If New Changes, Question About "Old Grandfathered" Resale

[BirdsOfPreyDave]

Originally Posted by rock_doctor

One of the main selling points of DVC is the ability to sell out and recoup some of the money you had spent.

I'd speculate that this is a consideration for only a very small percentage of buyers. The many, many people Disney entices through their on-site marketing that takes advantage of catching people in the nirvana of being mid-vacation probably don't even know about a secondary market. I'm also betting that the vast majority of buyers have no consideration at all for what would happen if they no longer wanted their membership. Everyone buys in thinking they'll be coming to Disney World forever.

[Dean]

Originally Posted by BirdsOfPreyDave

I'd speculate that this is a consideration for only a very small percentage of buyers. The many, many people Disney entices through their on-site marketing that takes advantage of catching people in the nirvana of being mid-vacation probably don't even know about a secondary market. I'm also betting that the vast majority of buyers have no consideration at all for what would happen if they no longer wanted their membership. Everyone buys in thinking they'll be coming to Disney World forever.

i would go a step further and suggest that only a small % of those who says it's a big deal would have let this issue prevent or alter them buying in. Most likely wouldn't even have considered it. I think the same could be said for most any issue that comes up as a hot ticket item. Put another way, you'd have to get likely more than 100 people that post it would have been an issue before you actually get one it would have affected their choices in any way. I'd say for retail buyers it's even FAR less.

[Kidanifan08]

Originally Posted by BirdsOfPreyDave

I'd speculate that this is a consideration for only a very small percentage of buyers. The many, many people Disney entices through their on-site marketing that takes advantage of catching people in the nirvana of being mid-vacation probably don't even know about a secondary market. I'm also betting that the vast majority of buyers have no consideration at all for what would happen if they no longer wanted their membership. Everyone buys in thinking they'll be coming to Disney World forever.

Originally Posted by Dean

i would go a step further and suggest that only a small % of those who says it's a big deal would have let this issue prevent or alter them buying in. Most likely wouldn't even have considered it. I think the same could be said for most any issue that comes up as a hot ticket item. Put another way, you'd have to get likely more than 100 people that post it would have been an issue before you actually get one it would have affected their choices in any way. I'd say for retail buyers it's even FAR less.

These are interesting observations. We referred close family friends to DVC and they bought BLT direct. After learning about breaking the contract into multiple small contracts from these boards, I suggested that my friend consider doing that with his 300 point contract (this was before Disney was charging closing costs). He is a CPA, and his response was, "if I was thinking about selling the contract, I probably shouldn't be buying it in the first place.". They also had dreams about using their contract for ABD...good luck doing that with 300 points and a family of four!

[Dean]

Originally Posted by Kidanifan08

These are interesting observations. We referred close family friends to DVC and they bought BLT direct. After learning about breaking the contract into multiple small contracts from these boards, I suggested that my friend consider doing that with his 300 point contract (this was before Disney was charging closing costs). He is a CPA, and his response was, "if I was thinking about selling the contract, I probably shouldn't be buying it in the first place.". They also had dreams about using their contract for ABD...good luck doing that with 300 points and a family of four!

It seems your friend understood some of these aspects better than most members even though it would have been a good idea since no additional costs were involved. I'd say 99.9% of the time when someone posts they would have never bought DVC if a certain situation had existed, they're only kidding themselves.