ROFR Thread Jan to March 2022 *PLEASE SEE FIRST POST FOR INSTRUCTIONS & FORMATTING TOOL*

[MFMont]

I'm wondering the same. I've got a super low offer in for BWV right now. My only hope is that by the time they get to mine they are moved on to obsessing about something else! LOL I, too, and trying to figure out my next move if I get ROFR'd. SSR was our backup but now not so sure....

Good luck for you. I had a $140pp that went to ROFR on 3/3 and it was scarfed up 2 weeks later. Maybe they are reading this thread and don't like us. Easy enough to match us up to our contracts LOL..... Quick, where is my tin foil hat LOL

 

[sjdrr1313]

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well now I am thoroughly confused. I emailed a different guide since mine is out of town. I'll keep you guys posted on the response

 

[hglenn]

Good luck for you. I had a $140pp that went to ROFR on 3/3 and it was scarfed up 2 weeks later. Maybe they are reading this thread and don't like us. Easy enough to match us up to our contracts LOL..... Quick, where is my tin foil hat LOL

Yea, I'm just hoping they'll see what a good deal it is and rip the bandaid off quick... and not make me wait 4 weeks! Or, just ignore it and let it slide!

 

[smmora]

LuckyEmblem---$141-$12689-80-AKV-Dec-40/21, 80/22, 80/23- sent 3/1, passed 3/23

I have a question maybe someone here can answer..I will be a new DVC member sometime after this closes (which as I understand could take a while). Let's say I put an offer on another resale contract and it were accepted..what are the logistics of making sure the new contract gets put on my existing DVC membership? Would it be possible?

AS soon as my first membership closed, I emailed my membership number to the Resale and Title companies, when the second membership was added it changed my dashboard so I have a dropdown to select now

 

[HIRyeDVC]

What is the guess for the BWV takes? it looks as though its moving higher by the week. I thought I would be good at $147pp but a $149pp was taken yesterday. Same amount of points (150). It is making me consider other options however none of those would be direct. If I do PVB, I will need more $ per point and roughly 40% more points to even things out. While I love PVB, I like BWV more. Shocking though to have to drop $24,000 or so on a 20 year contract. While PVB will certainly be a bigger purchase, it would still have some value when I will likely be done with it. Sheesh. Way more complicated than when I bought during the giant fire sale that was early 2011.

It's anyone's guess at this point. The same with BCV. Extensions? YC conversion? Firesale? Just trying to make extra cash? Whatever it is, there's no way I'm paying that much for a 2042 property. I mean, BCV is nice, but to pay $170s for BCV with 19 years left is mind blowing. But then again, so is paying $300pp for VGC. When it comes to DVC, value is in the eye of the beholder.

 

[sjdrr1313]

I'm guessing maybe there will be incentives to push it below the current 186, at least for a couple of weeks. That's the only reason I can think for the guide to want them to wait. If he made them wait and they had to pay more they would hunt him down lol

OK I messaged a different guide because mine is out of the office...He left me a voicemail and basically said they can't discuss details but the fact that I have been messaging with my guide regarding a possible add on recently and that I tried to reach him today will "help" and that they would try to take care of me and just talk to my guide when he gets back into the office. He also recommended that I call my guide and leave him a message as well because that will also "help." That to me sounds like the prices are going up but since my guide was out of the office today they'd maybe do something to help me out if I missed today's lower price? That doesn't sound like better pricing tomorrow...

 

[CaptainAmerica]

It's anyone's guess at this point. The same with BCV. Extensions? YC conversion? Firesale? Just trying to make extra cash? Whatever it is, there's no way I'm paying that much for a 2042 property. I mean, BCV is nice, but to pay $170s for BCV with 19 years left is mind blowing. But then again, so is paying $300pp for VGC. When it comes to DVC, value is in the eye of the beholder.

I'm a big fan of playfully dunking on BCV people. Everyone has their favorite resorts but BCV owners love BCV at a whole 'nother level. Try telling one of them that you think the Skyliner to DHS is more pleasant than walking there, or that you prefer entering Epcot through Future World, or that salmon is a curious choice to include on a buffet line in the middle of a hotel, and watch their heads explode.

 

[Sandisw]

If you offered me a 200 point contract 100% for free, I'd rather have AKV/SSR/OKW than VGF2 or RIV.

I'd take SSR for free, but not the other 2.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I'd take SSR for free, but not the other 2.

Yes because you like the stuffy old lady resorts, we've been over this before.

 

[DaveNan]

I'm a big fan of playfully dunking on BCV people. Everyone has their favorite resorts but BCV owners love BCV at a whole 'nother level. Try telling one of them that you think the Skyliner to DHS is more pleasant than walking there, or that you prefer entering Epcot through Future World, or that salmon is a curious choice to include on a buffet line in the middle of a hotel, and watch their heads explode.

Or, while SAB is nice, it is not a game changer. We go to the pool, maybe once every 2-3 visits, and all the DVC pools are equivalent for how we use them.......

 

[Sandisw]

But there's a downside to a single Use Year as well. If your UY is September, for example, and you're planning a trip for August, you have to book outside of your banking window. If you had a separate contract with a March UY, you could use that one to book the August trip and you'd be able to bank if something come up where you had to cancel.

It is great strategy as long as each membership has a good number of points to make it work. I do not think having a second UY with 50 points or so is worth the hassle, unless you like split stays or know for sure you will use the points every other year.

But, when you get to at least 100 or more, it can make it worth while, if you are willing to do the extra work it takes. We now have three of them and I will always just use them on their own for different trips (or split stays which I do pretty much all the time) and never transfer.

 

[Sandisw]

Yes because you like the stuffy old lady resorts, we've been over this before.

Very true...and I do not like animals in the least...don't get me started on having to take my kids to the zoo when they were young because they and DH loved the place!!! LOL

 

[CaptainAmerica]

It is great strategy as long as each membership has a good number of points to make it work. I do not think having a second UY with 50 points or so is worth the hassle, unless you like split stays or know for sure you will use the points every other year.

But, when you get to at least 100 or more, it can make it worth while, if you are willing to do the extra work it takes. We now have three of them and I will always just use them on their own for different trips (or split stays which I do pretty much all the time) and never transfer.

Have you found it more difficult since the borrowing restrictions were put in place?

 

[RamblinWreck]

Very true...and I do not like animals in the least...don't get me started on having to take my kids to the zoo when they were young because they and DH loved the place!!! LOL

I love me some stuffy old lady resorts as well!

But mostly I'm all about location and contract length.

If I can only access the parks via buses from your resort, I'm out.
If the contract expires in 20 years and the prices don't make any sense relative to that fact, I'm out.
If your resort only offers studios, I'm out.

Which pretty much just leaves the stuffy old lady resorts and BLT!

 

[mrsap]

OK I messaged a different guide because mine is out of the office...He left me a voicemail and basically said they can't discuss details but the fact that I have been messaging with my guide regarding a possible add on recently and that I tried to reach him today will "help" and that they would try to take care of me and just talk to my guide when he gets back into the office. He also recommended that I call my guide and leave him a message as well because that will also "help." That to me sounds like the prices are going up but since my guide was out of the office today they'd maybe do something to help me out if I missed today's lower price? That doesn't sound like better pricing tomorrow...

I just got the same response from mine as well. Pretty much said all but the exact words. Said he will call me in the morning.

 

[sjdrr1313]

Very true...and I do not like animals in the least...don't get me started on having to take my kids to the zoo when they were young because they and DH loved the place!!! LOL

Lets just call it "Classy" resorts... I love Saratoga and Riviera... and I've never stayed at VGF but I feel like I'd love it there too. But I did just turn 42 so maybe its time for my old lady card....lol

 

[Sandisw]

Have you found it more difficult since the borrowing restrictions were put in place?

Nope because I have enough points in each membership to book what I want without needing to borrow very much (if at all). I have no problem booking a trip (if not a split stay) so some nights are on one and some on the other, and just link it.

Even my January trip that ended up all at RIV...one night was on my Aug UY and the other two nights on my Dec UY since those were using banked resale RIV points. I have always found a way to figure it out to make it work! But, with 900 points, it does help!!!

 

[HIRyeDVC]

I'm a big fan of playfully dunking on BCV people. Everyone has their favorite resorts but BCV owners love BCV at a whole 'nother level. Try telling one of them that you think the Skyliner to DHS is more pleasant than walking there, or that you prefer entering Epcot through Future World, or that salmon is a curious choice to include on a buffet line in the middle of a hotel, and watch their heads explode.

I for one LOVE BCV. I love SAB, B&C, the beautiful lit up view of the Boardwalk, the walk to HS, and the back door entrance to Epcot. I even love the skyliner to RR and CBR for food. Having said that, I still can't justify buying it. Not at the current price and years left. Now if you convert YC with a new 50 year contract, I'm all in!

 

[dlam32]

They are each treated as separate memberships, so you can’t combine them both, for instance, at 7 months to use all the points at one resort-you can either book two days with one membership and two with the other, for instance, or transfer points from one account to another-but you can only do that once a year.

So, as an example, I have a very small-25 point AKV-contract. If I want to book something that cost, say, 80 points at Poly I could use some of my VGC points with the AKV points at 7 months in one seamless pool because they are the same unit (I’d be crazy to use VGC points anywhere other than VGC but that’s a whole other issue). If my contracts were a different use year, I could book my days using AKV points-hoping they were out exactly right-and then go into my other account and book with VGC.

Let’s say I’m booking a room that costs 25 points a night. With borrowing restrictions right now, I can book 2 nights with my AKV points and then would have to book the third with VGC-even though I still have 13 AKV points-I can’t book half a day with them in the scenario of two use years. I could transfer some VGC points to my AKV account which would make this trip more smooth to book-but if I cancel the trip I can’t transfer them back.

This is a great explanation. How do you handle booking with having the same home resort but two different use years? I currently have BLT September but thinking of picking up a maller BLT June.

 

[CaptainAmerica]

I for one LOVE BCV. I love SAB, B&C, the beautiful lit up view of the Boardwalk, the walk to HS, and the back door entrance to Epcot. I even love the skyliner to RR and CBR for food.

Yah but it stink like fish tho.