AmyAnne
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- Joined
- Sep 20, 2012
I think that rule is outdated now. And I am not sure if it is now 50 points, or maybe even less. Our rep did not give us a hard time at all. Honestly, the DVC rep that I worked with was really great and helped me work through a ton of scenarios based on time of year we like to travel, number of nights, and our overall travel style. I let him know upfront that we did not want to finance the contract, that we only had about $10k to spend and that we weren't 100% sure how many points made sense to us given that we were an (almost) newly married couple without any kids yet. I spent many, many hours over several days on the phone, asking tons of questions. Though our talks, we decided that 55 points was a good starting point and that we could add more from there later on.
Thanks. When I researched DVC previously, there was no advantage to purchasing directly from DVC (direct and resale purchasers got the same benefits) and there was a higher-than-we-wanted points requirement. Now DVC has limited some of the benefits available through a resale purchase and apparently is allowing smaller direct purchases. I'm still leaning toward a resale contract but not as definitely as before.