The Time Share

Ever gotten a GREAT deal on a hotel/condo but the catch was you had to participate in their time share sales pitch?

I will admit that I did just that when moving my kid to Hawaii.  The rate was really reasonable and I did agree to sit though their high pressure marketing scheme peddling a time share program.

To be honest, I'm not very well versed in time shares as I don't have any interest in getting one.  All I know about time shares is that everybody tries to unload them.  However, a deal is a deal and I will sit through the presentation.

I love stuff like this.  Sales people are always trying to figure me out and they are always wrong.  They think I'm the naieve, sheltered, housewife.  Easy prey.  I let them think that.....for a while.  I smile, nod and ask superficial questions.  When they think they have me, I will lob out an advanced question that leaves them stunned like deer in the headlights.

The time share sales guy said he was a former educator at Northwestern University.  Really?  How do you go from Northwestern to shucking timeshares in Waikiki?  He was weird and I picked up a slimy vibe from him.  He got rather annoyed when I lobbed out my advanced question thinking I was easy prey.  He flat-out told me that I was "over analyzing" the whole concept.  Wait.  He wanted me to plunk down $25,000 without THINKING it THROUGH?  So, I threw it back in his face.  I told him that if he's an educator, when why would he not want me to be fully educated on a major financial transaction?  Dead silence.

Don't mess with me or try to screw me over.  I will own you and have you choking on your own words if you try to pull one over on me.  However, the deal on the hotel was awesome.  Worth it.  I love tying people up in their own lies.   It's a sport.

Major Hotel

Ok... so was suckered into a 'great deal' vacation package through a major hotel.  Let's just say their poster child is a dizzy, clueless blonde named after a major French city complete with small, yappy mutt peeking out of oversized purse.  Whatever.  The motivation of this trip is beyond the common tourist trappings and had a more substantial purpose.

The 'catch' of this awesome deal is that we had to attend a two-hour time share presentation sales pitch.  Let the fun begin.  I grow tired of people playing contractual shell games with me without substance.... and assuming because I'm female that I'm a total idiot.

I love the look on their faces when I innocently ask pointed questions and see their knees bouncing under the desk wondering how they should answer me. 

Yeah, I'm not the typical clueless female seeking the best jewelry and shopping around despite that I look the part.  I actually have functioning brain cells that analyze and compute the bull shit being fed to me.... and I'm not afraid to call you on it.