tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755255001842683348.post3800460614722196890..comments2023-12-28T03:17:12.156-05:00Comments on The Word From The Timeshare Crusader: You Bore MeThe Real Timeshare Crusaderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08795102240566121646noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755255001842683348.post-53203096263329202762011-02-27T10:48:14.165-05:002011-02-27T10:48:14.165-05:00Good points. I agree that something has to be don...Good points. I agree that something has to be done about the value proposition of timeshare.Lisa Ann Schreier, The Timeshare Crusaderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17045342249447626555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6755255001842683348.post-379426473729668402011-02-26T14:47:53.433-05:002011-02-26T14:47:53.433-05:00Heh.
No kidding.
The guy didn't make the sys...Heh. <br />No kidding. <br />The guy didn't make the system. He could be completely uninterested in owning a timeshare, but as long as he otherwise qualifies there is nothing whatsoever keeping him from going to a presentation to get swag. <br /><br />I mentioned this at a timeshare presentation, the valuable swag, bribes being given out to fill the room.<br /><br />The answer from the sales manager was "See this room? Without that this would be empty. We need people in here. Without giving those nearly worthless trips to Hawaii we'd have no one to sell to." He's not wrong, but it's to be expected that some people will take advantage of the valuable swag. <br /><br />If that's not good for you, stop giving stuff away and figure out how to make timeshares valuable in and of themselves. As it is, mostly you are trying to sell something to people at outlandishly inflated prices to pay the mega large marketing costs. <br /><br />The marketing costs are high because most timeshares suck for value. Especially when sold by the developer. <br /><br />I have had salesmen suggest it made economic sense for me to give them $60,000 for 4 weeks a year of vacations. I just said "OK, show me why that makes sense". They couldn't. Not with figures, that is. Only by emotion. <br /><br />I could rent those very same premises for the cost of the annual maintenance without buying anything at all, even from them. <br /><br />It made no sense to spend any money buying from them. I haven't found one yet that made sense, but I am willing to listen. <br /><br />It really blows their mind when I say "OK, you're up. Convince me". I guess it's not an approach they have been trained to handle.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com