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Think about this: If timeshares were good enough, Why would any resort give you a tour and a free breakfast to get you to attend their sales presentation?
Learn how timeshares trick people into going to their presentation, but best of all, how they are convinced to walk out of there with a timeshare contract in their hands.
Is There Such a Thing as a Gift?
If the timeshare offer seems too good to be true, they probably are.
Vacationers are offered free breakfasts, activities such as horseback riding or scuba diving, or even week-long vacations just to attend a short 90-minute timeshare presentation.
They are told that there is no obligation to buy a timeshare, just to listen and learn about the great deals or investments being offered.
In return, they will enjoy some gifts to compensate them for their time, and thank them for their interest.
While some of these presentations are legitimate, most are timeshare scams that use high-pressure sales tactics to lure clients into purchasing high-priced, low-value timeshares.
The Experience
The timeshare presentation experience normally starts out pleasantly.
The clients enjoy a lovely breakfast or lunch with an ocean view, tour some beautiful properties, and enjoy free alcoholic beverages.
It seems that the timeshare presentation will be short and informative; however, the 90-minute presentations quickly turn into 3 or 4-hour nightmares.
The Pressure
Throughout this stressful process, the potential buyers are offered several different packages, each getting progressively cheaper as they try to work within the client's budget.
If the client is not getting persuaded into purchasing, they will bring in new salespeople to offer an even better deal.
The aggressive salespeople do not allow the clients to leave peacefully.
Some clients have even told us that when they asked to leave after 4 hours of listening to the Timeshare presentation, they were told to wait for transportation to pick them up and drive them back to the resort.
Another 4 hours later, they were finally released, distraught and exhausted after being coerced into signing a fraudulent timeshare contract.
... and to Entice the Sale...
During the timeshare presentation, clients are often presented with more offers of gifts or services if the timeshare contract is signed.
Common promises include such things as large discounts on airfares, cruises, or VIP service at five-star hotels and resorts worldwide.
Sometimes they are offered additional points in their vacation club package that can be redeemed for international cruises or stays at other international resorts.
These gifts are scams used by the timeshare salespeople to close the sale. They will give certificates to the clients for them to redeem their special offers.
However, when the purchasers go to use these “gifts,” there are extra fees involved to redeem them, making the “gifts” virtually worthless.
It would be cheaper for the clients to book the vacation as non-owners than it would be to use their special offer.
Other times, the salespeople state that the free offers are limitless; they do not expire and/or can be used for friends and family in addition to the timeshare owners.
These promises are never put in writing, and when the clients try to use their certificate, they are told that this offer has already expired or only applies to the owners.
The salespeople will tell clients that their offer to receive the gifts is only valid if they purchase now.
The potential buyers do not have time to wait and think about the purchase because the offer will expire today.
The salespeople are very good at convincing clients that they want to help them by offering them a great deal, and clients often feel pressured into purchasing due to these deceitful and insistent sales tactics.
Reality
Legitimate timeshare sales will not claim one-day sales or unrealistic gift offers.
If the timeshare is not a scam, their offers will be the same regardless of whether you purchase today, tomorrow, or one month from now.
As a timeshare purchaser, it is important that you take the time to do research on the property in which you are interested in purchasing a timeshare.
Make sure that you search for client reviews online to ensure that they are not scams and that their offers are valid and being successfully enjoyed by their clients.
A timeshare can be an enjoyable purchase if you are investing into a plan that will suit your vacation needs, and have the flexibility that your family desires.
Do not feel pressured into making a timeshare purchase based on the gifts that are offered today only.
Before investing thousands of dollars in a binding commitment, ensure that you are purchasing a comprehensive vacation package that will offer you the freedom to travel when and where you want.
The Solution
If you have already purchased a timeshare from a company that has not lived up to their promises, and you are not able to use the free “gifts” that you were guaranteed, don't despair.
We are experts in helping clients who have been scammed and deceived into purchasing timeshares under fraudulent premises.
Our staff at Mexican Timeshare Solutions can help you cancel your contract based on the lies and misrepresentations you were told during your Timeshare presentation.
Don't allow these timeshare scams to continue to destroy your life and your financial status. Contact us today for a free consultation!
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Me da mucha risa esto, tecnicamente no es un regalo si despues de esto vas a quedar atados con una gran deuda con ellos
I wouldn't give $10 for a stupid time share.
But, I do like the free gifts and perks for taking the tours.
High pressure sales pitches don't bother me in the least.
Some people see them as the chance of a lifetime, an opportunity to own a piece of a beautiful resort where they can have a dream vacation every year. Others think they're shady deals to be avoided at all costs. And lots of people sit through the sales pitch just to get the free gifts.
Asi es, nada es tan bueno como parece, que manera tan astuta de tenernos tan facil. Me estafaron hace 2 años en Puerto Vallarta gracias al "desayuno gratis", debi haber estado informado de esto antes.
I wish my husband and I were strong to say "NO" when they try to sell us those time share and really read the agreement in detail. We said no to the big package, but agreed to take the "sampler." What we didn't aware of that on the agreement there is no really clause for cancellation except we have the right to cancel the contract within 7 days. Our financial situation is not in the good term at the moment and we want to cancel the contract. But our request has been denied. We owe them $2,130 and they said if we can't pay it will go the debt collector. I feel soooo trapped.
My wife and I just returned from a week in Cabo, and I have to say that we had a lot of fun with the timeshare presentations. No, we didn’t buy into any of them, and I honestly don’t feel like we were especially pressured into doing so. Maybe because we presented an air of disinterest right from the start, the salespeople realized that they were fighting a losing battle, and just wanted to get on to the next prospects. Actually, the most pressure came from the people trying to sign us up to go to the presentations! This is the main reason we went to these – it’s kind of hard to turn down offers of $250 cash. We went to presentations for Hacienda Encantada, Hacienda del Mar and Los Cabo Golf Club (where we were staying). Our net take for these three were $450 cash (US), 2 sunset cruise tickets on the Tropicat ($98 value), 3 breakfasts, various discount cards (which we didn’t really use), and the use of the pool/beach for the day at Hacienda del Mar, which was nice since our resort was not on the beach. Not bad for about 5 hours of presentations. We had other offers too, including a $300 cash offer for a place in San Jose del Cabo (the Mayan, I think), but decided enough was enough at that point. I think if one wanted to, you could easily make over $1000 cash by going to these presentations – try to hold out for at least $250 to $300 cash. I read somewhere else that the sales people get $350 for each tour they produce, and get to keep whatever part of that they don’t offer as an incentive. I snuck a peak at one of the lists at the sales offices, and some people were talked into going to the presentation for as little as a free dinner.
Not worth it to me. I try to enjoy every minute while I'm in Mexico and that does not include spending 2 or 3 hours being pressured to buy a timeshare and made to feel like a con-artist when I decline. I have heard so many people say that the previously friendly salespeople get very nasty with you when they see you're not going to buy.
I’m really afraid about those timeshare presentations where they approach you on the street or at the airport and rope you in for a "free breakfast" or whatever. I've heard nightmare stories about tourists being "trapped," locked up in presentation rooms at places they have no way to leave for hours and hours. I'd never consider even acknowledging those pushy time-share guys on the street or at the airport.
Generally, vendors talk about holiday travel as a "must have", as if it were the supplies you need for daily subsistence, and as something that should be part of the family budget.
They could define the theme of the holiday as "a problem", which did not even know you had, and for now will offer the solution. Oh, one small detail: the solution is to buy a timeshare.
What I hated of that sales once we went to Cancun, is that they called the room at 7 o'clock in the morning every day to invite us to that "free breakfast", even tohough that we told them not to wake us up. And no, it does not seem worthwhile either. They engage you with that "would you like to vacation every year?" But of course I do, but at what cost?
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