Apparently my posts pertaining to avoiding Disney rule changes are afoul of the posting rules here. For that I am sorry.
I hope that posting the true intentions to the reasons Disney has changed these rules are not against posting rules.
Below is how USA Today is reporting the changes:
http://travel.usatoday.com/alliance...1/01/Walt-Disney-World-Resort-Update/140905/1
DVC reduces benefits for aftermarket purchasers
With the economy rendering finances tight for most guests, many prospective Disney Vacation Club (DVC) members have opted to find a lower-cost alternative by purchasing their ownership interests from those who can no longer afford to maintain their existing interests, or who need the immediate cash provided by selling their DVC ownership points on the aftermarket. Unfortunately for Disney, this means that new DVC members are not buying directly from Disney, cutting DVC revenue. With the number of prospective members shrinking, this is proving problematic for Disney.
In seeking to stem the aftermarket sales of Disney Vacation Club points and increase the incentive to purchase points directly from Disney, DVC has instituted a new policy limited exchanges for DVC points not purchased directly from Disney. Any members who purchase points from anyone other than Disney Vacation Development, Inc., on or after March 21 will only be able to use those points for stays at DVC resorts and for RCI, Club Cordial, and Club Intrawest exchanges. Those points would no longer be able to be used for reservations through the Concierge Collection, the Adventurer Collection, or the Disney Collection (which includes non-DVC Disney resorts and the Disney Cruise Line).
Since those soon-to-be-restricted exchanges are not part of the official ownership interests and are instead benefits provided by DVC, those rights will sunset for new aftermarket purchases. Only those who purchased their points directly from Disney or via the aftermarket on or prior to March 20 will have access to them.
All standard membership activities, such as banking, borrowing and transferring DVC points, will continue to be available to all members. While this will not have much of an effect on prospective members who have no plans to use their points for anything other than staying at DVC resorts or trading out through RCI, Club Cordial or Club Intrawest, anyone who had plans of other uses for their points and were considering an aftermarket purchase may need to adjust their plans.
Disney has shown that the bottom line and profits are far more valuable to them then the value the purchaser maintains. After 13 years of ownership on my first purchase I am saddened to see Disney is just another company that does not care about its customers.
I also fear this is just the beginning of major reductions in the value of DVC ownership. It was one thing to lose the discounted tickets and golf, this intentional devaluation of my property is a entirely different matter.