ROFR Thread January to March 2019 *PLEASE SEE FIRST POST FOR INSTRUCTIONS & FORMATTING TOOL*

[hoppedupondisney]

Come on Disney!! It’s Friday! Give some people some good news today!

 

[Tiffany H]

I'm on day 28. I feel for everyone waiting longer than me at this point. I would really just like to know they are taking my contract so I can move on to the next one I'm eyeing up. My contract is for BLT, they should know they're taking it!

 

[Katie L]

Both of the contracts I have out (1 through Fidelity, 1 through *************) seemed to encourage using a CC. Neither of the contracts had any verbiage about an extra fee for using a CC. At least not that I saw. I'm looking back through them now and am not seeing anything like that.

Jeffery Sweet required a check. I wrote a personal check and put a .50 stamp on it. It arrived within the week.

 

[wings91]

wings91---$92-$9600-100-BRV@WL-Jun-0/18, 0/19, 16/20-seller pays MF '20- sent 3/25 PASSED 4/5

Boulder Ridge is not a hot property it seems, not many TAKEN on the list for some time. Also, look at the points on this one, I really get nothing until 2021. But it's a second contract for us, also have 250 at SSR.

Good luck everyone!!

 

[DvcMomof2]

Thank you so much! I was so happy to see yours go through! You will have many years of wonderful BCV stays in your future!

It seems like you really do need to own BCV or rent points if you have specific dates in mind...even quite a while in advance. That's why we decided to increase our offer price....we really want to own and stay there AND the anxiety of waiting and having it taken was not something we want to keep experiencing. Hoping this will be our lucky one!

Enjoy F&W! I just saw that they finally released the 2019 dates....8/29-11/23/19. Interesting that it begins the same day as SW-GE opens at WDW!!!

MY DH & I have never been during F&W but I have a quick trip with a friend in September so we are looking forward to a F&W day then! We were unable to get BCV unless our 2 day waitlist comes through but we were lucky enough to get a couple nights at Poly and a couple nights at BWV.

Take care!

Thanks! Hope you enjoy Poly & BWV AND F&W. That’s crazy it starts the same day as SW-GE opens! No F&W for us this year unfortunately. Will probably rent out points for a few years though now that we own I want to stay immediately!

I’ve been watching BCV for a while and for a lot of the year you need to own or waitlist and it’s almost impossible to get at 7 mo during F&W. I think it will be even harder in the future with SW-GE and the Epcot updates. We figured our BLT points aren’t going to cut it.

Hope this one passes! It’s definitely possible!

For those that have had their contracts taken, how long did it take to get your deposit back? If paid by credit card, what form of payment did you receive?

We paid by check to Jeffrey Sweet (regular mail) and could have requested a refund the same day it was taken. We ended up with a new contract also at Jeffrey Sweet (different brokers) and just transferred the deposit to the new contract which was super convenient.

 

[Cyberc1978]

It appears Disney has the right to take all the way up until closing day.

There's another thread where someone posted the official rules. If you put your closing date at 6 months out, they can decide to take 6 months to render an ROFR decision. Which is ridiculous.

True but normally, if ever, they don’t use that long. When I sold my contract with closing in December it took them the regular amount of time.

 

[katrinameucci]

katrinameucci---$100-$14000-125-SSR-Dec-203/18, 125/19, 125/20- sent 3/25, passed 4/5

 

[PamTimMN]

Iestyn5150---$101-$25900-250-AKV-Jun-0/17, 0/18, 0/19, 250/20- sent 2/25, taken 4/4

Sorry that happened, but don't give up! I just keep saying to myself that half the fun is in the getting there.....maybe?

 

[princessbride6205]

Just emailed my broker at fidelity, and she answered right away. No news on my 2/27 contract yet.She mentioned she just got one back yesterday from 2/20! Ugh. I just want an answer so I can move on.

I just mentioned to DH a new contract I’m eyeing at Poly, and he suggested throwing in an offer even if we end up with both. It might have helped that we were getting on the Magical Express at the time... Let’s get to the resort and then I’ll ask if he’s serious...

 

[Iestyn5150]

Sorry that happened, but don't give up! I just keep saying to myself that half the fun is in the getting there.....maybe?

Thank you. I’m not giving up, I’ll be back in the game soon!

 

[vanjust14]

May I ask which broker you used that had you pay by CC? We used DVC Resale Market and had to send a check overnight, which cost $25. It seemed very weird to me.

I used DVC Resale Market as well and sent a check overnight but Magic Vacation Title provided a pre-paid Fed-ex label with my documents. That was a nice surprise.
When I asked DVC Resale Market about using a CC they said there would be a fee so I went with the check.

 

[LynzyLady2019]

I used DVC Resale Market as well and sent a check overnight but Magic Vacation Title provided a pre-paid Fed-ex label with my documents. That was a nice surprise.
When I asked DVC Resale Market about using a CC they said there would be a fee so I went with the check.

They didn't give us that! I wish they had, it really annoyed me to pay so much to send a check when a regular stamp would likely have gotten it there within a day or two anyway.

 

[Iestyn5150]

I used DVC Resale Market as well and sent a check overnight but Magic Vacation Title provided a pre-paid Fed-ex label with my documents. That was a nice surprise.
When I asked DVC Resale Market about using a CC they said there would be a fee so I went with the check.

Within the US I can understand using a cheque to pay the deposit but for international buyers like myself being able to use a credit card, even with a fee, is invaluable.

 

[RamblinWreck]

Just emailed my broker at fidelity, and she answered right away. No news on my 2/27 contract yet.She mentioned she just got one back yesterday from 2/20! Ugh. I just want an answer so I can move on.

That is so not what I want to see right now....

Did she happen to mention whether or not it passed or was taken?

 

[princessbride6205]

That is so not what I want to see right now....

Did she happen to mention whether or not it passed or was taken?

No, sorry. She said her boss contacted Disney today on a bunch of outstanding contracts and got back a “working on” for ours. Who knows how real that is but at least Fidelity has been following up.

 

[RamblinWreck]

No, sorry. She said her boss contacted Disney today on a bunch of outstanding contracts and got back a “working on” for ours. Who knows how real that is but at least Fidelity has been following up.

I'm too jaded on Fidelity to believe anything they tell me.

I just accept that their crappy service is the price you pay for finding awesome contracts on their site. I don't think there's anything they could tell me right now that I'd actually believe without some kind of proof.

 

[Tiffany H]

Is there a way to contact Disney directly regarding your contract status?

 

[RamblinWreck]

True but normally, if ever, they don’t use that long. When I sold my contract with closing in December it took them the regular amount of time.

It certainly seems like these days they are abusing the system a lot more than they have in the past.

It feels like my contract has been identified as a decent target for ROFR and it's just sitting in a waiting list to see if it matches up with the right potential buyer.

I'm of a mindset now where I think if I do this again, I would refuse to sign any contract that grants Disney any more than the minimum 30 day heads up that they require.

 

[DisneyOutsider]

I'm of a mindset now where I think if I do this again, I would refuse to sign any contract that grants Disney any more than the minimum 30 day heads up that they require.

That's certainly not a battle that you're likely to win. Your only option will be to buy direct if those are your demands.

The ROFR process right now really isn't any better or worse than it's always been, give or take. This is the price of saving thousands.

 

[Iestyn5150]

That's certainly not a battle that you're likely to win. Your only option will be to buy direct if those are your demands.

The ROFR process right now really isn't any better or worse than it's always been, give or take. This is the price of saving thousands.

Surely if that was the case brokers would be telling buyers that Disney have up to 40 days to decide because lately they’ve been closer to 40 days than 30 on a huge majority of their decisions.