OMG!!!! Lisa Anne Schier is on CNBC as the timeshare expert

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

Just goes to show you....write a book.....who cares if it has the wrong information......and you can start to fool anyone.

[bigfrank Administrator Find all posts View Profile Close bigfrank]

Should we call in and tell them the real story is?

[shopgirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close shopgirl]

I guess I missed the interview.

Do you think it will repeat?

[katiemack Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close katiemack]

Thanks for posting this, 4ARED....I really needed a laugh today!

[BoardGirl Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close BoardGirl]

yeah, it's kinda sad. I'm always fighting this battle with Mom - she'll see something no tv and that person has way more credibility than I do, so, she believes them. sigh, it's kinda sad.

I'd love to see the interview and I think it would be great if someone called up and told them that she's not the authority and represents SALES not OWNER.

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

It was on the segment Morning Call 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Brent Handler
Exclusive Resorts
President and Co-Founder


Lisa Ann Schreier
Timeshare Insights
Founder


I am not sure if they will repeat it. She really did not have time to say too much of the wrong thing....she didn't do too badly actually. The real problem comes when it snowballs and she gets more credibility for being on the show and sells more books with so much crap and misinformation in them.

I can just see the promo....as seen on CNBC.....blah blah


There used to be people who kept transcripts of what the questions were for the guests and how the guests responded.....does anyone know where to find that stuff?

One question was about the non-existing resale market.....meaning no resales that can be made to get your money back that is paid for the timeshare originally......she said she recommended to her clients that they keep their properties and rent them to get some of their money back.

[4ARedOctober Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close 4ARedOctober]

Here you go....you can see it here:

CNBC video Segment on timeshares

[taffy19 Gold Contributor Find all posts View Profile Close taffy19]

Very interesting little clip. Lisa found herself a good publicity firm and she may sell more books because of the interview and may make money too in speaking engagements or teaching class in a college. Someone here should write a book too and show people how they really can take advantage of the timesharing game.

I am waiting for the day that timeshare developers will start selling timeshares by advertising cheap travel packages so people, who are interested in travel, can find out if a timesharing is something they would like to do. In this case money is spent by the consumer but at a savings from retail prices and the original developer costs can be cut way down.

I just don't see how much longer the developers can hide the re-sale prices that are advertised on the Internet everywhere as most people now search the Internet for prices for most products already.

[Fern Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Fern]

Just goes to show, if you can get anything published you can start advertising yourself out as an "expert." Look at Peter Greenberg, he parlayed his travel books into a whole travel expert thing...

Right or wrong, it doesn't matter...

Fern

[Ryne08 Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ryne08]

Lisa who ?

[WazzuCougFan Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close WazzuCougFan]

Lisa who ?

I'm with ya, ryne08. Can someone pleae fill us in on the background story?

Thanks!
WazzuCougFan

[haywards heath Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close haywards heath]

cnbc video segment

Here you go....you can see it here:

CNBC video Segment on timeshares

Terrible sound reproduction only a few words came through....am not impressed

[Bill4728 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close Bill4728]

I'm with ya, ryne08. Can someone pleae fill us in on the background story?

Thanks!
WazzuCougFan

This lady, Lisa Ann Schreier, came on here and TUG about a year ago and asked for advice from us because she had been asked to write a Timeshare for Dummys book. Her backround is in TS sales.

We all gave her some advice and she wrote her book.which came on about 4-6 months ago.

I've been told that much of the book is OK but the stuff in the book about buying and selling is terrible. I been told that there are statements like "all TS are worth about $13K but the developers sell them for twice that to cover costs" or " Orlando TS have the best trading power".

So to make a long story short, the Dummy Book People (no joke intended) hired a TS saleperson to write a consumer TS advice book which IMHO was DUMB.

[beachsands Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close beachsands]

It was on the segment Morning Call 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET

Brent Handler
Exclusive Resorts
President and Co-Founder


Lisa Ann Schreier
Timeshare Insights
Founder


I am not sure if they will repeat it. She really did not have time to say too much of the wrong thing....she didn't do too badly actually. The real problem comes when it snowballs and she gets more credibility for being on the show and sells more books with so much crap and misinformation in them.

I can just see the promo....as seen on CNBC.....blah blah


There used to be people who kept transcripts of what the questions were for the guests and how the guests responded.....does anyone know where to find that stuff?

One question was about the non-existing resale market.....meaning no resales that can be made to get your money back that is paid for the timeshare originally......she said she recommended to her clients that they keep their properties and rent them to get some of their money back.

I watched it the day it aired and as 4ARedOctober said she really didn't get much air time to foul it up. If you didn't see it you haven't missed a thing.

Joel

[short Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close short]

Q? How many here have read the book?

I am just curious as to how many people here have read her book. I read the book at B&N a few months ago. I don't recall anything that she said that was necesarily wrong. She tended to favor Orlando in her examples but taken at face value some weeks in Orlando might trade better than other locations at other times.

There are several opinions here on the Forum and on TUG that I disagree with also so I'm not sure who I would recommend to give the best answer.

Her advise on the clip to rent vs sell might work for some and not others. To try and come up with advise that covers so many different individual situations is an impossible task at at best.

Short