You were promised that you would have access to all future resorts that will join DVC. And you still have that.
Complaining that other people have the same is just mean. You want to feel good about having something that others don't? OK, but you were not promised that.
Man I really wanted to stop talking about this, but you’re putting words in my mouth now. I own PVB resale and most of my points are resale I get more from this decision than not. I love how we say we want no restrictions because that’s what’s actually fair here, a thing I assume we all agree on??? And we’re specifically talking to DVD’s decisions and how they’re the bad guy for their lack of clarity and integrity and never about if some should benefit and others shouldn’t, literally I have yet to read a comment where someone says anything even close to what you’re implying. Yes, I’m the mean one, please keep ganging up on the minority of RIV owners that continue to get alienated by DVD decisions, even if you don’t think they are, we clearly do.
You’re right that nothing changes on literal paper. That’s fair. But if people are just going to keep pretending like this doesn’t affect the overall value and appeal of a super expensive purchase and everything is as it was before that’s not being fair, honest and, frankly, is being intentionally obtuse.
If nothing really changes then RIV would be sold out by now and the resale prices would be much higher than they are now and many of you all here would have purchased direct or resale points in some capacity. Idc what anyone says -
most buy with the hope that if they had to resell one day it would do ok on the market, we have endless threads about this exact topic here. That’s ultimately what makes DVC different from other timeshares. We believed that if restrictions were going to become a common occurrence going forward, our purchase would be no different from anyone else’s. That’s how it was sold to us. We’re sitting here asking that DVD remove them altogether and y’all are like idc that much because it doesn’t effect me and RIV owners signed up for this and they’re a bunch of suckers anyway (I don’t actually think you think that but it’s not nice when someone puts words in your mouth, is it?)
Let me say it for the people in the back: this decision is great news for resale owners, myself included. I hope this is a turning point for DVD and they continue to not add restrictions on any additions to the DVC portfolio. In the end, I accept whatever restrictions they add or take away because I love staying at RIV but I really, really hope they remove them on existing resorts, too, because it does devalue them. It would be a nice gesture from DVD but I won’t hold my breath.
I’m going to attempt to hold my tongue from now on because I don’t want to argue with anyone and the back and forth is a bit exhausting. You’re not the one making decisions so I really don’t have any issue with you at all. You’re fully entitled to your opinions on all this, and I really do respect that. And I even agree with what most are saying! I just wish people could see this from the other side. I’ve tried but I’m clearly not the person to do that succinctly enough to make it make any sense to anyone.
These boards are a great place to be a sound board for thoughts, opinions and yes, complaints but most of that is towards a massive entity that ultimately doesn’t care about my opinion or yours. My take away from all this is to take everything DVD says with a heavy dose of speculation and try not to be bogged down by the rest of it. We clearly all love this product and want the best from it, we’re on the same side.