Nice, and welcome to the club! You did well at $85/point. I paid $125 for a 160 SSR contact in 2021; glad I don't need to get rid of it! You are taking advantage of a great time to buy resale. Enjoy SSR, it's a beautiful resort, especially after the new renovations.Anne24---$85-$15722-160-SSR-Jun-0/22, 0/23, 317/24, 160/25- sent 1/18, passed 2/7
Woohoo!
We are 5, but even without extended family, the 1 and 2BR's really add up - esp at somewhere like Aulani!
The mystery is solved!Lil Micky---$59.24-$60320-1000-AUL-Feb-0/23, 32/24, 0/25-seller pays MF '24- sent 2/20
This contract has had two owners in less than 3 years of existence and has been a financial disaster for both. Originally had $134K financed w/ Disney in direct purchase Fall '21, then $60K financed w/ Monero in resale early '23, 2nd owners defaulted on dues and now forced to sell.
Maybe this time will be different.
I was wondering where that 250 went. There was two 250 & a 300, now only one of each. Wish I could afford it, those should be good for a lot of great trips, and hopefully the subsidized dues stay the lowest.
I've done this with stocks where I quibbled over literally pennies and lost out on huge gains...same lesson. Sometimes having that mentality of trying to squeeze out the most value out of something works and sometimes it bites us in the butt.
You just instantly became a Disboards celebrity. Just Wow!!Lil Micky---$59.24-$60320-1000-AUL-Feb-0/23, 32/24, 0/25-seller pays MF '24- sent 2/20
This contract has had two owners in less than 3 years of existence and has been a financial disaster for both. Originally had $134K financed w/ Disney in direct purchase Fall '21, then $60K financed w/ Monero in resale early '23, 2nd owners defaulted on dues and now forced to sell.
Maybe this time will be different.
Yep, I hate the thought of buying higher than I want to, but dollar cost averaging is proven to be a pretty consistently safe bet.
I started with wanting maybe another 150 AUL points in our current Jun or Dec AUL UYs. But after reading the “buying Aulani” thread, and running numbers between subsidized and unsubsidized vs SSR and CCV (still mainly to be used at AUL), I decided 250 in Mar (Mar is our current VGF UY) would still work. Hubs doesn’t care since he knows I am a numbers person
Five 250 pt subsidized dues contracts listed on the same day with March UY!
As a member who has owned between 900-1100 points at any given time, we usually plan 3 weeks/yr in a 2 BR. We are a family of 5 and we often stay with family or friends. With friends we usually split the cost. Next week we have 2 BR with my parents. This summer we have 2 other families joining us so with a 2 BR and 1 BR. We also usually rent a few reservations per year. Bottom line, sometimes we bank, sometimes we borrow but we’ve never had an issue using or renting all of our points. We are thankful that we are blessed to be able to do this and don’t take it for granted for one second.
No points are available until 2026? Are you required to pay the annual dues in 2025, even though you won’t get points until 2026? Maybe I’m missing something.Lil Micky---$59.24-$60320-1000-AUL-Feb-0/23, 32/24, 0/25-seller pays MF '24- sent 2/20
This contract has had two owners in less than 3 years of existence and has been a financial disaster for both. Originally had $134K financed w/ Disney in direct purchase Fall '21, then $60K financed w/ Monero in resale early '23, 2nd owners defaulted on dues and now forced to sell.
Maybe this time will be different.
Seller credited for 2025 annual dues, taking the per point cost down by $9.76pp from their original asking.
I think the only thing to be worried about is VGF right now…. anything under $160 is in their crosshairs… Best of luck!
What do you think is a safe price per point for VGF? Do you think stripped contracts have a better chance of passing?
I would think so, but have been cautioned by more experienced members that it is not always the case when they are in buyback mode….
