Spring Direct Incentives 2/9-4/27

[Xalthon]

Thank you for that summary! It is really helpful.
I rattled off the list of potential eligible incentives and he only gave me incentives for VDH and he came back 0 incentives for a 250 pt contract at PVB, so I was a bit confused. I'm guessing it was a glitch? I asked that he call me.

Withholding the pricing charts feels like a lack of transparency. It's also a bit of a killjoy. Half the fun of the purchase is the strategizing. Seeing the discount on the next tier of points is what typically pushes me towards making a bigger contract purchase.


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Seems really weird. DVC's own website shows the $1,000 Anniversary fee as well as developer credit of $14 pp for a 250-point purchase. I am very curious to hear your guide's explanation.

 

[intamin]

Thank you for that summary! It is really helpful.
I rattled off the list of potential eligible incentives and he only gave me incentives for VDH and he came back 0 incentives for a 250 pt contract at PVB, so I was a bit confused. I'm guessing it was a glitch? I asked that he call me.

Withholding the pricing charts feels like a lack of transparency. It's also a bit of a killjoy. Half the fun of the purchase is the strategizing. Seeing the discount on the next tier of points is what typically pushes me towards making a bigger contract purchase.


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Is that what they sent you? Ive never even seen it drawn up like that

 

[VGCgroupie]

Is that what they sent you? Ive never even seen it drawn up like that

Yeah it's the new rules of how to present numbers. Feels very car salesman. I dont like it.

 

[sevargas]

Yeah it's the new rules of how to present numbers. Feels very car salesman. I dont like it.

Is that what they sent you? Ive never even seen it drawn up like that

Yes, it's odd! For the VDH quote, the "cash incentives" were just a lump sum with no information. You have to guess which incentives were applied.
It's going to take a lot of back and forth to get this sale finalized as each quote must be individually generated. I feel bad that this is what the cast members need to do for each request.
I'm sure DVD has manufactured some sort of internal tracking around this new system, but it is off-putting to me, an existing member. I would imagine I'm not the only member that feels that way.
Again, too many mental gymnastics.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Yes, it's odd! For the VDH quote, the "cash incentives" were just a lump sum with no information. You have to guess which incentives were applied.
It's going to take a lot of back and forth to get this sale finalized as each quote must be individually generated. I feel bad that this is what the cast members need to do for each request.
I'm sure DVD has manufactured some sort of internal tracking around this new system, but it is off-putting to me, an existing member. I would imagine I'm not the only member that feels that way.
Again, too many mental gymnastics.

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Also, while I am all for transparency adding dues to this new quoting system is for sure going to work against sales.

 

[byurick]

Does anyone else find it off-putting that they label it "Sample Pricing" cause to me that feels like it's not the actual price and they're intentionally leaving out something.

 

[airjay75]

Also, while I am all for transparency adding dues to this new quoting system is for sure going to work against sales.

Didn't they used to have that as the last column on the charts? That said, I think it was really easy to ignore it as the last column because your eyes were drawn so much more to the incentive column.

And, seeing the points levels at which incentives increased is one thing that helped talk me into 300 points each time I purchased too. Seeing how much more that incentive was and that it didn't increase again until 500 points definitely helped sway me to go for more. Seems like this new system would not help with that either.

 

[Brian Noble]

Half the fun of the purchase is the strategizing. Seeing the discount on the next tier of points is what typically pushes me towards making a bigger contract purchase.

Those are still published for current owners:
https://disneyvacationclub.disney.go.com/member-savings

Click on "Read More" to see the tiers for each resort in active sales.

 

[VGCgroupie]

Didn't they used to have that as the last column on the charts? That said, I think it was really easy to ignore it as the last column because your eyes were drawn so much more to the incentive column.

They did! I cant believe I never ever noticed it and I have looked at those sheets hundreds of times. So maybe it wont scare people off... or maybe the placement was so far off the right most ignored it like me? Maybe I didnt notice since it was after the financing payments.

And, seeing the points levels at which incentives increased is one thing that helped talk me into 300 points each time I purchased too. Seeing how much more that incentive was and that it didn't increase again until 500 points definitely helped sway me to go for more. Seems like this new system would not help with that either.

100% this made many people buy more points than originally considering.

 

[sevargas]

Didn't they used to have that as the last column on the charts? That said, I think it was really easy to ignore it as the last column because your eyes were drawn so much more to the incentive column.

And, seeing the points levels at which incentives increased is one thing that helped talk me into 300 points each time I purchased too. Seeing how much more that incentive was and that it didn't increase again until 500 points definitely helped sway me to go for more. Seems like this new system would not help with that either.

EXACTLY!!!!
In fact, I've been left feeling like I should just buy enough direct points to get a reasonable discount and to be able to beef up my weekday reservations at VDH on the 7 month mark and then purchase the remainder resale. This new process is not working in their favor. I'm sure there's some nifty reporting/tracking behind it, but it won't necessarily translate to a greater volume of points being sold.

I think we need a seperate thread for this, Sorry!

 

[juliebee]

Hi juliebee!

Also, this new policy on not releasing a points chart really has my panties in a bunch!! Why does DVD make it hard to give them money?

Congratulations on your VDH purchase and your artwork!

Thank you for the info on VDH. I feel like we have the perfect amount of VDH points for our use case. We really want to add onto PVB to increase the size of our accommodations and we want them direct, so we can occasionally use them to add a weekday onto our VDH stays at the 7 month booking window.

Hi! I actually purchased at the Poly. VDH was one I considered though. I wasn't sure where you were interested, so mentioned the VDH artwork incentive.

I agree, the new "quote" for points is really frustrating. I don't like that it's not broken down by what you are saving with each incentive. The guide didn't tell me about each incentive and then acted all put out when I told him I heard there was a Visa incentive as well. It was like I had to ask for each promo. The process before was much more transparent. As mentioned before, specifically ask for each incentive. If you have Disney+, you are eligible to have a free D23 gold membership, which will save you $500.

Is that what they sent you? Ive never even seen it drawn up like that

That is what my guide also sent me when I got a new quote due to this set of incentives. It's awful. Disney, if you read this--- NOBODY likes this.

 

[sevargas]

Hi! I actually purchased at the Poly. VDH was one I considered though. I wasn't sure where you were interested, so mentioned the VDH artwork incentive.

I agree, the new "quote" for points is really frustrating. I don't like that it's not broken down by what you are saving with each incentive. The guide didn't tell me about each incentive and then acted all put out when I told him I heard there was a Visa incentive as well. It was like I had to ask for each promo. The process before was much more transparent. As mentioned before, specifically ask for each incentive. If you have Disney+, you are eligible to have a free D23 gold membership, which will save you $500.


That is what my guide also sent me when I got a new quote due to this set of incentives. It's awful. Disney, if you read this--- NOBODY likes this.

Thank you! I just redeemed my free membership!