Dealing with salespeople is often a part of making a major purchase. Usually when making these purchases, you have four resources to pull from to help you make your decision: your own personal experiences, the ability to ask other people what they think, competition among people who want to sell you that product, and time to think things over.
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With timeshare meetings, however, the rules change. Because of the methods timeshare presentations use, those resources aren’t available. Suddenly:
- Unless you already own a timeshare, you aren’t going to have any personal experience with that ownership.
- Inside the meeting room, there isn’t anyone for you to talk with about the pros and cons of ownership other than the other people in the meeting with you.
- There are not multiple timeshare companies competing for your attention at the same time, so there is no way for you to compare one with another.
- And lastly, you’re expected to make your decision right away, or you will often lose out on the ‘perks’ that an immediate ‘yes’ will get you.
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You enter a timeshare meeting at a distinct disadvantage for these reasons, though timeshare representatives will make it seem as though you’re getting all of the information that you need. Imagine that they know you better than you know yourself, and you won’t be too far from the truth. As a consumer, you are looking to be satisfied; as salespeople, they are looking to satisfy you, but they are the ones with the aces up their sleeves.
Essentially, everything about a typical timeshare meeting is to get you to disregard your natural instincts when it comes to making a purchase. Even knowing that you are at a disadvantage will not take away the sales representative’s ability to make you feel at ease. Take away the advantages that the timeshare meeting presents, however, and you’ll determine the actual worth of what they are selling.
Think for a moment, if you will. If there were a timeshare store where you could go in and shop around, talk to people, compare companies, and come back later to make your decision, how well would that work out?
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