What Happened at The 90 Minute Presentation…?

Well if you are all dying to know what happened with the vacation package/timeshare thing, here’s the skinny.

It really wasn’t that bad!  And it wasn’t a timeshare company, it really was a vacation package co.  We get there and there’s only about 6 other couples there, and a lady was assigned to us.  She was nice at first.  Just small talk.  Then the main guy gets up and does a presentation for just 30 minutes then he was done.  It was fun to watch and fun to dream about places we’d like to visit like Tahiti.

When he was finished the lady came back trying to make a deal.  She asked if we had any questions.  I said “no.”  Then she got mad and said “You have NO questions after that?”  Then I couldn’t help but laugh and said “well it was a thorough presentation and we enjoyed watching it.”  Then she just got pretty rude, probably because from all of my giggling.  I don’t know why I was laughing so much.  You know those times you shouldn’t laugh, like in church or something, but you just can’t stop?  Well yea that was me.  I giggle when I get nervous too.

So anyway, she knew we were done and weren’t getting a sale out of us, so she raises her hand and another guy comes over to us.  He was nice, dropped the price down by like 95%, but it was still a no from us.  They told us that vacationing is essential in our lives if we want to live long.  Then they explained how the Europeans outlive us all in America because they get like 2 months vacation time a year.  Hmmm, that’s tempting. Maybe we should move.

The guy was nice though and wasn’t too pushy at all.  He just believes in what he’s selling and there’s nothing wrong with that.

OH, and y’all were right.  When someone buys the deal, they announced it and everyone started clapping, including me.  I guess I was expecting that from y’alls comments?  But 3 other couples bought that day, just all in a span of 5 minutes of each other, but it’s hard for me to believe they really bought them.  Are those people plants or actors?  It was just weird how it all happened when the sales people knew that we weren’t buying and we were waiting for our vouchers.  Because you know, we are missing out on a great deal since everyone else is doing it too.

Anywho, about the prizes…

We did get the voucher which I have to send in, then we can book everything.  We could do the 8 day cruise, some Mexico trips, and a few other trips that are for a couple of days which are paid for.  So we have about 5 different options to choose from.  Yes there are definitely restrictions, and with the cruise we would have to pay a couple hundred each (which isn’t bad), but the other trips are a lot less than that.   Right now we are thinking we will just do one of the shorter trips and not the cruise.  After all, 8 days on a boat sounds incredibly long to the both of us.  Plus, it would be agonizing to be away from our daughter for that long.  I know myself and I’d freak out.  I always have come home early from any trip I have ever taken–heck, I even came home early from Blissdom in Nashville and that was only a 2-3 day thing!  And if we were out at sea miles away, there’d be no way for us to leave early.

So that’s about it in a nutshell. We were out of there in just an hour which may be record-breaking according to y’alls comments on the other posts. :)  I am sure those people know it’s going to be a NO when they see a giggling girl.

I loved being able to share with y’all this little journey of ours and no one get mad because it’s wasn’t decorating related.  Isn’t it good to know about this stuff?  I think it’s interesting!  But I will close the timeshare journey for now….or at least until we receive our next free flyer in the mail. ;)

xxoo,

Decorchick!