Guidelines when you're feeling pressured

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I just posted a discussed about the nice weekend me and hubby enjoyed courtesy of some hotel trying to sell us timeshares. And I was thinking about a few people I know that weren't able to resist the pressure and ended up making a decision that 6 out of 8 are regretting. So I thought I could write down a few guidelines that can help you enjoy a nice hotel stay without falling for their hard line sales pitch. 1. It is important that before you accept you know what you are getting into. Tell them you are interested but need to check with hubby/wife. Don't worry, even if they say they won't, they will call you back. Until they call you back use that time to practice your googling check everything you can about the company, the scam reports, the complaints, etc. Reading complaints of dissatisfied costumers is very enlightening and informative and usually will give away the price they will be asking for the purchase of the time shares/vacation points etc. 2. Pay attention. Usually to lure you there they can get pretty far out, with contests and prizes that seem to be incredible. The more of a shady operation the better the prizes get. Cars, luxury vacations, thousands of dollars etc. Be very careful, remember that there is no free lunch.Don't believe them and don't take anything literally. Those prizes either are not as stated or come with expenses that you are not planning on. More legitimate places will offer things that make more sense: free or discounted hotel stay, digital camera - don't expect a good one - discounts to be used in the complex, diner vouchers for the hotel restaurant etc. 3.Remember. You have to attend the presentation, but you are not obliged to stay past that. If you feel way too pressured you can always walk out. 4. Regardless of what they tell you - and they will - don't fall for the "you have to make a decision today, or none of this will apply " . Would you buy a car without thinking about it first? Or a house? Many of those time shares are as expensive or more than a car. You need time to think. Believe it or not, if you inquire later, you will be able to get the same deal or better - as it happened to a couple that work with me. They're $12.000 dollar buy today or tomorrow it will be more expensive turned into a $6.000 deal when they called the company a few months later. MOreover, if it won't work with that specific one, there will always be others just as good that you can choose from. 5. Usually they will send you an email or a letter to confirm the deal and stating everything from what you are getting ( hotel stay for a specific number of nights, restaurant vouchers, breakfast bouffet, etc ) and what your obligations are ( attend presentation for such amount of time, etc. ).Bring that with you when you go. If the presentation seems to linger for more than what is stated you can always show it to them. 6. Make sure of where you stand before going. Are you just going for the free stay? Or are you really considering it? Either choice has a different guideline and possibilities. IN here I'm just guiding mostly towards the people that want to enjoy the free stay, but will have to be able to say no at the presentation no matter how big the pressure will be. 7. Once you find your position, be firm, but always cautious. Those sales people are particularly skilled at finding any kind of opening or weakness in you. If they find out it is money that is the problem they will find just the perfect discount that will make you think twice and - hopefully not - fall into it. Remember, they are masters on what they do. Everything in that presentation is made to make you feel like going for it, to think it is a great idea to do it. The music, the pauses and the champagne bottles popping signaling that someone fell for it ( sometimes not even real ), the tour with it's wonderful furniture and linen and everything ( that when you finally get to use is not even close to what you saw during the tour ). 8. Be one step ahead.You will probably be told that you need to take your credit card with you. If you can, take one that is quite close to the limit so it will be easier to resist temptation. Don't take the checkbook with you either. 9. Don't talk too much, don't reveal too much. And if you talk make sure that it is in praise of something that is the complete opposite of what they are offering. 10. Check things carefully. If you live in Canada for example you might be told that you have a certain amount of days cool off period on which to change your mind, but that does not exist in Canada. 11. Just remember, you have to stay for the whole presentation, but you don't have to stay beyond that. Be firm. Don't show any hesitation, or they will pick up on that and will bring someone else, and then someone else, and then someone else until you are tired and not ready for the best judgement.|That's when they strike harder. They actually count on you being tired and weary. It's easier for them to make the sale. 12. They are there trying to take your money, it's their job. You are the one supposed to make sure you keep it. YOu didn't call them asking for information.|They called you offering you something for ( almost) free. You don't owe them anything. Don't even worry about telling them the cold truth. You don't care about the timeshare thingy, you came for the free stuff. They offered you free or discounted stuff, and you accepted it. You are not obliged to anything else. Sure they can try to change your mind, but you will only change your mind if you want to. 13. Listen: The deal will not sound as good the minute you sign it. Don't even go there. Believe me if you really want it, it will still be available to you after you go home and think about it, no matter how many times they tell you it won't. You might even get it at a better price too. Hope this helps:) In the end it comes to ... how much is your time worth? Do you actually enjoy this kind of battle? Is it worth to get the free stay at the hotel? For us, we sometimes enjoy the battle of wills - us versus the salespeople LOL - it's invigorating. But not everyone enjoys this. If you don't.|Then don't go. Is it worth to go trough it for the two ( or whatever number ) nights at the hotel for free? It depends, if it's uncomfortable for you to go trough the sales pitch, if you worry that you might be able to fall for it, then it's not worth. If you think you can make it, then why not? It's just a few hours of your time and in the end the satisfaction that once again, you beat them LOL Have fun