I am totally on your side, OP. You should not have been treated like that. I always refuse the presentation at least 3 times, but if they keep calling my husband will be like, “Let’s go, they want to give us money”. So we go, and I think my husband secretly likes going because he likes to see me challenge all their many lies. He likes to see me get worked up even on my time off, I guess. At the most recent Wyndham update, I thought for sure I would get put on the “bad girl” list because I got into a verbal tête-à-tête with the salesman. He kept asking me why I was being so rude to him. Meanwhile, he started it of course. Anyway, he sighed very, very deeply and threw us into the gifting room. So i can’t wait to see if I get invited at the next vacay.
But back to you, if the appointment setters set the appointment then you should be treated well. Period. Those salespeople know you didn’t invite yourself. And those gift cards don’t come out of their pockets. They act like they do though. I doubt the corporate office cares about anything but the sales numbers, so they turn a blind eye to this BS. Honestly, if their presentation was any good they would not need the incentives. So screw the sales scum. They are projecting their dissatisfaction with their own lot in life, they have to live their whole life as morally bankrupt scum. You just had to deal with them a few minutes.