Kesliemack
TUG Member
I want to say thank you the the entire TUG community for saving us from a horrible mistake!
(and vent a little):annoyed:
Last week while staying in my MIL TS at Lagoon Tower in a 2bd Ocean Front room, we visited a Referral Presentation. Since it would get my MIL points just for us going AND $100 gift card, we decided to do it.
We pretty much got sold, long story short the Saleswoman, Kim Wright, lied through her teeth about what my MIL owned (claimed she had a 1bd platinum and had booked us 9 mo out, she owns the 2bd Ocean Front gold, used the lower maintenance fee "like my MIL did" as her sales pitch) as well as many other things. After a second conversation, where I asked her why she told us the wrong info, she denied it all, saying I remembered wrong. Um, no! I decided to move past her BS (she is a saleswoman after all) and ask the questions I needed to ask about what was available at other locations. Well, that was stupid, because the lies just kept coming. She then mentioned that I would NOT want to buy at an affiliate property, because you cant trade it back in for a developer property. I just found out, thanks to TUG, Hokulani IS AN AFFILIATE. WTF, she went out of her way to assure me it was not (Oh, duh, that was her tell, haha) You all say, "if their mouths are open, they are lying." You are not kidding!
There offer was
$36k for 6200 points Every Year at Hokulani with 18,0000 bonus Club Points (not HHonors, Club points). Plus after maxing out our two newly opened Hilton Honors AMEX card and the 50,000 bonus HHonors points each we were looking at over 300,000 HHonors Points.
We plan to pay cash for it all within the 90 same as cash deal they gave us, so financing was not an issue.
I am actually grateful she lied or we would have gone through with the purchase. Her lying about what my MIL owned got me doubting her and the retail purchase, which led my here, TO THE TRUTH!!!
It is embarrassing for them how they underestimate us buyers. They really rely on us to trust them and not do any research. The saving grace in all of this is we were planning to purchase with my MIL (getting her Elite status, boy do they sell that BS) on the deed as well, so we had to bring the contract home for her to sign. Don't even need to rescind, since she hasn't signed, phew!
Now to find the best RESALE deal for our family!! I will likely be asking more questions!!
(and vent a little):annoyed:
Last week while staying in my MIL TS at Lagoon Tower in a 2bd Ocean Front room, we visited a Referral Presentation. Since it would get my MIL points just for us going AND $100 gift card, we decided to do it.
We pretty much got sold, long story short the Saleswoman, Kim Wright, lied through her teeth about what my MIL owned (claimed she had a 1bd platinum and had booked us 9 mo out, she owns the 2bd Ocean Front gold, used the lower maintenance fee "like my MIL did" as her sales pitch) as well as many other things. After a second conversation, where I asked her why she told us the wrong info, she denied it all, saying I remembered wrong. Um, no! I decided to move past her BS (she is a saleswoman after all) and ask the questions I needed to ask about what was available at other locations. Well, that was stupid, because the lies just kept coming. She then mentioned that I would NOT want to buy at an affiliate property, because you cant trade it back in for a developer property. I just found out, thanks to TUG, Hokulani IS AN AFFILIATE. WTF, she went out of her way to assure me it was not (Oh, duh, that was her tell, haha) You all say, "if their mouths are open, they are lying." You are not kidding!
There offer was
$36k for 6200 points Every Year at Hokulani with 18,0000 bonus Club Points (not HHonors, Club points). Plus after maxing out our two newly opened Hilton Honors AMEX card and the 50,000 bonus HHonors points each we were looking at over 300,000 HHonors Points.
We plan to pay cash for it all within the 90 same as cash deal they gave us, so financing was not an issue.
I am actually grateful she lied or we would have gone through with the purchase. Her lying about what my MIL owned got me doubting her and the retail purchase, which led my here, TO THE TRUTH!!!
It is embarrassing for them how they underestimate us buyers. They really rely on us to trust them and not do any research. The saving grace in all of this is we were planning to purchase with my MIL (getting her Elite status, boy do they sell that BS) on the deed as well, so we had to bring the contract home for her to sign. Don't even need to rescind, since she hasn't signed, phew!
Now to find the best RESALE deal for our family!! I will likely be asking more questions!!