Disney Storybook Vacations-Resale vs Direct Buy

[bwbuddy5]

Have any of you seen this infomercial currently making the rounds on the Food Network? It's actually not bad. Of course, it's a shame buyers that have seen this commercial may not know about the resale market.

Has the infomercial been on for a while and I've just missed it? And, are there significant benefits of buying directly from Disney that you don't get by buying a resale? The infomercial mentions "if you buy directly from Disney" several times.

 

[DenLo]

Are those the videos with Casey as the guide? I think they started in 2010. You can find them on YouTube. They are very heart warming stories.

Here is the difference:

Members who purchase from anyone other than Disney Vacation Development, Inc., on or after March 21, 2011, will not be eligible to use those Vacation Points to make reservations within the Concierge Collection, the Disney Collection or the Adventurer Collection. Those Vacation Points will instead be valid only for reservations at Disney Vacation Club resorts, as well as for RCI® exchanges, Club Cordial and Club Intrawest.

The affected collections are special Member benefits programs offered by Disney Vacation Development, Inc., and are not part of Members' Ownership Interests. That said, Members who purchased on the secondary market prior to March 21, 2011, may use those Vacation Points for all Member Getaways.

Note that the policy doesn't impact banking, borrowing or transferring Vacation Points. All Members will continue to have the ability make such transactions, regardless of where they purchased their Ownership Interests.

So you cannot book Disney cruises, Adventure by Disney or stay at any other Disney Cash Resort using your points. Also you cannot use your points to book the Member DCL cruise either as you are exchanging into DCL. You can still trade out to RCI and use your points to book all the DVC resorts. If you purchase resale you will spend about half the amount of buying direct for the many of DVC resorts and for BLT, VGC, and VGF $30 to $45 less per point.