I went to one of these and found that “Look, we both know this is a numbers game. You can move on to someone who might buy it, or you can sit here until we’re both pissed off and you have to move on anyways.”

“Also, you have 25 minutes left."

I’m kind of weird in that I actually enjoy the power of being able to say “no” with zero remorse. These people aren’t asking for a donation to feed a bus full of starving orphans, they’re hucksters trying to separate fools from their money. I attended something similar to this and when it came down to it I just told…

My parents have had a timeshare for decades and they’re pretty happy with it. I don’ know what they originally paid for it but they’ve been happy with it.

For the record, I paid around $8k & my maintenance fees are now approximately $175 each year. It’s paid, so even factoring in the initial purchase, I can stay in Vegas for 7 days for around $25 per day vs. around $140 (including the purchase over the past 10 yrs.) I use mine at least once per year (for conferences),…

My uncle — who is pretty smart with his money — has a timeshare and has had it for decades now and their family is really happy with it. I’m not familiar with the details, so I don’t know if he got one of the rare decent deals or if it just becomes a worthwhile deal once you own it for 40 years. But it seems there are…

I have a friend whose ex wife was always signing up for these things, of course if it weren’t for him, she would probably own about 5 of these things, so it was always his job to be the bad cop.

In my case the time share group forced me to bring my wife to the pitch. Since we were at the resort already and didnt trust anyone to watch our kids they in turn forced us to tow along our 3 year old twins. We made it thru about an hour with the kids and we started to fall for the pitch as the price kept going down…

My wife is the same and wants to do this almost every time we go to Vegas. We usually hit up one the first or second morning we’re there and have scored free Cirque tickets, dinners, even casino chip credits. The article has some really good advice, especially having a ‘bad cop’

“...in most cases, buying a timeshare is a bad financial decision.”

This. Why is anyone compelled to give them a reason? My favorite is, “I just can’t.” When asked why, I respond, “It would be impossible.” If they pursue it, alternate the two answers.