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

[sjdrr1313]

If that was their plan, it totally worked on me - we just added on (2) 100pt contracts at VGF2.

Honestly I feel like it's working on me too... I have 200 points march UY at SSR and I just found a nice little affordable 50 point add on contract and then I remembered about how long and agonizing ROFR is.... It's so frustrating when you have the money ready to go and can't make a purchase, lol. Maybe I'll go the VGF2 route and add saratoga direct next year in february when I can get double points. I should have done it this year but the end of February totally snuck up on me. And now I am having FOMO with the current add on rates for VGF expiring at the end of March.

 

[Jimmy Geppetto]

this is so discouraging. this was my family's introduction into DVC and we were not budgeting to pay $180 a point for OKW. i really hope to get good news, otherwise, i'm not sure if we can keep going

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a promo on OKW in the Summer or Fall.

 

[bewithmickey]

I wouldn't be surprised if there was a promo on OKW in the Summer or Fall.

And maybe SSR, too, the way they've been grabbing those lately.

 

[NeoChaos]

140-$38826-250 bwv-Dec 84/21 250/22 250/23 sent 2/18 taken 3/10

oh F. I have a bad feeling about this...

 

[Jimmy Geppetto]

And maybe SSR, too, the way they've been grabbing those lately.

Yup...and AKV. They did this last summer.

 

[snowy82]

Yup...and AKV. They did this last summer.

so they'd offer their $180 pp direct contracts down to what? still higher than the $136 i plan on doing next, right??

 

[Jimmy Geppetto]

so they'd offer their $180 pp direct contracts down to what? still higher than the $136 i plan on doing next, right??

Great question. I'm not going to even try to guess based on what they've been doing with incentives over the last three months.

I believe last summer it was around ~$14 to $17 off per point.

 

[larry47591]

so they'd offer their $180 pp direct contracts down to what? still higher than the $136 i plan on doing next, right??

Maybe get creative with it. Do like 140 but seller pays dues or something. They wont take them all. We are probably a very small group that goes much lower that the average buyer.

 

[fabricmage]

fabricmage---$304-$29364-92-VGC-Mar-0/21, 184/22, 92/23, 92/24- sent 2/24

 

[snowy82]

Maybe get creative with it. Do like 140 but seller pays dues or something. They wont take them all. We are probably a very small group that goes much lower that the average buyer.

that's kinda what we did right now...we offered $134 for OKW with seller paying closing costs. hoping that it goes through.

 

[HIRyeDVC]

And maybe SSR, too, the way they've been grabbing those lately.

And definitely beach club too.

 

[themagicgotme]

Hi all! I'm new here. I'm kind of a reluctant convert to the magic, but we had an amazing visit to WDW in February that we sorely needed. This, and the support that WDW shows to people with disabilities which made this one of the few family adventures my husband has actually been able to enjoy for a while, instead of just slogging through for the kid (4), got us to put in a small bid.

Our contract is NOT a deal, but we decided we wanted to buy where we wanted to stay. (I'm having second thoughts about SAPs, but we really really want to stay at BCVs) And there seems to be inherent value to BCV (location and pool) that will be lasting. We only want a small number of points, because our plan is to stay only 4-5 nights. The loaded contract will help us do yearly stays for a while while my son is still young, and then eventually move to every two years- which seems about right.
I also have no illusions about how high dues could get over 20 years with a 5% average yearly increase, which is why I'd rather have a small number of points and supplement stays in other ways, IF we want to extend them.I don't want to get stuck with a high yearly fee while my son is in college, for a trip that made sense when he was 4. So in this way, fewer points and a 2042 end date work well for us.

I have one question about the 2042 buybacks. Has anyone looked to see if they are targeting/ buying, entire units or sections of DVC villas. They would need to buy a lot of contracts to re-own a unit in its entirety, but once they do, I wonder if they would be able to resell it as DVC2?
Does our contract guarantee us access to the same number of units we bought into? Certainly they can add (ex: VGF2) but could they actually take away if they have succeeded in removing entire chunks of invested points and reowning entire units?

themagicgotme: $194- $10,696- 50 - BCV - Mar- 100/22, 50/23, 50/24, Submitted 2/25
(No dues on banked 2021 points)

 

[davidl81]

$129-$24438-175-SSR-Dec-0/21, 175/22, 175/23- sent 2/21 taken 3/10

I'm the seller, so really I'm fine with Disney taking it since I know there wont be any issues at closing, but was a little surprised they took it at $129 with the stripped 2021 points.

 

[snowy82]

$129-$24438-175-SSR-Dec-0/21, 175/22, 175/23- sent 2/21 taken 3/10

I'm the seller, so really I'm fine with Disney taking it since I know there wont be any issues at closing, but was a little surprised they took it at $129 with the stripped 2021 points.

they took someone's the other day that only had like 57 points coming in 2023! congrats on your sale though!

 

[Sandisw]

Do any of the brokers or really anyone for that matter have insight into what criteria Disney uses for their decision-making process? Is it a team of people? An algorithm? Oh to be a fly on the wall...

I was told that things are always in flux and it is not meant to be predictable. There are a lot of factors and goals can change daily in terms of why they take it.

The only thing I think we know is that you are over the threshold that is getting taken it’s a better chance than being below it.

 

[HIRyeDVC]

Hi all! I'm new here. I'm kind of a reluctant convert to the magic, but we had an amazing visit to WDW in February that we sorely needed. This, and the support that WDW shows to people with disabilities which made this one of the few family adventures my husband has actually been able to enjoy for a while, instead of just slogging through for the kid (4), got us to put in a small bid.

Our contract is NOT a deal, but we decided we wanted to buy where we wanted to stay. (I'm having second thoughts about SAPs, but we really really want to stay at BCVs) And there seems to be inherent value to BCV (location and pool) that will be lasting. We only want a small number of points, because our plan is to stay only 4-5 nights. The loaded contract will help us do yearly stays for a while while my son is still young, and then eventually move to every two years- which seems about right.
I also have no illusions about how high dues could get over 20 years with a 5% average yearly increase, which is why I'd rather have a small number of points and supplement stays in other ways, IF we want to extend them.I don't want to get stuck with a high yearly fee while my son is in college, for a trip that made sense when he was 4. So in this way, fewer points and a 2042 end date work well for us.

I have one question about the 2042 buybacks. Has anyone looked to see if they are targeting/ buying, entire units or sections of DVC villas. They would need to buy a lot of contracts to re-own a unit in its entirety, but once they do, I wonder if they would be able to resell it as DVC2?
Does our contract guarantee us access to the same number of units we bought into? Certainly they can add (ex: VGF2) but could they actually take away if they have succeeded in removing entire chunks of invested points and reowning entire units?

themagicgotme: $194- $10,696- 50 - BCV - Mar- 100/22, 50/23, 50/24, Submitted 2/25
(No dues on banked 2021 points)

When you buy DVC, you are NOT buying a specific unit. Well, on paper you are but you are buying points to use the entire resort. Disney does not ROFR specific units. They mainly buy back cheap contracts to sell back direct at higher prices. I’d be shocked if Disney bought yours back.

 

[MICKIMINI]

MICKIMINI---$140-$12457-80-AKV-Oct-0/20, 0/21, 80/22, 80/23- sent 2/15
PASSED 3/10/22 Note: (2) 40 Point Contracts One Closing/July 20 Closing

Our lucky day! ...they can't take them all. Best of luck to all waiting!

 

[MommyMikeAmouseki]

MICKIMINI---$140-$12457-80-AKV-Oct-0/20, 0/21, 80/22, 80/23- sent 2/15
PASSED 3/10/22 Note: (2) 40 Point Contracts One Closing/July 20 Closing

Our lucky day! ...they can't take them all. Best of luck to all waiting!

Congratulations!!! Hopefully I get good news today as well!

 

[larry47591]

MICKIMINI---$140-$12457-80-AKV-Oct-0/20, 0/21, 80/22, 80/23- sent 2/15
PASSED 3/10/22 Note: (2) 40 Point Contracts One Closing/July 20 Closing

Our lucky day! ...they can't take them all. Best of luck to all waiting!

Congrats. 140 Seems like a good deal now days. Still saved a bunch.

 

[BeachClub2014]

BeachClub2014---$130-$29740-210-BWV-Aug-0/20, 176/21, 210/22, 210/23- sent 2/17, taken 3/10

Not unexpected, but still disappointing. The ROFR frenzy continues. My broker said that he received notice of five contracts being taken just this morning. He has no rationale for the rate of exercising their ROFR.