TS tour ethics

[The Flush Junior Member Find all posts View Profile Close The Flush]

Do you have a link to the document ?

I know it is a sticky somewhere on either TS4MS or TUG. I will have to go look for it.

[billymach4 Super Moderator Find all posts View Profile Close billymach4]

Here I found this on the FTC's website.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/homes/resales.pdf

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

If you just want to see the resort then stop by and tell them at the front desk. We have toured many timeshare resorts without going to any presentations. Usually we do this if we are interested in returning to that location and want to see what other resorts are like for possible future exchanges. We never do sales presentations.

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

Do you have a link to the document ?

Time and Time Again: Buying and Selling Timeshares and Vacation Plans

[Lisa P Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Lisa P]

Larry, THANK YOU for that link! Terrific info. Could we put this in a sticky somewhere???

Another of our friends have asked us to help them find them a good resale timeshare. This is good starting point info for newbies and it comes from a government agency. I like that it gives a resale documentation checklist. This lends validity to the fact that resales are a viable option. And so many people have no idea what information they need to see or have when buying or selling a resale.

Re: TS tour ethics, this website also mentions the right to rescind and the right to get promises and representations in writing. Excellent.

As for the ethics of touring guests, I have mixed feelings about it. I know that there's absolutely nothing "wrong" about going to see resorts with no possibility of a purchase while getting an incentive. That's the way the system is set up. But since it kinda feels like we're playing a cat-and-mouse, only-out-for-Number-One game and we don't like game-playing of that kind, so we rarely go to those pitches anymore. It's more peaceful on our vacation when we don't. If we want to see a resort, we may just drive up and visit.

The offer has to be reeeeeally good, and we have to be really clear with the person offering, that there's no way we'll buy, and we have to have plenty of spare time and very limited cash on that trip, before we go to them. That doesn't happen often.

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

Be as honest as they are

Our favorite experience was after we bought our Mayan Palace timeshare(no, not resale, but still got it for less than most) and we went to a presentation at another resort (where we were actually deeded). I figured that since they aren't exactly up front with us that I would simply not bother to tell them the fact that we already owned, but if asked directly, I'd be honest. It actually came out fairly early in the presentation, but didn't purchase any more. We got to see the resort (which we really wanted to do) and we began to get an idea of the "deal" that we already had. The best part were the very nice dolphin and snorkeling tickets that we got for free. In my opinion, if you're honest but don't volunteer information they haven't asked for, you're being at least as ethical as they are.

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

Here I found this on the FTC's website.

http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/homes/resales.pdf

Link was dead, can you povide other link? Thanks

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

TS Tour - ethics =

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NOUN:
pl. ox·y·mo·ra (-môr, -mr) KEY or ox·y·mo·rons
A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.

That was exactly my thoughts when I saw the post title.

Sam

[Ediesbeads Member Find all posts View Profile Close Ediesbeads]

I see no problem with going to both the owner update and the other tour. They aren't making gifts contigint on sales, just attendance. And you might learn something diff at both!

Edie

[Rick Lasker Member Find all posts View Profile Close Rick Lasker]

Dear Readers,

One of the most common timeshare scams in Mexico, is the promise to sell/rent another timeshare the prospect currently own for a monetary offset. That being said, be careful if the sales person promise you to rent/sell your timeshare; most likely they will drop big numbers in order to get you into the deal. My suggestion is to read your contract, take your time and don't make your purchase decision based on the moment's euphoria and sales pitch. TAKE YOUR TIME.

Rick Lasker.