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We just got kicked out of a presentation

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Perfect description of the experience lol.
Yeah, short and sweet description of that experience, but the presentation isn't ever short and sweet. Too bad!
 

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Yeah, short and sweet description of that experience, but the presentation isn't ever short and sweet. Too bad!

Not completely true. Most of my updates (10-12 per year) usually run less than the required 60 minutes. Quickest has been 6 minutes. Granted, I do soooooo many updates per year that they KNOW I'm not buying and just let us go. Often, during the updates they walk off to do something else and my wife and I just chit chat for the 45-60 minutes.
 

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Too funny! I love the times when they are overbooked and I part with my gift. I love Sunday mornings. It happened more than once. Then I just go and use the Gift Card for some nice meals. 25 minutes of my time for $100 ain't bad.

If the sales person is hostile with me I use my acting skills and cry and ask for their manager. It works like a charm. Covering my ears as well!
 

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I actually have a typed sheet of paper with all sorts of info on it about rescinding, benefits of buying resale and about TUG. It is saved on my desktop computer at home or I'd post it here, it might actually be buried in this site somewhere. I fold it up small with the headline showing and hand it out to folks waiting on doing their presentations or ones I meet around the pool who start talking timeshares. I even gave one to a sales guy once at a timeshare presentation who said he didn't realize there was a resale market!

~Diane
Can you post or send your "sheet of paper" please,
Thanks, Pete
 

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It isn't always that easy. The first thing we are asked EVERY TIME is, why are you here. Ummm, I am here because YOUR marketing department invited me. It sometimes goes downhill from there....

Just sitting there isn't an option. They want dialog, back and forth. You ask, they answer, they ask, you answer.
I like it. Being truthful, calm and respectful to the first person whose job it is to make you like them is the game.

In terms of buying that comes down to price for us and not the "how much do you spend every year line" but compared to resale.

They really have to sell some kind of bonus program, The today only now idea, is crap and I don't buy that line.

Most of these salespeople are used to being fake to get people to like them, some are real, but let's be honest they want your money to buy a timeshare of dubious value and certainly at a price 5-10x what you can get it for resale. There is no honest way to close that delta without real conversation and showing the details and math to you. I suspect most of them are not able to financially model it correctly, so you must not trust their math EVER.

I keep an open mind that maybe they have a deeded week that's our anniversary and we'd love to spend a week there every year. We all spend crazy money on stupid things at times to make ourselves feel good. I put a timeshare in line with the new car that replaces the car I have that works fine, especially the sunroof, leather seats, shiny rims and increased insurance costs. Its just money. We buy both for "enjoyment" and that's fine.

My line, "I'm not yelling I'm forcefully expressing my frustration" and then I let them carry on while I shut up, look bewildered and confused. If they are rude, they won't last long, and I have no issue making them look bad. Maybe nobody cares, but I believe management knows the good staff from the crap. I see it as my mission to help weed out the bad actors.
 

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Too funny! I love the times when they are overbooked and I part with my gift. I love Sunday mornings. It happened more than once. Then I just go and use the Gift Card for some nice meals. 25 minutes of my time for $100 ain't bad.

If the sales person is hostile with me I use my acting skills and cry and ask for their manager. It works like a charm. Covering my ears as well!
Maybe we should also go into fetal position under on the floor and rock.

Obviously, it shouldn't be that bad and I'm not that good of an actor. I would be fun experiment though.

Or better yet. Just lay on your back for a minute without explaining yourself and act like it never happened.
 

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Can you post or send your "sheet of paper" please,
Thanks, Pete
I am pretty sure I have shared it elsewhere in these forums, but here it is copied from my documents.

~Diane



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I used to get upset, now I go for the gift cards. they don't usually make me stay long once they see what I own and how educated I am on the product. The guy at Marriott last Dec got so mad when I signed up for an encore presentation "why are you buying that you have too much vacation already!" I said it's 950 for a week! That's a great deal! lol. We're using it in Orlando thanksgiving week this year when it would've been difficult to make a great exchange:)
 
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