shalom
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2010
Holy cow! A nine year old zombie thread!
Whoops, didn't even notice. On going back and looking, I say cut the resurrectionist some slack -- it was her first post!
Holy cow! A nine year old zombie thread!
That was my exact thought!Holy cow! A nine year old zombie thread!
The worst experience I had was in Hawaii at the Hilton Waikoloa Village. We did the tour for $200 in hotel credit and a bunch of HHonors points. We were very clear that we were not buying since my DH had a ton of HHonors points and we owned at DVC. At the end of the 90 minutes, the salesperson literally pointed to a photo of her son and told us that we were taking food out of his mouth by not buying . She then made us wait for another 30 minutes alone while she wandered away (probably passive aggressively getting back at us). We finally tracked down the manager to get out of there since we had to pick up our DD from the childcare by a certain time. I was furious that we were treated so poorly but I held my tongue at the time or I would have blown my top. I wanted to go back and report her but once I was out of there I didn't want to go back. The Westgate salespeople were pikers compared to that woman.That was my exact thought!
Interesting how things have changed in a decade and with the entire bank crisis and downturn in the US. TS salesmen haven't changed much, but the offerings have; although I disagree with FL having the worst. I think they've been to best of all my experiences; but in FL that's been limited to Starwood.
Most of these tips were pretty radical. If I agree to 90 minutes, and I have done my time and am no longer enjoying it, I get up and leave "thank you our time is now up". It's not like they can hold you hostage (in the US). Sometimes I stay longer if I am interested in what they are saying, or am enjoying the conversation, but most of the time that's just wasting the salesman's time.
to me - it's not worth it to put up with that pressure. I'd rather just pay for a cheap off-site hotel and be done with it.
Just don't buy anything. Remember a couple of things:Going to our first presentation the first week of June.............will report back when we are done with it!