Comments on: Timeshare tried to con me

By: Jama Aronson

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By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 22:07:15 +0000

I wonder why all timeshare presentations have a speaker in the ceiling above each table and play music so loud that you have to shout to compete with it. If it is supposed to motivate people to buy something, it failed to impress me.

We were “invited” to Hawaii for a week with a free rental car, so we accepted. One time it was Marriott and the other time it was Hilton. Hilton over booked and wanted to send us down the street to a dump and we refused, which required the manager to intervene. He solved it and comped us for parking and valet because I threw such a fit in the lobby and he wanted to get rid of us.

Marriott over booked and sent us to a “lockout” room, which was part of a regular hotel room except tiny and had no table or desk for my computer.

These people thought they could sell me their timeshare for $35,000 ?

Jerry

By: chordCVS

chordCVS — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 12:15:40 +0000

Nice handling Qiaoyun!

However, There’s a saying that, “not to buy, if can’t afford it”.

Anyway, Best wishes for your acting.

By: Qiaoyun

Qiaoyun — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 16:40:05 +0000

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

Pragmatist — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:19:01 +0000

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

Mike M — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:21:21 +0000

I am so proud of you Qiaoyun. You handled the timeshare asses like a pro. Kudos to you!!

By: Qiaoyun

Qiaoyun — Sat, 05 Jan 2008 06:35:03 +0000

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

Christina — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:48:18 +0000

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?