Timeshare pitch

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We just sat through a timeshare pitch. Pretty good as far as timeshares go.

However, I got a good laugh at their expense. 16.99% interest. I think me questioning it and then laughing sped up the process of saying no.

[smiley]

Their interest dates are ridiculous but you can always put the expense on your own credit card.

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I am still blown away that so many people argue "but it's such a good deal and makes me to on vacation!" No, no it's not. And if you have to be forced to go on vacation, maybe you just don't really want to go on vacation?

[Balki.Bartokomous]

Lol. We sat through one to get some $ off on excursions when we went to Cancun. It was comical. I asked for a copy of a typical contract to review just for my own amusement and there were a million and one excuses as to why it wasn't possible to see a contract before the minute we wanted to sign.

[cahabalily]

We always do these to get free Disney tickets when we go to Orlando.

I am always amused at their angles.

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We're in Orlando for the last 5 days. We got 5 nights in a 2 bed/2bath condo for $249 as long as we sat through the pitch.

We've done it once before in Hawaii.

I would never rec one to anyone. We have been successful in the past buying other people's weeks for cheap.

[mmmomof2]

Gawd, The Westin one in Maui was AMAZING. I was totally in, until they told me the price. Minimum buy in was $50k. And that was for every other year. For every year it was over $100K!

[vegas]

Dec 9, 2012 15:06:59 GMT -5 mmmomof2 said:

Gawd, The Westin one in Maui was AMAZING. I was totally in, until they told me the price. Minimum buy in was $50k. And that was for every other year. For every year it was over $100K!

That's ridiculous. Especially when you can rent a 2 bedroom ocean front unit from an owner at the Westin Kaanapali Villas for 1K a week, like we did.

[marylou]

How do you find one to sit in on for these deals? I would definitely be willing to do that.

[marylou]

Starwood. Do I just call customer service or is this likely in email that's landing in my spam folder?

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This one we got a call for.

The starting price for this was $30k for 20k points. Which equals between 2-6 weeks depending on where you want to go. Bluegreen timeshares.

[Mushe]

Dec 9, 2012 17:13:15 GMT -5 vegas said:

Dec 9, 2012 15:06:59 GMT -5 mmmomof2 said:

Gawd, The Westin one in Maui was AMAZING. I was totally in, until they told me the price. Minimum buy in was $50k. And that was for every other year. For every year it was over $100K!

That's ridiculous. Especially when you can rent a 2 bedroom ocean front unit from an owner at the Westin Kaanapali Villas for 1K a week, like we did.

Vegas, where did you find the owner? That sounds great.

[vegas]

Dec 9, 2012 20:16:49 GMT -5 Mushe said:

Dec 9, 2012 17:13:15 GMT -5 vegas said:

That's ridiculous. Especially when you can rent a 2 bedroom ocean front unit from an owner at the Westin Kaanapali Villas for 1K a week, like we did.

Vegas, where did you find the owner? That sounds great.

This one I booked through ebay but typically I go through redweek.com. You need a membership to contact the owners but for the $15 it costs we've saved thousands. I highly recommend checking ebay first. Tons of timeshare owners unload their unwanted weeks there and on redweek.com.

In May we are paying $300 a night for a 2500 square foot villa timeshare/fractional ownership in Cabo where owners are charged $2500 a year just in maintenance fees (and about 100K up front for fractional ownership).