mcfarke311
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I don't really know where to put this because I just signed up to post this for you guys, but I'm going to say this is first an introduction and second a really well deserved thank you letter. Please move this if the post should be somewhere specific.
My fiancée and I were in Orlando, FL this past weekend - at the Hilton Grand Vacations Resort Parc Soleil. We were there because Hilton offered us a 4 day stay for $100 if we attended their timeshare sales meeting. We went into this sale saying no and we had the talk before hand to say no, but our defenses and preparations were grated away during the 8-9 hrs that we were being talked to by the salesman and his manager and the financing guy with the 'resales that are the good deals'.
Our finances are good, but we have a bit of newly acquired, long-term debt (wedding, cars, house, rings) and we didn't really feel comfortable committing this kind of money to a timeshare, but the salesman convinced us that this is really investing in us - and we bought in with some hesitation. We signed up for their Hilton AMEX and was able to put their 'intro package' (3400/EOY - 16,250.00) on the card w/ 0% APY for a year. The salesman said that it would never depreciate within the ecosystem because they would buy it back if you found a buyer for less than what it was worth in order to keep their values up. They said that it would always trade-in for what you put into it. They gave us bonus points - the whole shebang!
That hesitation only grew over the weekend - I feel like our vacation was somewhat missed because I spent too much time worrying about what I just signed up for and not enough time relaxing and enjoying ourselves. I was googling for a solution to my problem here and came across TUG! TUG showed me the truth about timeshare re-sale and trade-in and said that if we aren't 100% in it, then we need to back out.
Thank you guys for putting up this site! I found that I have a rescission clause in the contract that allows me to cancel our contract within 10 calendar days according to the Florida statutes. I read your advice and because we weren't 100% in it, we sent in our letter yesterday via certified mail with return receipt requested - 3 days into our 10 day rescission period. I hope that it all works out and it would all be because of this site here. I'm going to buy into your one-year membership and I convinced my fiancée that we should try this before we buy into it or at least buy one second-hand with minimal up-front investment.
My fiancée and I were in Orlando, FL this past weekend - at the Hilton Grand Vacations Resort Parc Soleil. We were there because Hilton offered us a 4 day stay for $100 if we attended their timeshare sales meeting. We went into this sale saying no and we had the talk before hand to say no, but our defenses and preparations were grated away during the 8-9 hrs that we were being talked to by the salesman and his manager and the financing guy with the 'resales that are the good deals'.
Our finances are good, but we have a bit of newly acquired, long-term debt (wedding, cars, house, rings) and we didn't really feel comfortable committing this kind of money to a timeshare, but the salesman convinced us that this is really investing in us - and we bought in with some hesitation. We signed up for their Hilton AMEX and was able to put their 'intro package' (3400/EOY - 16,250.00) on the card w/ 0% APY for a year. The salesman said that it would never depreciate within the ecosystem because they would buy it back if you found a buyer for less than what it was worth in order to keep their values up. They said that it would always trade-in for what you put into it. They gave us bonus points - the whole shebang!
That hesitation only grew over the weekend - I feel like our vacation was somewhat missed because I spent too much time worrying about what I just signed up for and not enough time relaxing and enjoying ourselves. I was googling for a solution to my problem here and came across TUG! TUG showed me the truth about timeshare re-sale and trade-in and said that if we aren't 100% in it, then we need to back out.
Thank you guys for putting up this site! I found that I have a rescission clause in the contract that allows me to cancel our contract within 10 calendar days according to the Florida statutes. I read your advice and because we weren't 100% in it, we sent in our letter yesterday via certified mail with return receipt requested - 3 days into our 10 day rescission period. I hope that it all works out and it would all be because of this site here. I'm going to buy into your one-year membership and I convinced my fiancée that we should try this before we buy into it or at least buy one second-hand with minimal up-front investment.
so I'm guessing that the rescission went through!