{"id":5997,"date":"2008-10-08T06:54:01","date_gmt":"2008-10-08T11:54:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/08\/resale-timeshare-tricks-and-how-to-avoid-them\/"},"modified":"2008-10-08T06:54:01","modified_gmt":"2008-10-08T11:54:01","slug":"resale-timeshare-tricks-and-how-to-avoid-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/?p=5997","title":{"rendered":"Resale Timeshare Tricks and How to Avoid Them"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Willie Bird<\/a><\/div>\n

If you’ve lived anywhere in civilization in the last couple of years, no doubt you’ve heard horror stories about resale timeshare scams. You’re ushered into a room, and companies do everything they can bordering on keeping you hostage to make you buy. In general, the public impressions of the industry are resoundingly negative. How can you avoid getting taken advantage of in the timeshare industry?<\/p>\n

It’s a pretty good bet that you shouldn’t even get involved in the first place. Timeshare companies are notorious for saying just about anything to get you to come to their “presentation,” only to then keep you hostage until you eventually drool, your eyes glaze over, and you sign on the dotted line. (At least, that’s what they hope is going to happen.) You’ve seen the advertisements: “free tickets and complementary hotel accommodations for three days and two nights at a beautiful resort. For this, we just want you to take a small tour of our resort. Give us your feedback, and enjoy your stay!”<\/p>\n

I’m sure that almost all of us have heard something to this effect over the years. <\/p>\n

However, the person you’re talking to during that “luxurious stay” is there to take your money and then sell the rights to your actual tour to some other company. Don’t be surprised if your reservation and the things you were promised simply disappear, never to be seen again.<\/p>\n

That “upgraded” room that you paid for on the ocean might not even exist by the time you get to your hotel. <\/p>\n

What about that “90 minute tour”? Actually, that’s usually something that runs about six hours, not 90 minutes, and it’s not a tour. Instead, you’re held hostage and berated about how much money you’d be saving if you simply buy the timeshare.<\/p>\n

They’ll start out by telling you how much money you’re wasting by not owning a timeshare. They position it as you’d have to be some kind of an idiot to not buy the timeshare immediately. <\/p>\n

Then they’ll throw out some hugely inflated number that you don’t even spend on several years’ worth of vacationing. And even if you could use this timeshare at that rate, it’s not likely that this business is going to be around for that 20 years, because of course they are a fly-by-night operation.<\/p>\n

If you still say “no,” then you’re usually given a “survey” so that you can say how you were treated. However, that survey is really just another price offer that’s about a third of the price you saw in the first place.<\/p>\n

It’s true that not every timeshare company is one of these fly-by-night operations. However, most of them are. Don’t fall for one of their “tours,” because they’re not only not a great deal, but you’re wasting your time and maybe your money simply to be badgered by people who are out to make money off of you.<\/p>\n

If you do go, stay firm. Don’t fall for any of their tactics and if you don’t want to buy, don’t. You should never let someone pressure you into buying something you don’t need or want. Not only will it feel like wasted money, but it really will be, because you might walk away with nothing after you’ve handed over your cash. It’s just not worth it, is it?<\/p>\n

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About the Author:<\/div>\n
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If you’ve lived anywhere in civilization in the last couple of years, no doubt you’ve heard horror stories about resale timeshare scams. You’re ushered into a room, and companies do everything they can bordering on keeping you hostage to make you buy. In general, the public impressions of the industry are resoundingly negative. How can you avoid getting taken advantage of in the timeshare industry?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":647,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[77],"class_list":["post-5997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business","tag-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/647"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5997"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5997\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/magic1host.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}