First-time Intex ultra frame owner here. When I read some of the horror stories on various review sites I wondered whether it was a good idea to put up this pool, but we did it anyway and it's been perfectly fine. I'm wondering whether we were rewarded for being careful with it or if we were just lucky. Do any of you pool experts have a feel for whether a lot of the negative-reviewers did something wrong that resulted in torn liners?

Our Intex cost $300 which was a bargain compared with the $890 the town wanted for a municipal pool membership -- so I don't mind buying another one next spring if I have to. What I'd like to know is whether we "just got a good one" or if it really is just the luck of the draw.