All that said, if I were to go back in time (or look ahead to when I inevitably add on), I'm not 100% sure I would go resale again. The process has been totally fine, and the company I'm working at has been very nice and responsive. But I made my offer end of September, and my contract hasn't closed yet. I know this is a normal timetable, and I'm not worried or anything... but it's very hard to wait! Also, even though I know everything is going smoothly, it's still kind of a bummer sending such a large amount of money away without seeing any movement for several weeks.
I get the convenience of direct, and I know you're still waiting, but when all is over and you calculate your cost savings, see how much you actually saved and ask yourself if your time was worth the $XXX amount of money. As I mentioned, my first contract was resale on a resort we wanted - fully loaded with maintenance paid for the banked points. When I did my calculations, I saved over $18,000 at the time since PVB was a sold out resort and was selling at $235 direct. My offer to points loading was about 75 days, but totally worth it, in my opinion.