Quote:
Originally Posted by Boxer2quick
All these lads are slagging off timeshare and yes there is shit companies out there that will take the piss and not give you the gift you are promised to attend the presentation but the firm I work at the moment is a good firm and true to its word,If a couple attend a 90 minute presentation they recieve a weeks holiday in a nice location for upto 4 people including flights and yes when they get there they do have to attend another 90 minute thing but thats it and they can choose when it is in the 7 days,they can make it their last day if they like,and people that dont understand how it works always ask "but how can your company afford to give us this free holiday even if we dont buy ? " well the answer is the accomadation costs the company nothing and they get flights dirt cheap cos they buy so many and the small persentage that do actually buy one fund the costs of your freebie so thats it.
|
Its good of you to put your case Craig, and fair play for outlining how how the freebies work.
Unfortunately, the timeshare in LOS, which operates out of Thara Patong Hotel and Seapearl (or used to) is very heavy on the hard sell. I know, I got caught 3 years ago.
What was supposed to be a 90 min presentation turned into a 3 hour high pressure sales pitch by both the guy presenting, and his manager. We were even asked to return , with them, back to my hotel to get my credit card for payment of said timeshare. As for the freebie, ha it was a T Shirt, big deal!
Have you heard of "Club Absolute" ? Well they are the vermin annoying the hell out of holidaymakers in Phuket.
I could say a whole lot more, but will leave it here with just one more thing to say about it all. If timeshare is so great for us, why not just put up a few posters around the streets and wait for people to come to you. Why are there guys (and girls) roaming the streets with scratch cards (every one is a winner naturally), combing the beaches with "surveys" only to later ring you at some unearthly time in the morning? It is the very fact that people on holiday don't want this crap pushed at them. Just advertise in the newspapers and magazines, and stop annoying people on their holiday.
Oh, and yes, a simple no thanks
should suffice, but it rarely does.