Comments on: Timeshare tried to con me http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/ The sometimes damsel in distress Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:05:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Qiaoyun http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-61022 Qiaoyun Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:40:05 +0000 http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-61022 <b>Mike M:</b> Thanks. But I think I could have handled it better. I could have just ignored them at the outset. Haha. <b>Pragmatist:</b> That's pretty heavy, all the lawysuit stuff. Thanks for the feedback and your support! ;) Mike M: Thanks. But I think I could have handled it better. I could have just ignored them at the outset. Haha.

Pragmatist: That’s pretty heavy, all the lawysuit stuff. Thanks for the feedback and your support! ;)

]]> By: Pragmatist http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-55445 Pragmatist Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:19:01 +0000 http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-55445 If people approach you in the street to sell you stuff, and won’t take no for an answer, you should be able to say whatever you want to them and write about it. I hung up on a telemarketer last year, after saying not interested, and they called me back four more times getting very angry with me at the end for refusing their gift. Yeah people have the right to try and sell you stuff but after you say I’m not interested, and they keep going they are fair game for abuse and invesigation I think. If you look into the "too good to be true" scheme and find out what they are really doing you should be able to write about it in the public interest. A guy/girl from the UK at Noteapot site also got a lawyers letter http://www.noteapot.com/?p=74 for talking about someone who approached him/her in the street in Singapore with land banking stuff. The argument most of these companies put up is they are very clear about what they do in the small print. But it’s not the small print you get in the street, or on the phone or in the glossy hotel presentation or in the newspaper adverts. Its misleading commission driven talk. Good luck with the acting :-) If people approach you in the street to sell you stuff, and won’t take no for an answer, you should be able to say whatever you want to them and write about it. I hung up on a telemarketer last year, after saying not interested, and they called me back four more times getting very angry with me at the end for refusing their gift. Yeah people have the right to try and sell you stuff but after you say I’m not interested, and they keep going they are fair game for abuse and invesigation I think. If you look into the “too good to be true” scheme and find out what they are really doing you should be able to write about it in the public interest.

A guy/girl from the UK at Noteapot site also got a lawyers letter http://www.noteapot.com/?p=74 for talking about someone who approached him/her in the street in Singapore with land banking stuff.

The argument most of these companies put up is they are very clear about what they do in the small print. But it’s not the small print you get in the street, or on the phone or in the glossy hotel presentation or in the newspaper adverts. Its misleading commission driven talk.

Good luck with the acting :-)

]]> By: Mike M http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-46414 Mike M Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:21:21 +0000 http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-46414 I am so proud of you Qiaoyun. You handled the timeshare asses like a pro. Kudos to you!! I am so proud of you Qiaoyun. You handled the timeshare asses like a pro. Kudos to you!!

]]> By: Qiaoyun http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-40226 Qiaoyun Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:35:03 +0000 http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-40226 <b>Christina:</b> I think there's no clamp down because these companies exploit loopholes in the law to scam people. So they haven't actually committed any crimes. For complaints, I think most people go to CASE. But you have to pay a membership fee to join them before you can make complaints. Christina: I think there’s no clamp down because these companies exploit loopholes in the law to scam people. So they haven’t actually committed any crimes. For complaints, I think most people go to CASE. But you have to pay a membership fee to join them before you can make complaints.

]]> By: Christina http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-40136 Christina Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:48:18 +0000 http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-40136 That's why I suspect the two companies are actually the same. However, Axial has got a office with big signboard along Upper Cross St. Just wondering how come the authorities did not clamp down totally on these companies. Any idea which govt dept can I contact to expose these companies? That’s why I suspect the two companies are actually the same. However, Axial has got a office with big signboard along Upper Cross St. Just wondering how come the authorities did not clamp down totally on these companies. Any idea which govt dept can I contact to expose these companies?

]]> By: Qiaoyun http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-39971 Qiaoyun Wed, 02 Jan 2008 15:41:51 +0000 http://sheylara.com/2007/06/01/timeshare-tried-to-con-me/#comment-39971 <b>Christina:</b> Wow, thanks for sharing your story. Axial and Great Eastern Trust are definitely con jobs. If they're really sincere in compensating members, why would they need people to pay so much money? It's a bit like the Nigerian e-mail scams where they make you give them money so they can give you more money in return. Where's the logic in that? lol. Christina: Wow, thanks for sharing your story. Axial and Great Eastern Trust are definitely con jobs. If they’re really sincere in compensating members, why would they need people to pay so much money? It’s a bit like the Nigerian e-mail scams where they make you give them money so they can give you more money in return. Where’s the logic in that? lol.

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