I'm not sure about the waitlists for sold out resorts, but when I spoke to a sales Guide a few weeks back, she said she had "inventory on hand" for the sold-out resorts in which I was inquiring (Boulder Ridge, Polynesian, Animal Kingdom, SSR and OKW). I think they are having to adjust the sales tactic....while many Direct buyers may not know the options they really have, I think they are struggling to sell the "current 3" to educated buyers like those on these boards. I'd gladly buy at Copper Creek if the price per point was not skyrocketed. Same thing with the Poly - I'm not going to pay $245/point Direct, but if it was in line with what they are asking for RR or Aulani, I'd buy Direct today. I think it's simple for Disney - make the price per point for sold out resorts a tad more reasonable and in turn you'll see buyers find Direct far more appealing.
I completely agree with this. We are not DVC owners yet and would like to be, but at over $200 a point for Copper Creek, we decided to play the resale game. When we found out about the resale market, to us it was more beneficial to buy resale.
The current incentives certainly made CCV a little more reasonable, but it also made me realize how much more I'd be saving if I wanted to buy Riviera. As much as I think it's beautiful, and I do personally like the location via the Skyliner access, I just can't get over the
point chart or the current dues, and also the resale restriction - because in 2070, I'll be in my mid-90s and my husband in his early-100s. It's highly unlikely we'll be alive, let alone going to Disney, and so if our children don't want our contracts, it means we're selling, and I'm concerned about the retail value of Riv with the restrictions in place.
That said, I think there are also plenty of existing owners who want to add on a little more, but small point contracts are just not appearing and/or are hugely expensive and/or not in their UY.
I, for example, wanted to add on a small amount (30 points) onto AKL, but small contracts are few and far between -- and the ones that are showing up, are asking for so much that it just made more sense for me to go direct. I get the points I want, in the UY I want, and the price differential isn't that much when you're looking at small contracts. AND those are Direct Points, so I can use them at Riviera and future resorts. And I have a Sep UY, so adding on now gave me 2019 points I could bank immediately into 2020.
Another benefit? I called to add on. Less than 2 hours later, the contract AND points were in my account. Meanwhile the resale contracts that I bought in May, passed ROFR in June, closed in July? Still waiting for it to even appear in my account, let alone have the points.
a Poly by....don't give them any ideas.
