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From: bdot@hogpd.UUCP (J.BARRETT)
Newsgroups: net.travel,net.invest,net.misc
Subject: Re: vacation condo Timesharing
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Date: Fri, 13-Jan-84 10:26:10 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 13 10:26:10 1984
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I went to one of those timeshare vacation promotional tours and had pretty
much the same experience. The salesman tried the "But you are not being
logical" angle, but when I  took his pencil and paper and SHOWED HIM all the
costs involved and how bad a deal it really was, it got him pretty 
upset. He had also started with the "Can you make your own decisions or do
you have to ask someone else first?" ploy to make sure he'll be pitching to the
right person. When I said no and he asked why I just said, "It's MY decision
and that's what you said you wanted!" I got the high pressure salestalk that
everyone else gets but I got a cheap grandfather's clock for it. The 100 rolls
of free Kodak film deal is a real rip-off, you get a free roll with every
roll you send to some way overpriced developing company. I wouldn't do it
again but this time I happened to be in the area for a wedding. By the way,
this was Fernwood in the Poconos. I especially loved the picture of Gerald 
Ford at his timeshare condo in Aspen. If a president does it, it MUST be a good
deal right??

John Barrett
AT&T IS
Lincroft, NJ