After agreeing to work with Timeshare Relief, the Campbells shared a story about their experience with timeshare listing companies that represent themselves as resale companies. After being burned twice, Ms. Campbell received a call from another company promising to sell her timeshare. She definitely did not want to put any more money upfront, so she asked the caller to work on a commission only.
The telemarketer continued with the sales pitch but grew increasingly frustrated as he could not convince Ms. Campbell to agree to the service he was providing. Finally, he gives up and insults her for buying a timeshare in the first place.
Given those experiences, the Campbells went ahead and worked with Timeshare Relief to get rid of their timeshare. We’re grateful for them to having an open mind and trusting us to put their timeshare behind them. We hope it’s because of our long-standing track record of success, our people who meet with timeshare owners everyday, and our caring to provide owners the knowledge and education to make good informed decisions.
For one of the funniest recollection stories of a timeshare presentation, go to Leann’s blog here. If you’ve ever gone to a timeshare presentation, you’ll relate to the story, and if you haven’t had the wonderful experience of the hardest sell-job EVER, you definitely should read the story in it’s entirety…
Flat…out…hilarious…
Here’s an excerpt:
Our sales person Sir Ken of Amway introduced himself and led us to our table where he promised we would spend no longer than 90 minutes listening to a very low key fairy tale about magical destinations after which we would be free to have our prize bestowed upon us.
And another:
The Rogue offered us COOKIES! He even played the “I was a single dad and I regret not spending more quality time with my kids” card. Oh yes, HE DID go there! The man was a WIZARD I tell you!
At Timeshare Relief, we meet all kinds of timeshare owners that come from very diverse backgrounds. Many are from all kinds of different professions, age groups, and personalities. One commonality we note in many of them, though, is that when they first bought a timeshare they often did not intend to purchase it. In the beginning they developed a notion that it was such a good deal that they just couldn’t pass up the opportunity to own one. In the end they tell themselves how good a deal it was so they can rationalize it as financially prudent.
One author documents this phenomenon in his book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. In it, Robert Cialdini recounts how obligation and personal consistency combine to be one very powerful influence on your buying decisions. It’s the driving force in what makes people feel that they must buy timeshares. This motivation will often cause an owner to buy several timeshares. If you were to ask them later why they wound up with so many, they will tell you they don’t know.
A vicious cycle commences with this type of thinking?once the obligation to buy at a perceived good price is present, the social pressure increases to keep buying at that good price. The owners feel pressure to stay faithful to that social pressure and their own self image of being good shoppers. Therefore, they keep telling themselves the purchase they make has to be a great deal; otherwise it would flatten their self-image and the image they project to the people near and dear to them.
If you are one of the people that have fallen victim to this compulsive buying cycle, you probably realized that timeshares have become a financial burden instead of that “great deal” you once thought they were. You should take action to do something about this. Understand that obligation you made to yourself and others is false. Be consistent and financially responsible and take action to get rid of those timeshares. Call 1-866-797-0535 to get information about what steps you can take to do this.
When you buy a timeshare, one of the sales pitches timeshare salespeople make to entice you is that timeshares can be willed to you children as an inheritance.
After all, they explain, once your children inherit your timeshare they can keep using it to make their own cherished memories during their family vacation trips. What a great gift to provide the timeshare to the next generation in your will. Your children will treasure it as a keepsake and talk about it being in the family for ages. Salespeople, especially timeshare salespeople, make it sound as if it is one of grandmother’s heirloom broaches or an adored family dog.
They “forget” to mention this part…
The maintenance and special assessment costs on your timeshare will increase. Your children will be stuck paying these rates at a much higher rate than you did.
Many timeshare resorts do not have a good reputation for maintaining the upkeep on the timeshares. Your kids will see a significant decline in quality. What was once a nice resort for you during its prime will be deteriorating once it is passed on to your children.
You are actually creating a financial burden for your children when they inherit a timeshare. They are going to be stuck paying perpetual fees whether they want the timeshare or not.
A better parting present for your children would be to get rid of the timeshare. Your children are grown and can make their own decision regarding their finances and vacation trips.
Since they purchased their Orlando timeshare in 2000, Sharon and her husband never ever used it. Yet, they paid the mortgage and maintenance fees dutifully until Sharon developed a tumor.
At the suggestion of their resort, they wrote a hardship letter to the resort to ask for some relief from the payments during the difficult time. Well, the left-hand did not know what the right-hand of the resort was doing. The resort management responded with a “too bad, so sad” letter according to Sharon and did not help.
In fact, the resort later sent a collection agency to recover the payments and charged a 25% interest penalty. How Sharon could recount these memories and smile is amazing! So, upon becoming clients of Timeshare Relief, they had a gigantic burden lifted from them.
Watch the video again and see the joy and a physical manifestation of the removal of the invisible weight of timeshare ownership.
