My friends in New Zealand would kill for your exchange rate. Sad to hear about the ROFR monster though. I’m sitting on the sidelines until she gets the memo that we are in a recession.Had our 3rd AKL contract attempt bought back today. Honestly think we are going to stop for a while. We are UK based and the pound to dollar exchange rate is HORRENDOUS
Wow - slow sellers! I had to reiterate to the broker on my 50 OKWE the other day that we don't pay until the seller sends in closing docs and Cammy has them in hand. We've had three slowpokes in the past and had to threaten to pull out and just like that - docs appear!It's my one month Anniversary of passing ROFR!
(but still haven't closed)
Just go for it...I just got a $127 50 point OKWE. I knew I had about a 25% chance of getting it. Good luck!
same!I had VGC once. It was nice to have VGC showing as my imaginary home resort.
I really want to!! I’m in a bit of a predicament though since I was planning on adding some more RIV direct points before 9/30 so I could get the “bonus” points with my Oct UY. So if I make an offer on this AKV contract I really want and they take it after 9/30, I’ll miss out on both the AKV points and the bonus RIV points. I’m not sure what to do…
Don't give up! We had a 1 BR OKW for 4 nights 11-26 for our son and DIL and a BWV appeared for the same 4 nights so I switched them out. I was stalking on the wrong contract so I *held* it for a minute while I opened up DVC again and went to the right contract to modify. I had everything lined up, clicked modify, cancelled the other and it popped up instantly and I got it.
That is a tough one. AKV certainly has had DVC's attention recently. What UY are you? We are OCT and are *special* since there are hardly any contracts that fit us at any given time. It took me almost three years to get the AKV's I wanted sigh.
We are Oct UY for our RIV points too! The AKV contract I am interested in doesn’t match our UY but it’s actually better for us since our favorite month to go is September. I have my eye on this contract more due to the price and number of points. I’ve felt like AKV has been sort of overpriced lately where I’d rather just buy direct to avoid the hassle of rofr and restricted points, but this new contract is perfect for us and a reasonable price! But that also makes me think it doesn’t stand much of a chance with rofr, and by the time I hear back it’ll be too late to switch gears and add on at riv instead to get the “bonus points”.That is a tough one. AKV certainly has had DVC's attention recently. What UY are you? We are OCT and are *special* since there are hardly any contracts that fit us at any given time. It took me almost three years to get the AKV's I wanted sigh.
Live and learn, haven't had this happen before. Next time I won't pay up so fast. I have 20K just sitting in escrow for a month now.
I think I know which one you are talking about! We are selling off two of our *other* UY next month (DVC ROFR'd them back). I just don't want the hassle again but it's great for a dedicated resort and not trying to mix them up (my issue). Can you strategically try to do both AKV now and RIV at the end of the month (with 10 day recission?)
I looked obsessively each time even if I was sure it would be taken. It maybe got better each time.
We won’t even have our points in hand until mid October so not sure how it would work trying to book a DVC stay for just a few weeks later.
This happened to me on my last contract. ROFR happened before the deadline but DVC didn’t finalize the membership for me until it was too late. I still mourn my 160 points lost!
Try to rent them for *anything* on disboards. I've been able to get $10 in a similar situation. Locals are your target audience and believe me, they stalk to look for deals IF you can get a reservation, but those folks know they can't be picky. Cancellations do happen so you might get a renter and better to get something vs nothing.
I’m on day 52 and all I am is just super annoyed. I’ve emailed my broker and they said they reached out to Disney but it’s been crickets since then. I don’t think there’s anything else I can do at this point but I have started bidding again
It’s BLT so it’ll probably be taken anyway.
Your contract was sent to ROFR 52 days ago??? What??I’m on day 52 and all I am is just super annoyed. I’ve emailed my broker and they said they reached out to Disney but it’s been crickets since then. I don’t think there’s anything else I can do at this point but I have started bidding again
