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buzzchamp
20-01-2009, 11:34 AM
Just wondering with the exchange rate, is DVC still good value for UKers?
Tink2
20-01-2009, 02:55 PM
It's probably not the best time to buy in but if you're already a DVC owner it's still good value.
Tink
21-01-2009, 01:48 AM
The exchange rate combined with the high point costs wouldn't make me think it was a good idea right now. :(

I don't think the point costs regardless of exchange rate make it a good value anymore. It's still a nice program, but it's way to expensive for me to want to add on. :sorry:
BigThunder
21-01-2009, 01:55 AM
I agree Tink, we will make do with the points we have. Not that we don't have enough but of course, anyone would want more! I was talking to a couple on the WDW bus during our stay & she was asking me about DVC & she said that she met a man at SSR that was retired & was selling off some of his 1500 points. 1500 points!! Can you imagine the yearly dues on that?!
Tink
21-01-2009, 02:23 AM
Oh my gosh! I'd go broke just in dues! :eek: I think they cap the points any one person can own at something like 2000? It's setup so that someone cannot have enough points to stay over a certain period of time. They didn't want folks retiring to DVC. :lol:
lisaw
21-01-2009, 11:29 AM
Oh my gosh! I'd go broke just in dues! :eek: I think they cap the points any one person can own at something like 2000? It's setup so that someone cannot have enough points to stay over a certain period of time. They didn't want folks retiring to DVC. :lol:

That's a shame that was my plan! :lol:

We were so lucky to have had the funds to buy DVC when it was nearly $2 to the £.

It would cost us over £3500 more to buy the same points now.
Tink
21-01-2009, 01:21 PM
We bought in back in '96, so the new point prices are real shockers to us! :eek: We found the DVC a great value when we first bought in, but honestly with prices over a hundred dollars a point, that is no longer our personal opinion.
Tink2
21-01-2009, 01:25 PM
.....It would cost us over £3500 more to buy the same points now.

We added on BLT points in September and if we were to do it now the same points would cost an extra £2,100 :thumbsdown:
BigThunder
21-01-2009, 04:41 PM
I think the only way I'd be tempted at all to add on points is if the i could get more at BCV & I would actually even hope for the same month for new points because I get confused easily, lol. And also, if the yearly dues came down which ain't gonna happen. I don't hear a lot of people complain about those but to me it's the biggest drawback.