Rooster47
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- Jun 17, 2019
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- Resorts Owned
- Trump Hotel, Las Vegas
Hello TUG members,
Gosh, I wish I had taken the time to find this place years ago! My wife and I went to Orlando, Florida as part of the 'package deal' that all of you are familiar with, surely, back in August 2017. Tuscany Gardens was beautiful, btw, SeaWorld just ok as a resort. Anyways, we ended up going to the presentation, obviously, and despite much wavering, ended up buying into Parc Soleil. We paid it off, and went to Myrtle Beach the following Spring, and foolishly bought in again, this time to Trump Hotel, Las Vegas. We returned to Myrtle Beach just last May, and even more pathetically bought in again. Long, sad, story short, we have now sunk in an obscene $46,000 for 7,200 points, platinum week, yearly, in Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. We still owe the $9k for the last 'upgrade' which is well past the 5 day rescission, obviously. I doubt there are many more pitiful stories than this, at least by those who'll admit it! I always considered myself quite untrusting of 'deals' having been a former business owner who was always trying to be sold something, but apparently didn't see the quicksand below the carrot that was dangling in front of me. I am pretty sure the last salesman lied to us about what our yearly maintenance fee was on the second buy, since my contract said it was less than a grand, but our newest is much higher.
So, once you've had a good laugh or cry for my sake, what do you think my options are with this? My wife thinks we should keep it for years to at least get some vacation out of it. At $1,276 maintenance fee, I am ready to just accept this as a $50,000 education in investment failure. We are going there this Christmas, for the first time. Judging from ebay, there doesn't seem any point in renting it to make up the for the yearly fees. Any ideas, apart from staying far, far away from any TS presentations in the future?
Gosh, I wish I had taken the time to find this place years ago! My wife and I went to Orlando, Florida as part of the 'package deal' that all of you are familiar with, surely, back in August 2017. Tuscany Gardens was beautiful, btw, SeaWorld just ok as a resort. Anyways, we ended up going to the presentation, obviously, and despite much wavering, ended up buying into Parc Soleil. We paid it off, and went to Myrtle Beach the following Spring, and foolishly bought in again, this time to Trump Hotel, Las Vegas. We returned to Myrtle Beach just last May, and even more pathetically bought in again. Long, sad, story short, we have now sunk in an obscene $46,000 for 7,200 points, platinum week, yearly, in Trump Hotel in Las Vegas. We still owe the $9k for the last 'upgrade' which is well past the 5 day rescission, obviously. I doubt there are many more pitiful stories than this, at least by those who'll admit it! I always considered myself quite untrusting of 'deals' having been a former business owner who was always trying to be sold something, but apparently didn't see the quicksand below the carrot that was dangling in front of me. I am pretty sure the last salesman lied to us about what our yearly maintenance fee was on the second buy, since my contract said it was less than a grand, but our newest is much higher.
So, once you've had a good laugh or cry for my sake, what do you think my options are with this? My wife thinks we should keep it for years to at least get some vacation out of it. At $1,276 maintenance fee, I am ready to just accept this as a $50,000 education in investment failure. We are going there this Christmas, for the first time. Judging from ebay, there doesn't seem any point in renting it to make up the for the yearly fees. Any ideas, apart from staying far, far away from any TS presentations in the future?