point add on . I got 150 points 04, 150 points 05 and 100 bonus points. I paid 90 /point. There was a 5 dollar per point credit because I wanted the 2004 points. Barb

 

[LIFERBABE]

ok- i have an Aug u/y. if i do the 120 SSR add on, will i get

120 2004
120 2005
100 bonus points?

Will i need to pay 90 or 95 per point? or 87? i am getting so tempted especially if i could get 340 extra points. LOL

Yes you will receive the 340 points if they still have your UY available for 2004. The incentive is $5 off if you take the 2004 points so $90 per point for your add-on.

I sent my contract back yesterday which was for 150 Sept UY and I received the 2004 points, 2005 points, 100 bankable bonus points, $5 off, Dues Voucher for 2005 and another litho. I did not receive a backpack which I was expecting so I'll call my guide. I think the new incentive to add-on was an awesome deal, and we love the SSR Grand Villas so now we will have enough points to occasionally stay there which would be our first choice in GV options.

 

[ColoradoBelle1]

I'm a little sad cause I was going to add on 120 SS as soon as my first DVC (170 BWV) closed. I thought I'd get the 120 '04 points and the 120 '05 points and the 100 bonus and no dues '04 or 05. If you use my simplified math at to cost...this came out to $95-$% =$90 a point. Then rent out2004 points at $10 a point = 80 a point. Rent out '05 points at $10 a point = $70 a point. If I rented the 100 bonus at $12 a point that means I am paying a net of $60 a point for SS and who in the heck could turn that down!!!!!

BUT my BWV usage year is February, which I think means that I wouldn't get the 2004 points right? I realize I'd get an addition $3 off per point BUT since I allowed $10.00 for renting those same points, I'm paying $7.00 extra for my contract ($10-$3)

I was so excited to 'buy into ' SS for an effective net of $60 a point!

I dont like that everyone is getting such conflicting stories...Could it be that the 'salesmen' are trying to get us to buy at the highest price and only adding incentives if needed? I bought through resale so I don't have a guide nor do I have any experience with DVC sales through Disney.

It seems strange that the new addon offer came out at a time that would leave some of us (Jan, Feb, March, now April use years) out of the loop insofar as 2004 point option. Anyone know if there has been some kind of allowance made for this stich?

 

[Mickeysduck]

ColoradoBelle1,

I am in the same UY as you. The incentive is almost the same for everyone. It really is complicated though. I just added on 120 points and I received 120 05 UY and 100 bonus points, all available immediately. No dues till 2006. So including March, thats 10 months of free dues. If you pay dues yearly, the bill is sent in January, so in January of 2006, everyone pays for whatever they bought no matter what.

OK...trying to explain this mess...
The 100 bonus points is a given, so I will not refer to them.

Instead of saying 04 or 05 UY, lets refer to it as current use year. So, you get 120 points to use now, in your current use year, then when your UY comes up again you get your next allotment of 120 points. Seeing as it is now March, this means if your UY is April your next allotment is next month, if it's August it will be in 5 months, in Feb. it will be in 11 months. As far as banking all those new points, the closer your use year comes up, the less time you have to bank.

If this deal, on the whole, sounds good to you, then it is because they are almost identical. Try not to think UY by month. Bottom line is that the bill comes in January, so we all pay in January for that current years points regardless of UY.

Hope this dose not confuse things even more and it helps. I know typing it here has helped me to understand it a little more.

 

[ColoradoBelle1]

Thanks Mickeysduck...That is kind of you to try to help!
Maybe I am thinking of it all wrong. When I bought by BWV contract...I had 2004 points banks and then in February 2005 points...so when I close I will have 170 + 170 points available for my use. I kinda thought that the 2004 points meant points FROM 2004....so for the add on, 120 points plus 120 points for 2005 and then 100 bonus points and no dues on either the 2004 or 2005 allotment. Since I dont finance, I'd be paying th edues in January regardless...so that part didn't confuse me as much as people who pay them off monthly with their mortgage.

I think I may just be thining there are more points being offered and that came from a five dollar reduction if yo took 2004 points but 8 bucks off if you only took 2005 points. Since I was gonna rent, I thought getting the 2004 points woudl be better than saving 3 dollars a point.

But it seems that if yoour use year is already past, then you can't get points from last year (2004).

Oh well, I have to close and get in the systme before I can worry about this anyway! Maybe I'll go to an open house when I visit in May and get a PIN !!!!!
I'll keep reading tho...it pays to listen to what all you folks know.