Someone tell me I'm not crazy, I signed up to do a timeshare presentation in the morn

[momof3disneyholics]

I have never doen one, but I thought, hey, I can say no, and we'll get 2 free tickets with it. I just eat breakfast for free, then tour their resort, then listen to the high pressure sales pitch, tell them no, and that my 90 mins is up, and I am leaving and want my tickets.
Has anyone ever done this, I would love to hear stories!

 

[Ellester]

I haven't done one but there was quite a lengthy thread about this on the budget board not too long ago. The general concensus is that if you have the time, it's not a bad thing to do depending on which company it is. Of course, I can't remember who was good and who was overly pushy. The two things I remember are 1) that they don't start counting your 90 minutes until AFTER you finish your breakfast and 2) try to bring some printouts of some ridiculously low resale prices for that resort from the web. If you don't get alot of answers here, try the budget board.

 

[momof3disneyholics]

yes, I figured the 90 mins doesn't start until after the breakfast.

 

[Dan Murphy]

I am sure it will be a good experience for you. Just make sure you say no if you want to say no, regardless the appeal.

 

[Tina]

We did one back in 96 during our first visit to Orlando. They offered us tix (which we already had) or $45 cash. We decided to go for the cash. Well, the breakfast was horrible. It was Lender's mini-bagels, which had mold on them and OJ. The OJ tasted sour. It was really nasty.... but not as nasty as the sales person when we got to the end of the 90 minutes. They were really pressuring us and DH had to get downright RUDE with them. Finally, after all of the yelling (literally!) was over, they turned sweet and tried to tell us about a charity that they are affiliated with and asked us how much of the $45 we would be giving to the "children." They tried to make it sound like it was the Make A Wish Foundation, but with a slight twist on the name, like Children's Wish Fund, or something like that. DH and I still laugh about the salesperson asking over and over, "How much are you going to give to the CHILDREN????" She kept repeating it over and over and getting louder and louder. I really thought she was going to pop a blood vessel in her forehead or something!! Finally, DH said, "Your 90 minutes are up, just give us the cash and let us out of here!!" She calmed down, shrugged, handed us a slip of paper and directed us to the payment office next door. What an experience!

 

[Carl]

The Disney time share (DVC) is a pleasant experience. I can't say the same for some the others I have attended.

 

[CarolA]

Suggestions I have seen.
1. Skip breakfast. Tell them you are not hungry and begin the 90 minutes now.
2. Do not put the kids in their child care center.
3. TIME THEM. Remember it does not start until after you quit eating. (See 1 above)

Good Luck. I have done Marriott and Disney. Both of those were fine. There is no way I am doing a lot of them. I just don't want to deal with it.

 

[momof3disneyholics]

The one I signed up for is the Westgate one. I love pushy salesmen because I love turning them down, if I wanted to buy a timeshare I would do it in one day anyway. I would want to take it home and think about it. How can they really expect someone to make such a big purchase in one day?

 

[ohanafamily]

I have done several...I bought in to DVC, the way it works will only work for Disney. Mariott does something similar, and they seem to do OK.

I liked the concept of one called Millineum...You buy weeks and you aren't tied down. We used them for our honeymoon and it was nice, but it is no where near as easy as they told us it would be.

DVC is good, all of the rest of them lie. DVC doesn't have to.....

JMHO

 

[dianeschlicht]

The first timeshare sales pitch we heard was DVC. We did not buy right away, because we knew it was fairly pricey as timehare go. We then came home and went to a couple of them around here and had a RUDE awakening at how pushy and rude these folks can be! We walked out of the second one without our "gift" and told them we would be their worst advertisement! We have gone to a couple of them in Hawaii, some good, some bad. Usually when they hear you own Disney, they back off a bit, because they know how different the programs are. There are a few out there that are comparable to DVC though.