Koolau
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A few years back a friend of mine was visiting and asked me to go with him to a timeshare presentation. He was going to get a free lunch and $100.
One of the salespeople started working on him after lunch and said, "This is not a run of the mill timeshare, this is in Scottsdale and will be a good investment." I saw on his face that he was starting to crack so I interjected, "If it is a good investment do you have documentation to show previous owners of timeshares around here who have sold at a profit?" The sales person gave me a nasty look and indignantly said, "This discussion is over!" Handed my friend a check for $100 and walked away.
Yep, we did a Time-Share thing to get a bunch of free stuff and the presentation took 3 hours! (Of course, the ad swore up and down and the nice lady who scheduled us swore up and down it was NOT a time-share spiel.) It WAS a time-share spiel.
After arriving, we got the full treatment from the sales guy. When we finally said "no dice" the guy who had just become our best friend all but ushered us out the door with a hurummmphh! We DID get the free stuff, but not sure what that would have worked out to on an hourly basis. But, we did learn something. No more time-share presentations - even the ones that "aren't" time-share presentations. YMMV