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12-16-2006, 12:37 PM
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Re: $300 to sit thru a time-share sales pitch
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My older brother has done this a few times. He has said the key is to be very stand-offish. They'll hit you from every angle - they'll send a nice guy, then a mean guy, a cool guy, a dorky guy, etc. Just don't agree with anything they say, make it clear you don't like them and have no intentions of even listening to their offer. Otherwise they'll just keep on you and on you and on you. I think almost all of these places require you to be married, so I imagine your wife is going too. It's probably pretty important to let her know beforehand there is a 0% chance of buying anything because their M.O. is to sell the wife on the idea and then guilt the husband into buying the timeshare for her. [/ QUOTE ] I'm not married and they didn't ask about a wife or anything. To the above poster who asked how I got the offer, I don't know. It just came in the mail. I guess I fit their income/age demographic or something. The place is in Sedona which is a really expensive, beautiful area. I've seen kiosks in the mall for time-share pitches and think you might get an offer from one of them if there's one in your mall. I was thinking of going with the 'I'm an idiot and don't know what your talking about' approach. Answer every question with a question and look and act goofy. If there is anything hilarious about the experience I'm going to post a TR. |
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12-16-2006, 12:37 PM
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Re: $300 to sit thru a time-share sales pitch
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[ QUOTE ] Try and watch the south park episode where they go skiing for a taster. And to help, tell yourself 'could be worse. It could be 3am, and i could be stuck in a men's cubicle with a guy named Seabass'. [/ QUOTE ] I'm going next Wednesday. How about a re-cap of the South Park episode? I doubt I'll catch a re-run. And that last part was just plain weird. [/ QUOTE ] google allsp season6 episode 2 |
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12-16-2006, 12:38 PM
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I did one of these with my dad in Cancun- we got 2 tours out of it. It was fine from what I remember. Just keep in mind what a horrible, horrible investment a time share is and don't even think about buying no matter how good they make the deal sound.
Just think about it: If they have to work this hard to sell this stuff, if you buy one and need to get rid of it, how in hell will you ever be able to compete with these hard sell outfits who sold you in the first place? |
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12-16-2006, 12:39 PM
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Darsh!! [/ QUOTE ] This has been the power-on greeting on my cellphone since that episode aired. Oh, and don't bring a checkbook or anything, just in case you get tempted. |
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12-16-2006, 12:46 PM
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Re: $300 to sit thru a time-share sales pitch
Do they do a credit check beforehand? If not, I would listen to them for an hour and then finally break down and "confess" that I'm deeply in debt and my credit is abysmal.
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12-16-2006, 12:47 PM
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Re: $300 to sit thru a time-share sales pitch
My ex and I went to one of these things in Cancun with no intention of buying. I had to drag my ex- out of there and was furious for days, as she started to sell me on the idea. Then there was an additional salesperson trying to get my money.
Am surprised about the no-wife and they will stay pay. By law they cannot exclude singles (but usually the ioncentive for a single person is something small). |
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12-16-2006, 12:49 PM
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Re: $300 to sit thru a time-share sales pitch
I do these whenever they come arround. Usually a good deal as long as you can let your eyes glaze over and ignore the presentation/pitch.
Last one was when we where in Vegas getting married. Two free tickets to Zumanity and the NY/NY Roller Coaster for an hour out of the 110F heat... Chaaaaching [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] |
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12-16-2006, 12:56 PM
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Re: $300 to sit thru a time-share sales pitch
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Try and watch the south park episode where they go skiing for a taster. And to help, tell yourself 'could be worse. It could be 3am, and i could be stuck in a men's cubicle with a guy named Seabass'. [/ QUOTE ] I'm going next Wednesday. How about a re-cap of the South Park episode? I doubt I'll catch a re-run. And that last part was just plain weird. [/ QUOTE ] google allsp season6 episode 2 [/ QUOTE ] Titled Asspen. Basically the parents are stuck in a timesharing pitch for the entire trip and the whole town is helping to keep them trapped. Worth watching if you have 22 minutes. |
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12-16-2006, 01:08 PM
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Re: $300 to sit thru a time-share sales pitch
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Try and watch the south park episode where they go skiing for a taster. And to help, tell yourself 'could be worse. It could be 3am, and i could be stuck in a men's cubicle with a guy named Seabass'. [/ QUOTE ] I'm going next Wednesday. How about a re-cap of the South Park episode? I doubt I'll catch a re-run. And that last part was just plain weird. [/ QUOTE ] google allsp season6 episode 2 [/ QUOTE ] What a great site! Thanks for the tip, friend. 'You mean the police work for the time-share too?' 'And the Mayor and the President. NOW do you see the situation you are in?' LOL and oy vey. |
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12-16-2006, 01:17 PM
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Re: $300 to sit thru a time-share sales pitch
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Am surprised about the no-wife and they will stay pay. By law they cannot exclude singles (but usually the ioncentive for a single person is something small). [/ QUOTE ] This made me double check the terms in the confirmation email. It says IF you're married the wife has to come so I'm ok. |
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