Hey Dave,
First off I don't remember calling you stupid, and if you get that impression from my posts I sincerely apologize. Secondly, my posts are not meant to scold, but rather put a realistic light on the situation. From your posts and descriptions, it sounds like DVC is not for you. If you can only go during a certain time of the year, and that time seems to be the most popular, these things can happen. It really sounds like you should have purchased a timeshare with a guaranteed week so that you can go when you can go.
They didn't take away your ability to use the flexible option, they just made it more expensive (we'll actually see when the new
point charts come out) for you to use. I'm truly sorry that this struck a sour chord with you but I do still have my marketing materials and nothing in there says that they provide this as part of the program, but rather an option that you can use. If your guide presented the program and made it sound like there would be no changes in the options, then you really should either take it up with them or their supervisor. My guide did not present it that way and from reading quite a few of the other posts, it sounds like she was not the only one who presented it in the proper light.
I do really feel for you, but the tone of the posts of the negative people being upset over something that is not even released yet seems to me to be jumping the gun. No one has even seen these charts yet, how can anyone form an opinion that DVC is out to make flexible vacationing impossible.
I still do not understand how you think the program is not flexible and I probably never will. I really think that we will have to agree to disagree. I have read some really positive posts on these boards and tend to agree wholeheartedly that this is a great program, if they decide to change it that it their right. If you have read my posts you will see that if the increases are real, then I am not happy about the cost going up but there is nothing that I can do but sell if I think that it is not right.
I don't think that increases in the pricing of anything enhances its value at all, I'm just saying that from what i've heard this is not a blanket increase but an adjustment. Some went up and some went down. If it were a blanket increase, I think that those that relied on this option should be disappointed, but since it is an option and not the actual timeshare that you bought I will never understand how anyone can be upset.
Dave, I truly hope that these increases are minimal and that during the time you wish to use goes down. If it doesn't I really feel bad that this happened to you and everyone else that relied on this option. But I just don't see how the flexibility changed, that's all.