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Re: timeshare presentation - Westin
[Re: MikeA01730]
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02/04/2016 12:28 PM
02/04/2016 12:28 PM
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Posts: 539 Sugar Land, Tx
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MikeA01730 said:The salesman asked us a few questions about our interest in time shares and gave us each the promised free drink. When we sat down to talk he started by asking about our objections to time shares. Within 5 minutes he became surly and rude, and said my wife was ignorant and I was a liar... we experienced something similar to this at a resort near Playa del Carmen, Mexico a few years ago...we knew what we were getting into as the far as the sales pitch/hard sell, but were totally shocked when the saleswoman turned angry and rude when we wouldn't buy a timeshare...claimed we had "wasted her time"...lol...and when a "manager" came over, he just blew off her crappy behavior, and continued with the hard sell...we finally just got out of there...(but we did get the freebies we were promised <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Wink.gif" alt="" /> )
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Re: timeshare presentation - Westin
[Re: cajunscuba]
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02/04/2016 05:58 PM
02/04/2016 05:58 PM
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The best timeshare presentation I ever went on was at the Westin in St John. MJ and I had taken our vehicle on the ferry there from St Thomas and went snorkeling over on the back side of the island and we actually just stopped by the Westin to take a look at the property and ideally the units they had there. We wanted to take a shower and relax in their pool for a while as well. They gave us towels so we could go relax and swim prior to the presentation, and then gave us a tour of the property and units, and then when back with zero pressure they gave us $100 cash for taking the tour that we had no idea we were getting. We got paid to do what we hoped they would allow us to do. Winner.
We do not even consider presentations, if there is something we want we look to the resale market.
Cheers, T
I prefer the Isle seat
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Re: timeshare presentation - Westin
[Re: jimnjudy]
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02/07/2016 10:23 AM
02/07/2016 10:23 AM
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That's pretty funny! Weird, though, I didn't think the Westin had umbrellas???
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Re: timeshare presentation - Westin
[Re: wabid]
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02/08/2016 03:39 PM
02/08/2016 03:39 PM
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We have been traveling to SXM since 1993, and we truly love it! We have been to many TS presentations, and have no interest in attending more, now that we have 6 weeks on the island. What we do now when approached by those eager, scratch ticket toting, young folk, is that we simply ask what resort they are representing, and then we say thanks but we have already toured there. ( yes, recently we say - that usually disqualifies us, and they leave us alone) We respond in a friendly manner - they are only trying to make a buck, but we do NOT take the ticket or the invitation. Try it - it works!
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Re: timeshare presentation - Westin
[Re: elisemf]
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02/09/2016 12:59 PM
02/09/2016 12:59 PM
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It was an awful experience for us. Never again. By the way, those four nights "free" stay, which cannot be used in the high season, cost about $90 a day because you have to pay daily resort fees. Which is about what we pay for our nice studio on Orient. Frankly I'm going to flip off anyone that approaches me about this on my next visit.
Don't Postpone JOY
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