Bing Showei
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- Sep 10, 2017
This question is akin to asking people to “Raise your hand if you're dead." While I understand the intent of the OP’s question, equally valuable answers as those shared above with zero regrets would be from someone who, in fact, did harbor regrets; someone who this didn’t work out for, for reasons people here either didn’t experience, or may not be willing to admit to publicly.
So far, the consensus is that buying direct is 100% regret proof. So either a retail Disney’s timeshare is the perfect life choice, or this is a flawed sampling.
If the question were posed, “Who here regrets buying resale and not direct instead?”, you would have the same skewed response.... “No regrets, I saved a bajillion dollars.” “I could buy x-years of APs for all the savings.” “I could always buy x-future-resort resale/pay cash/rent there if I really wanted to stay there.”
That’s the thing about spending tens of thousands of dollars on something like a Disney timeshare, however you came about securing it, human nature is to find a way to justify your decisions, direct or resale. In life, finding completely candid concessions on poor life choices are a rarity. On an anonymous public forum? Good luck.
I bought my resale contracts at a price point vs direct that saved me about $35K vs. retail. But had I purchased all of those points direct, I can honestly say I would probably feel zero regret. Less because it was the absolute right choice, or a superior product (my resale contracts were pre-2019 restrictions), but more because I would probably have made the purchase work for me financially, so why would I bother looking back and regretting anything?
The people with legitimate remorse probably aren't hanging around these corners of the internet. They're more likely hanging out at omgiboughtamickeymousetimesharewhilehighonthedisney.com's message boards.
I recognize that OP is asking for a direct buyer perspective, but for others exploring buying direct vs. resale, these are points worth making, as it’s less likely that retail is sliced bread v2.0, as much as this is an exercise in confirmation bias.
So far, the consensus is that buying direct is 100% regret proof. So either a retail Disney’s timeshare is the perfect life choice, or this is a flawed sampling.
If the question were posed, “Who here regrets buying resale and not direct instead?”, you would have the same skewed response.... “No regrets, I saved a bajillion dollars.” “I could buy x-years of APs for all the savings.” “I could always buy x-future-resort resale/pay cash/rent there if I really wanted to stay there.”
That’s the thing about spending tens of thousands of dollars on something like a Disney timeshare, however you came about securing it, human nature is to find a way to justify your decisions, direct or resale. In life, finding completely candid concessions on poor life choices are a rarity. On an anonymous public forum? Good luck.
I bought my resale contracts at a price point vs direct that saved me about $35K vs. retail. But had I purchased all of those points direct, I can honestly say I would probably feel zero regret. Less because it was the absolute right choice, or a superior product (my resale contracts were pre-2019 restrictions), but more because I would probably have made the purchase work for me financially, so why would I bother looking back and regretting anything?
The people with legitimate remorse probably aren't hanging around these corners of the internet. They're more likely hanging out at omgiboughtamickeymousetimesharewhilehighonthedisney.com's message boards.
I recognize that OP is asking for a direct buyer perspective, but for others exploring buying direct vs. resale, these are points worth making, as it’s less likely that retail is sliced bread v2.0, as much as this is an exercise in confirmation bias.
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