Timeshare Deception

Yesterday, or should I say last night, we got a phone call from a salesperson representing the timeshare that we own.  We got ripped off and deceived when buying this timeshare and tried to GIVE IT BACK TO THEM without any exchange of money and they refused.  We did not pay our maintenance fees and got turned over to a collection agency...  and after many letters finally paid the fee along with the penalty.

This salesperson started the conversation by saying we were a valuable client who had a history of paying their fees on time and because of that loyalty, the timeshare company wanted to reward us.

RIGHT AWAY WE KNEW SHE WAS LYING...

The Timeshare company wanted to reward us with a 4 day, 3 night stay at one of 4 locations:  VA, Las Vegas, and two in Florida.  We would pay $150 up front (that night) and once we listened to a benefits presentations (where no one was trying to get us to buy anything) we would get our $150 back plus $100...   Our first thought was BULLSHIT...

Why did we have to pay anything if we were getting it back?

No Timeshare company is going to meet with an owner about benefits WITHOUT TRYING TO SELL THEM SOMETHING...

Did she think we were naive and stupid?

We explained to her that we did not want to go to Vegas or Virginia which left Florida.  The closest location in Florida was 10 hours away from where we lived by car and we could not afford an airflight and car rental.

At 76 and 71, we did not want to drive 10 hours for THREE NIGHTS!

She could not understand our reluctance because we were getting this free...

After 30 minutes trying to explain our situation, we were at an impasse because we did not understand her point of view and she could not understand our point of view.  We told her we were not interested and that we would pass but she refused to give up.

My wife finally hung up on her.  She called back 3 times and we refused to answer the phone.

If she is going to lie to us about how loyal we are (and she obviously had our file) then we immediately knew that the deal she was offering was bogus and was not going to unfold as she said it would.

We asked if we could extend our stay longer than 3 nights because of the ten hour drive, and she said we could only go to 4 nights and that extra day would cost us about $200 which would leave us with a $50 profit, a 10 hour drive, and having to listen to a BS presentation that would be a high pressure sales meeting.

WATCH OUT FOR TIMESHARE SALES PEOPLE!!!