ROFR Thread April to June 2020 *PLEASE SEE FIRST POST FOR INSTRUCTIONS & FORMATTING TOOL*

[John Purcell]

Trusting strangers with no agenda > trusting strangers with money at stake

Love this! And find your posts are the ABSOLUTE GOLD standard! The Rolls Royce of Disboard posts!!

But I sorta worry about posts involving questioning any broker EVER again on this site (after I responded to a broker’s post on this thread whereby I requested specifics of the 4 “taken” ROFRs that this broker mentioned to clients in Q2 - all commentary is now gone since some folks were mean to this broker - accusing lies, etc.). But the beauty about this thread is the data. Who would lie about DVC taking a contract? Flip side : who would post if they overpaid? So I think this thread is VERY FAIR. The moderators should be proud. Brokers and buyers should feel pride in a liquid marketplace without shenanigans.

All that said, I think there are a lot of brokers on this thread and realized early on that there may be conflicts of interest as I stated herein. So from here on, I am only positive, respectful and will not call out brokers for steering a higher price - but consider me guilty about enjoying your post about it

 

[CastAStone]

Love this! And find your posts are the ABSOLUTE GOLD standard! The Rolls Royce of Disboard posts!!

But I sorta worry about posts involving questioning any broker EVER again on this site (after I responded to a broker’s post on this thread whereby I requested specifics of the 4 “taken” ROFRs that this broker mentioned to clients in Q2 - all commentary is now gone since some folks were mean to this broker - accusing lies, etc.). But the beauty about this thread is the data. Who would lie about DVC taking a contract? Flip side : who would post if they overpaid? So I think this thread is VERY FAIR. The moderators should be proud. Brokers and buyers should feel pride in a liquid marketplace without shenanigans.

All that said, I think there are a lot of brokers on this thread and realized early on that there may be conflicts of interest as I stated herein. So from here on, I am only positive, respectful and will not call out brokers for steering a higher price - but consider me guilty about enjoying your post about it

Fair enough! I’m not saying most brokers are intentionally dishonest or crooked! (now the 4 ROFR person...) But to quote Upton Sinclair, “It Is Difficult to Get a Man to Understand Something When His Salary Depends Upon His Not Understanding It”. And the brokers make more money if the market is booming.

 

[hlhlaw07]

Love this! And find your posts are the ABSOLUTE GOLD standard! The Rolls Royce of Disboard posts!!

But I sorta worry about posts involving questioning any broker EVER again on this site (after I responded to a broker’s post on this thread whereby I requested specifics of the 4 “taken” ROFRs that this broker mentioned to clients in Q2 - all commentary is now gone since some folks were mean to this broker - accusing lies, etc.). But the beauty about this thread is the data. Who would lie about DVC taking a contract? Flip side : who would post if they overpaid? So I think this thread is VERY FAIR. The moderators should be proud. Brokers and buyers should feel pride in a liquid marketplace without shenanigans.

All that said, I think there are a lot of brokers on this thread and realized early on that there may be conflicts of interest as I stated herein. So from here on, I am only positive, respectful and will not call out brokers for steering a higher price - but consider me guilty about enjoying your post about it

Just to clarify, posts questioning broker’s statements and reasoning are fair game and happen all the time around these parts of the boards. The posts you were referring to happened right around the time the DIS filter was updated to include that broker. So any discussion of that business was no longer allowed. Discuss away, just include a link to the broker you are discussing to make sure it’s not in the filter. Those discussion are helpful to purchasers, but still have to be within the guidelines. And contrary to what a lot of people think, there really only a few brokers who shall not be discussed.

 

[John Purcell]

Ugh. I indiscriminately replied to a person: a member of this site, personally - candidly hoping that person would stand up for themself and tell their contract stories and tell us the 4 contracts DVD took that weren’t captured herein. And I am AOK with whatever rules governing here. Like I said, my hand was already slapped, and I’ll never again do it, I promise. But I refuse to throw that persons company, with links, under the bus.. It would be like me saying : you are allowed to talk negatively about me, only if you know my employment sitch and my employers website.

But thank you for standing up to a business that our community won’t recognize. I applaud the group for the high road. And I totally get it, and would understand it if all these non-thread related stuff is removed too. And sorry if this is undue drama.[/QUOTE]

 

[kevtlas]

I hadn't thought of that, I just messaged the agent. Thank you I might have missed the banking window! I appreciate your help!!

I asked my broker to request the buyers bank the 2019 points and they were able to get it done and resend all on the same day so I think it didn’t have too much effect on the wait time.

 

[Tiggeroo1964]

Day 29 in ROFL tried not to think about it but starting to get a bit twitchy now

 

[lcur77]

Day 29 in ROFL tried not to think about it but starting to get a bit twitchy now

Day 30 here. Same. Not in a huge rush, got time to bank the 2020 points but just want it done so bad

 

[evenstephen]

evenstephen---$139-$21640-150-PVB-Feb-0/19, 8/20, 150/21, 150/22- sent 6/26

 

[macman123]

Day 38 for me........

 

[MagicalAloha]

Day 38 for me........

I think 42 days is the magic number.

 

[bmscott]

Just to clarify, posts questioning broker’s statements and reasoning are fair game and happen all the time around these parts of the boards. The posts you were referring to happened right around the time the DIS filter was updated to include that broker. So any discussion of that business was no longer allowed. Discuss away, just include a link to the broker you are discussing to make sure it’s not in the filter. Those discussion are helpful to purchasers, but still have to be within the guidelines. And contrary to what a lot of people think, there really only a few brokers who shall not be discussed.

I remember that conversation - I’m fairly new here and am just curious why certain brokers are filtered out. Should I be worried if I used one those brokers?

 

[macman123]

I think 42 days is the magic number.

Let's hope so! At least the weekend is 2'dead' days........

 

[mmackeymouse]

I think 42 days is the magic number.

I am at day 34....soon, I hope!

 

[jamier2]

I remember that conversation - I’m fairly new here and am just curious why certain brokers are filtered out. Should I be worried if I used one those brokers?

That’s what I also wondered. However, since these are unmentionable, how would we ever know if we are using someone who we may need to be cautious of? I suspect the reason some can’t be mentioned has more to do with sponsorship than ethics.

 

[CastAStone]

I remember that conversation - I’m fairly new here and am just curious why certain brokers are filtered out. Should I be worried if I used one those brokers?

That’s what I also wondered. However, since these are unmentionable, how would we ever know if we are using someone who we may need to be cautious of? I suspect the reason some can’t be mentioned has more to do with sponsorship than ethics.

Lots of companies that don't sponsor the boards are allowed to be discussed.

The few brokers with a ton of listings I generally wouldn't be worried about, as long as you have a reputable title company, since the title company is who actually handles the money. I am unaware of any title companies who cannot be discussed here.

 

[EM Lawrence]

I remember that conversation - I’m fairly new here and am just curious why certain brokers are filtered out. Should I be worried if I used one those brokers?

As someone very new to making offers on DVC contracts, one broker did immediately raise red flags with me based on the way this person responded to me and some of the suggestions this person made. I won’t name names. But if your antenna is up, you will probably pick up on any irregularities on your own. I was putting offers in with various brokers, and it became clear very quickly to me that not all of them handle things the same way. But if you have a reputable title company, I think you’ll be fine. It’s not like people are being sold bogus contracts or anything.

 

[tputorti]

We closed over three weeks ago and the contract still isn't showing in our dashboard. It is taking forever! Best guess is that we have another week to wait and then probably another 7-10 days for the points to load.

4.5 weeks here and still not in the dashboard.... hope you packed snacks

Same here. Closed 5/21

36 days after closing I got the email from DVC... We have completed the Resale Transfer for your Membership. The new contract has been listed under your current Member Number. Please allow 7-10 business days for the Vacation Club Points to be transferred from the originating account.

Another 1 1/2 to 2 weeks to wait now.

Sent to ROFR 4/2, Passed ROFR 5/5, closed 5/21, Email from DVC to post my new contract 6/26

 

[MagicalAloha]

36 days after closing I got the email from DVC... We have completed the Resale Transfer for your Membership. The new contract has been listed under your current Member Number. Please allow 7-10 business days for the Vacation Club Points to be transferred from the originating account.

Another 1 1/2 to 2 weeks to wait now.

Sent to ROFR 4/2, Passed ROFR 5/5, closed 5/21, Email from DVC to post my new contract 6/26

Is that a total of 99 days? 2 weeks from now will be July 10; 4/2/2020 and points finally in your DVC account on approx 7/10/2020 ... So applying the same to my purchase I’ll have my new points in my account approx 8/20/20. But my R2 Unit has been known to make an error from, time, to time...

 

[ChipNdale8887]

As someone very new to making offers on DVC contracts, one broker did immediately raise red flags with me based on the way this person responded to me and some of the suggestions this person made. I won’t name names. But if your antenna is up, you will probably pick up on any irregularities on your own. I was putting offers in with various brokers, and it became clear very quickly to me that not all of them handle things the same way. But if you have a reputable title company, I think you’ll be fine. It’s not like people are being sold bogus contracts or anything.

Buzzz Buzzz?

 

[Jetku]

36 days after closing I got the email from DVC... We have completed the Resale Transfer for your Membership. The new contract has been listed under your current Member Number. Please allow 7-10 business days for the Vacation Club Points to be transferred from the originating account.

Another 1 1/2 to 2 weeks to wait now.

Sent to ROFR 4/2, Passed ROFR 5/5, closed 5/21, Email from DVC to post my new contract 6/26

Congrats! Our contract was finally added yesterday as well after a 5/22 closing. Now to await the points!