PinkEsPanda
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? NV
I recently bought a timeshare. I'll leave out the name out of the forum.
They have a very aggressive sale, and a huge part of their presentation includes special perks that come with the purchase. Basically, what they advertise is a free trip "anywhere in the world" that comes with the purchase of the timeshare. At least this is what the sales rep talks on and on about and the value of the trip. The sales rep explicitly talked about a trip to Bora Bora at a 4+ star hotel for 6 nights/7 days and how usually a room like that would cost 500-600 a night. They also offer 12 "getaway weeks" which they say usually are 1/6 to 1/4 price hotel accommodations for 12 weeks a year.
When they saw that we were not gonna buy, they pulled out all the stops, and offered us first 3 and then 6 trips around the world anywhere (once they saw our hesitation). Then they told us how some of their colleagues own the same timeshares and because of these good deals too, they rent out the timeshare each year, sell the trips, and on top of that sell the 12 getaways on ebay etc.
3 hours passed or so...
We finally decided to try it, because of the sheer value of the addons it was doable financially. Well, at the last minute, they brought us a paper that said that the trips they are offering are "holiday adventures" and that we don't get air with it, and if we buy air elsewhere we pay a little extra. I thought at that point it was suspicious, but still ok as the value of the hotel stay at 4 star at Bora bora has still very good resale value. There were about 100 other papers we were asked to sign within about 30 min. the whole thing was VERY rushed etc. etc. as they said we were "the last buyers" of the day and everyone wanted to go home etc etc. It was about quarter to 5. I later realized they had still buses coming in.
When we got the perks info in the mail (of course there is NO way they would let us look at that stuff on paper at the presentation)... it was 15 or so 2-3 star hotels around the world, 4 of them in mexico. You can't pick a date, and their website is down. Basically a total scam.
The 12 "getaway weeks"... basically they SOLD us a membership to this site that offers hotels at good price. It was a total scam too as they made US pay for it. That was not apparent from the presentation at all, as they basically told us that they are almost paying for 12 weeks of our vacations a year.
They also misrepresented the value of their establishment, by about 4x. But I am a total idiot for falling for that one I suppose. I don't know if there is any law out there that will help me at all there... The only thing I can say is that those 3 hours, and alcohol etc had some effect in that decision, and the fact that there was SO much noise there and no reception for cell that it made my cellphone conversation with anyone who had a good head on their shoulders practically impossible.
So now i'm in a jam.... after sitting down and figuring that i've been totally scammed.
there are a couple more things that i could elaborate on, but first i'd like to know if i'm totally screwed because I signed, and because they didn't give me anything on PAPER that I can prove...
Any help would be highly appreciated
I recently bought a timeshare. I'll leave out the name out of the forum.
They have a very aggressive sale, and a huge part of their presentation includes special perks that come with the purchase. Basically, what they advertise is a free trip "anywhere in the world" that comes with the purchase of the timeshare. At least this is what the sales rep talks on and on about and the value of the trip. The sales rep explicitly talked about a trip to Bora Bora at a 4+ star hotel for 6 nights/7 days and how usually a room like that would cost 500-600 a night. They also offer 12 "getaway weeks" which they say usually are 1/6 to 1/4 price hotel accommodations for 12 weeks a year.
When they saw that we were not gonna buy, they pulled out all the stops, and offered us first 3 and then 6 trips around the world anywhere (once they saw our hesitation). Then they told us how some of their colleagues own the same timeshares and because of these good deals too, they rent out the timeshare each year, sell the trips, and on top of that sell the 12 getaways on ebay etc.
3 hours passed or so...
We finally decided to try it, because of the sheer value of the addons it was doable financially. Well, at the last minute, they brought us a paper that said that the trips they are offering are "holiday adventures" and that we don't get air with it, and if we buy air elsewhere we pay a little extra. I thought at that point it was suspicious, but still ok as the value of the hotel stay at 4 star at Bora bora has still very good resale value. There were about 100 other papers we were asked to sign within about 30 min. the whole thing was VERY rushed etc. etc. as they said we were "the last buyers" of the day and everyone wanted to go home etc etc. It was about quarter to 5. I later realized they had still buses coming in.
When we got the perks info in the mail (of course there is NO way they would let us look at that stuff on paper at the presentation)... it was 15 or so 2-3 star hotels around the world, 4 of them in mexico. You can't pick a date, and their website is down. Basically a total scam.
The 12 "getaway weeks"... basically they SOLD us a membership to this site that offers hotels at good price. It was a total scam too as they made US pay for it. That was not apparent from the presentation at all, as they basically told us that they are almost paying for 12 weeks of our vacations a year.
They also misrepresented the value of their establishment, by about 4x. But I am a total idiot for falling for that one I suppose. I don't know if there is any law out there that will help me at all there... The only thing I can say is that those 3 hours, and alcohol etc had some effect in that decision, and the fact that there was SO much noise there and no reception for cell that it made my cellphone conversation with anyone who had a good head on their shoulders practically impossible.
So now i'm in a jam.... after sitting down and figuring that i've been totally scammed.
there are a couple more things that i could elaborate on, but first i'd like to know if i'm totally screwed because I signed, and because they didn't give me anything on PAPER that I can prove...
Any help would be highly appreciated