OKW extention-sould we get it for $15?!?!

[bribert]

Just wondering on your thoughts.
We just got back from using our points for the first time & want to do the OKW extension. We bought resale & didn't close until May, when the $15/point had expired.
I called our guide Friday & was told the price is now $20/point. When I asked if she could talk to a supervisor about getting the $15, ya know, with the economy in the dumps & us being new owners, she said absolutely not!
Do you think it would be worth it to try & get a manager directly myself to see about this? Wasn't the price also $25/point?
Thanks for your help!

 

[toesmom]

Just wondering on your thoughts.
We just got back from using our points for the first time & want to do the OKW extension. We bought resale & didn't close until May, when the $15/point had expired.
I called our guide Friday & was told the price is now $20/point. When I asked if she could talk to a supervisor about getting the $15, ya know, with the economy in the dumps & us being new owners, she said absolutely not!
Do you think it would be worth it to try & get a manager directly myself to see about this? Wasn't the price also $25/point?
Thanks for your help!

If you bought directly from Disney, then this may be an option, but you say resale???

 

[Deb & Bill]

Even members who didn't do the add-on received information in the mail with their documents to decline that they still could add-on, but it was $20 a point. You're lucky they didn't require $25 a point. Feb 29 was the deadline for $15.

 

[Judique]

Just wondering on your thoughts.
We just got back from using our points for the first time & want to do the OKW extension. We bought resale & didn't close until May, when the $15/point had expired.
I called our guide Friday & was told the price is now $20/point. When I asked if she could talk to a supervisor about getting the $15, ya know, with the economy in the dumps & us being new owners, she said absolutely not!
Do you think it would be worth it to try & get a manager directly myself to see about this? Wasn't the price also $25/point?
Thanks for your help!

Why do you want the extension? OKW won't expire until 2042. For many of us, that's the best part of the deal. It will go away at some point and not be a burden that may be unwanted when we are ready for nursing homes.

Personally I would consider an add on at SSR before I would want an OKW extension. YMMV.

 

[OKW Lover]

JMHO, Its highly unlikely that you would get the $15/point price for the extension since you didn't even buy until well after the deadline for members to get that price.

 

[dianeschlicht]

Since you purchased resale, the timeline for getting that "deal" was long past for that contract. It would have had to been negotiated by the seller during the same timeframe as all of us. If you wanted the extra 15 years, you should have purchased direct from Disney. Actually, the $20/point for extension is still a break, because the price on new contracts is $25/point.

 

[TenThousandVolts]

Regardless of what everybody else is saying- I think it would be worth a try. Get a manager on the phone- or better yet, write a letter and explain that you would like to extend if you can get the $15 price. The worst that can happen is they say no.

 

[123Disney]

I agree with TenThousandVolts. All they can say is no.

 

[123Disney]

Let us know what happens.

 

[Chuck S]

But the question becomes, should they offer it for $15 to a member who purchased resale after the offer expired, without extending the $15 offer for all other owners at OKW? I think their chances are very, very slim, as it was clear from our documents that the price is now $20.

 

[CarolA]

My thoughts are they won't.... and the reason is places like the DIS.

One things I have seen over the years is that Disney has cut back on the ablity to allow CMs to be "flexible" And I think it's because if the OP gets what they want, they go on places like a message board and tell everyone.. So then 200 people call going "I know you did this for someone else"

You see it with things like refunds on party tickets etc.

Now, they COULD just send a one time offer to anyone that registers as a new DVC OKW owner between now and whenever thier deadline is!

 

[pyrxtc]

I don't think you should. It expired, you weren't a member before it expired and I don't think they should extend it to you. The offer was never given to you, therefore they shouldn't "honor" it.

 

[dianeschlicht]

But the question becomes, should they offer it for $15 to a member who purchased resale after the offer expired, without extending the $15 offer for all other owners at OKW? I think their chances are very, very slim, as it was clear from our documents that the price is now $20.

I agree, Chuck. I for one would be a bit miffed if that short term "deal" was extended for someone who complained. It wouldn't be fair to all the other owners.

 

[bribert]

I wouldn't say I'm "complaining!!!" My thing is that, since we weren't able to take advantage of it since we hadn't closed until after the $15 deal had expired, would they consider offering it to a new buyer even though the original owner turned it down? When I talked to my cast member or whatever you call them, the person who deals with adding on points & stuff, she gave a strict absolutely not & wouldn't even try to ask a manager about it. That's what put me off!!
So, I don't considre it complaining as much as just making sure I try all other routes before I end up paying almost an extra 1K for something I might be able to get cheaper!

 

[Brian Noble]

Disney's Guest Services playbook has one fundamental rule: Never say no to a Guest's request unless you absolutely have to. The fact that you got an unequivocal "no" and they refused to speak to a manager about it tells me that the answer really is no.

You can try another CM to see if you get any farther, but I think you probably have your answer.

 

[DeeCee735]

Why do you want the extension? OKW won't expire until 2042. For many of us, that's the best part of the deal. It will go away at some point and not be a burden that may be unwanted when we are ready for nursing homes.

Personally I would consider an add on at SSR before I would want an OKW extension. YMMV.

Agreed, SSR or AKV.

 

[bookwormde]

A little OT but were you able to find out if the previous owner signed the refusal letter before the date of your closing? If they did not then you may have a little leverage since DVC did not include the encumbrance of needing to sign a refusal with their estopple letters. If the owner signed after settlement then their signatures are probably not valid.

I settled in May also and I have to call next week to find out the status of the extension refusal on my contract. While emotionally I would love to extend, financially it makes very little sense so I will just wait 10-20 years and see if the numbers work better then.

bookwormde

 

[5forDiz]

get a definite answer from dvc ( we had posted thread on this recently). Bookwormde we wonder as you do the validity of the previous contract owner doing official signing . . . even if the seller did send in the initial decline postcard or letter or whatever it happened to be once the closing occurred imho they should not be signing off on any official decline document which it seems OKW owners began receiving sometime in April (We were told we'd be receiving it but never did)

We decided not to keep on with phone calls to dvc since we will be at wdw in 3 weeks and will stop in then. We will post back then with hopefully something helpful for those who bought OKW resale in past couple of months.

 

[dvc at last !]

It will be interesting to find out what happens.

 

[Deb & Bill]

A little OT but were you able to find out if the previous owner signed the refusal letter before the date of your closing? If they did not then you may have a little leverage since DVC did not include the encumbrance of needing to sign a refusal with their estopple letters. If the owner signed after settlement then their signatures are probably not valid.

I settled in May also and I have to call next week to find out the status of the extension refusal on my contract. While emotionally I would love to extend, financially it makes very little sense so I will just wait 10-20 years and see if the numbers work better then.

bookwormde

But if the original owner did originally decline on the postcard, the best you could get now is $20 a point and not $15. When we received the final paperwork, it included information about still being able to extend, but for $20 a point.