Buy another one so you can claim the #1 spot!!Ooh, this looks interesting!
I’m sure my ranking should be better than sixth for BRV though
If VGF with at least 150 points with a later UY is on the radar for anyone I agree that buying direct in this way makes a lot of sense!
DVC store will send ROFR updates.
My use year is Oct, so with a Sept close and 2022 points in the buy back, I didn't see a reason to go resale with these incentives.
Maybe the same person... I'm closing with a Cammy Smith using another company. I think I saw earlier we aren't allowed to mention the closing companies and I want to respect the rules of the forum. Otherwise I would be happy to share the company. It's our first contract.
Do you mean title companies? And yes, you can share the title companies but you have to type out their full website address to see if it's a censored site or not.
Closing costs are less direct, dues will be prorated for the year and of course the points are unrestricted. Plus as you did, you pick your UY and you can split the contract for a few dollars more. We are tossing up whether to purchase Aulani direct or do resale. I also bid on a few contracts, but most sellers are not willing to negotiate much.
The unrestricted points are the biggest value (plus MB if you qualify). The other things vary. I had my seller pay closing costs, and while I did pay this year's dues, I had 184 extra points banked from 2022 that I did not pay dues on. I would have done Aulani resale if I could have found a subsidized dues contract!
Aulani direct does qualify for Magical Beginning and I was told that you will receive $22/point back after close as a check to you.
I chatted with them today. The CM was so helpful. She reached out to the team and I watched the points loading to each UY. It was kind of cool.
Are you saying your contract actually says 145 points, but you're given 150 every year? How does that even work? I know they had a deal where you "paid for X but got Y", but the contract was for the full allotment of points and was really just a discount on the purchase.
There have been past incentives that offered x number of extra points 'for free'. Member just pays annual fees. My guess is that the contract purchased shows number purchased and 'free' points are then credited every year. Probably has something to do with how the points are officially accounted for.
But then who owns the "free" points? What pool do they come out of? Does DVC then have to keep a supply of points from every resort and UY in order to credit those points? I mean, they'd have to maintian points that match every contract they sell under that scheme or they are worthless. Depending on how many people they offer this deal to, there could be a ton of points they'd need to hang on to. Plus, how do you pay MF's on points you don't legally own? They include property taxes, etc.
