I sat through many timeshare pitches and I actually felt kind of bad for each sales person assigned to me. Why ? Because I always told them upfront that I wouldn't buy anything and at exactly 90 minute mark I was leaving and wanted my "free gift" My favorite moment, while the guy was pitching a 17K unit at Oak Plantation in Kissimmee, I googled timeshares for sale in the complex for one dollar, people desperate to dump them and exorbitant maintenance fees. And showed him...The lesson here, ya gotta play hardball with these scumbags.
We also signed and bought timeshare 2019 in Vegas. After getting back from the presentation it “felt good” because they kept congratulating us as we were “timeshare owners” but at the back of my mind it didn’t sit right so I re read all the documents and realized it was scam. I read the documents 5x and it said we could cancel everything that we signed within 5days of signing the contract (that page was stamped “YOUR COPY” in red ink huge print so you won’t read it!) I called to cancel NO ONE ANSWER SO I WROTE A LETTER wanting to cancel with copy of the document from them that we could do so. I mailed it with signature required to make sure they get it I even tracked it. Thankfully the contract was cancelled. It saved us $500 monthly for life.
Sorry to hear of your misfortune. These scammers target hardworking people who are only looking to relax on vacation. Hope that you are doing better now.
Hi guys! I’m so sorry this happened to you. I am a young hospitality professional and I recently took a jab at becoming a salesman on the vacation club side of the industry, thinking things may have changed for the better and it would be a good stepping stone in my career. I was wrong. I quit the day I first shadowed a top performing salesman during training. The things he said were so misleading, so unwise, and he actually flat out lied about a few things. It made me sick. Sales is nothing without integrity, and I saw none of it in that office. I am currently pursuing employment at a hotel brand that has nothing to do with timeshare. I’ve lost respect for the brands that allow this to happen.
You seem like wonderful people, remind me of my grandparents. I am so sorry to hear you got swindled. We got roped into the presentation at Polo Towers too. Luckily they couldn't get me to take the scam.
well timesahres itself are actually not scams , the are 1000% legal but the sales people are scumbags that get pushed by theit scumbag manager to do high pressure presentations its not just Diamond its ALL of them.
What a nightmare! If he wouldn't "let" you read the papers why on Earth did you sign?!!! Nemo must be one Hell of a salesman. I've watched a few of these videos and all of you are honest, retired, senior citizens with excellent credit. I'm so sorry this happened to you.
Time and again I hear about these sales meetings dragging on and on. People wonder why they just don't say no. The same reason people confess to crimes they didn't, the tactics are the same.
God bless both of you and your marriage. You guys look like a fun couple. I hate that this happened to you. I’ll keep you both in my prayers. Sending you love and good vibes always.
Sorry to hear your problems. I too did the time share presentation. Im British and we are quite stubbon and we made it through. We got $75 prepaid card and a migraine l. I complained to the management. If this company was in the UK it would be banned. So sorry to hear your story and I hope it works out for you.
I went trough this presentation in florida hahaha. We stick to saying No No No. And we got 350 dollars. We told them since the begining we are not interested and yet they say they will convince us but did not. They do put a lot of pressure on you and its something they dont tell you. At the end is not a gift they give a way its a payment for being able to tolerate all their bullshit.
The paper that you say the said not to read... is called the public offing statement for the the state. it says WARNING PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU SIGN .. but the loophole is they legally only have to show you it , thats why you really go into a recorded room, everything up to that point is all FLUFF, you cant sell it , you cant rent it really , you cant easily will it nor would you want to. there is never availably at the good resorts, and your macitence fee climbs,, there are SOME people who REALLY LOVE their time shares but they travel CONSTANTLY for different reasons than most and only go through the exchanges like RCI / II with a small piece of a home resort.. I know all this becuase I used to sell Time shares , I was always honest and let the people make their own decisions, I even told many people during the presentation who I can tell were already struggling NOT to buy it , if my manager would have heard that I would have been canned, but they fired me anyway. The entire industry is crazy , not just Diamond , but Diamond have a special breed of scum working for them.,
Thank you for your service. Hate to say it's all a scam they say anything and just make the contract out to say something completely different. They own the credit card company and one of the things you signed was for credit cards best thing is just dont pay put any property in kids names and change your number and don't think about it and you're not a sucker in any way they get so many people from all walks of life they play on emotions tell you anything tell you you can leave it to your kids that you'll save money all lies
I've just come across your video. You're a lovely couple. Timeshare sales people are awful. I hope you're doing well these days. Best wishes from the UK.
These Timeshare companies are like termites. The best way to fight them is education with videos like this. Unfortantely it only helps prospective buyers not people who already become victims.
Diamond resorts now owned by Hilton Grand resorts. High purchase for points, high ownership dues and maintence fee charged. Reservations overbooked, not available when you want, for the amount of days, and start dates.
I was approached to buy a timeshare in Gatlinburg until they told me how much the yearly maintenance fee was I was considering it. What they were charging for a yearly insurance they called it but it was basically a maintenance fee I could bring my entire family to the Mts. and stay in a very nice Hotel Two times for just one year of their Fee. The guy trying to sell it to me had gotten so belligerent that we just walked out of the interview when I told him they were ripping people off with the Maintenance fee...........They could make a Mint just giving you the Condo or Timeshare and just let you pay the Maintenance fee every year
Im not buying into this too much. I think what happened is they willfully purchased their Timeshare, he found out he got sick and cant use it, now he wants out. The film is edited quite a bit.
no you're wrong, and you've clearly never gone to a presentation. Were these people weak-willed? sure but there's presentations should be illegal. it is incredibly high pressured and relentless and they prey on weak people like. scum of the earth industry.
Thank You for your Service in the Military and Thanking Your Wife too a Military Veteran Family I volunteer for the Military Veterans and Their Families of all generations since 2006 at Naval Support Activity Bethesda home of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland. Just renewed my volunteer badges for the base and hospital last week. I represent Rolling Thunder, Inc. at Walter Reed we were founded by Vietnam Veterans in the late 1980s These Timeshare Sales People should all be ashamed of themselves plus the News Media needs to go after Diamond Vacation Hilton Vacations, Windham Vacations, Wingate Vacations and Marriott Vacation Club they are all the same type of people Timeshare Points should be banned in each state.
Walk out and don’t feel bad about it. We went to one of these for Wyndham knowing we weren’t going to buy. They were rude when we told them NO. We kept saying NO, got our 230.00 and walked out. It’s terrible what these timeshare “salesman” do to people. Hope things are going better for you.
Hirlous how you mooching assholes will say that Timeshare is a scam, yet you broke ass people will show up there & have no problem taking the free gifts they are offering, like the 230 bucks your bragging about right.?? But yet they are the ones taking from you, too funny.
It feels like Michael is a salesperson. Dianna. I'm glad you took the gift and didn't fall for the scam. Those people are heartless. When they see older people, they see gold. And take an opportunity. To scam them dry. If you tell them no. You can see the real them. Evil soulless people. Dont do timeshare. They call it a vacation club. But it a timeshare, i used to work there.
@@michaeljenkins3264 funny how you can’t even spell “hilarious” correctly, but have the nerve to insult people. Go get a dictionary. And how was she bragging about the $230? Lol seem like a salty salesperson
You shouldn't be weak and buy something you don't want. Someone can go to one of these meetings and daydream for an hour then walk out and when they ask you to buy just say no. They can't kidnap you. Also if you buy any thing that requires a contract, you should probably read that contract
G-D bless this couple, they seem so genuine..timeshares are such a scam and the people who “sell” them should be locked away like drug dealers. The amount of debt and anxiety they put on people like this who are older and have health problems is absolutely ridiculous..you can rent a hotel just as easy and much cheaper than paying thousands of dollars yearly for something you might not even use.
Big mistake buying a timeshare when you live in a double wide. Sack up and say no thanks have a timer on your watch or cell phone and smile and say give me my free shit and good bye your times up. Edit I’m sorry about your health problems stay strong. Don’t sweat the small stuff, fuck timeshares.
But to get the cc, you have to fill out the form. 0% interest for 6 months. QA asks several times if you’re sure you want to do this. Goes over maintenance fees, monthly payments and your credit cards. Diamond is low at times, to get a cc you have to fill them out. You don’t have to stay, to get your gifts, you stay for 2 hours to get them. Anytime after that you can leave with no worries. It took all day because you let it. 1-800-the-club is what you call, no one calls you. Canceling is a thing. It’s a form in your paperwork, cancellation form. Losing your points is okay for walking away. You stress the credit card, it’s Barclays. I’m a contract processor at diamond. It is illegal for us to run anything without a filled out form, especially two different cards. The sales are asshats most of the time, nino is definitely one. You have the paperwork for it all. You also read them in QA. You have to. Get your video from QA at polo. They save them all. No one tells you not to read.
Timeshare sales person: “Hey! Welcome to Vegas! How about I hook you up some free tickets to a great show?” Me (walking away): “How about, NO.” And that’s how you deal with time share people. Nothing is free in this world. Stop falling for this shit.
Sorry this happened to you. Timeshare is a scam. I go on vacation 3 times a year. I went to Hilton in Hawaii Hilton in Italy and hilton in Mexico total 3 vacation I paid 1800 dollars with Expedia hotel and fair. That's right 3 times vacation a year including hotel and air for 1800 dollars cause Expedia has top of the line deals. Every vacation was 7 days. Very very cheap
I sat through many timeshare pitches and I actually felt kind of bad for each sales person assigned to me. Why ? Because I always told them upfront that I wouldn't buy anything and at exactly 90 minute mark I was leaving and wanted my "free gift" My favorite moment, while the guy was pitching a 17K unit at Oak Plantation in Kissimmee, I googled timeshares for sale in the complex for one dollar, people desperate to dump them and exorbitant maintenance fees. And showed him...The lesson here, ya gotta play hardball with these scumbags.
We also signed and bought timeshare 2019 in Vegas. After getting back from the presentation it “felt good” because they kept congratulating us as we were “timeshare owners” but at the back of my mind it didn’t sit right so I re read all the documents and realized it was scam. I read the documents 5x and it said we could cancel everything that we signed within 5days of signing the contract (that page was stamped “YOUR COPY” in red ink huge print so you won’t read it!) I called to cancel NO ONE ANSWER SO I WROTE A LETTER wanting to cancel with copy of the document from them that we could do so. I mailed it with signature required to make sure they get it I even tracked it. Thankfully the contract was cancelled. It saved us $500 monthly for life.
Sorry to hear of your misfortune. These scammers target hardworking people who are only looking to relax on vacation. Hope that you are doing better now.
This is so sad. How in the hell do these companies get away with this?
Hi guys!
I’m so sorry this happened to you. I am a young hospitality professional and I recently took a jab at becoming a salesman on the vacation club side of the industry, thinking things may have changed for the better and it would be a good stepping stone in my career.
I was wrong. I quit the day I first shadowed a top performing salesman during training. The things he said were so misleading, so unwise, and he actually flat out lied about a few things. It made me sick.
Sales is nothing without integrity, and I saw none of it in that office. I am currently pursuing employment at a hotel brand that has nothing to do with timeshare. I’ve lost respect for the brands that allow this to happen.
You seem like wonderful people, remind me of my grandparents. I am so sorry to hear you got swindled. We got roped into the presentation at Polo Towers too. Luckily they couldn't get me to take the scam.
I’m so angry hearing these stories that these wonderful people are being taken advantage of by timeshare scams!
well timesahres itself are actually not scams , the are 1000% legal but the sales people are scumbags that get pushed by theit scumbag manager to
do high pressure presentations its not just Diamond its ALL of them.
How do you know they are "wonderful" people?
@@judyk6079 for the same reason I know you’re a “pessimist troll”. 👍🏻
Your first mistake was dealing with a person named Nemo.
2nd mistake - signing anything without reading it.
First mistake was going to the Presentation, where they got their claws on them.
Omg
What a nightmare! If he wouldn't "let" you read the papers why on Earth did you sign?!!! Nemo must be one Hell of a salesman. I've watched a few of these videos and all of you are honest, retired, senior citizens with excellent credit. I'm so sorry this happened to you.
For real man
Thanks for taking the time to share your story. We are in
the same situation, and have experienced similar tactics. We hope this warning
helps others.
They almost got me in Vegas. Thank God I walked out without giving my information.
Taking advantage of a trusting elderly couple is one of the lowest of the lowest financial crimes...
Shame on those companies
Have been to two presentations in 42 yrs. Simply walked out. Got my gifts too. At both presentations my wife and I were first to leave.
Sorry this happened to you. Thank you for your service. The lady looks great for being 78!
Time and again I hear about these sales meetings dragging on and on. People wonder why they just don't say no. The same reason people confess to crimes they didn't, the tactics are the same.
God bless both of you and your marriage. You guys look like a fun couple. I hate that this happened to you. I’ll keep you both in my prayers. Sending you love and good vibes always.
Sorry to hear your problems. I too did the time share presentation. Im British and we are quite stubbon and we made it through. We got $75 prepaid card and a migraine l. I complained to the management. If this company was in the UK it would be banned. So sorry to hear your story and I hope it works out for you.
I went trough this presentation in florida hahaha. We stick to saying No No No. And we got 350 dollars. We told them since the begining we are not interested and yet they say they will convince us but did not. They do put a lot of pressure on you and its something they dont tell you. At the end is not a gift they give a way its a payment for being able to tolerate all their bullshit.
It is in the UK just so u know Diamond has an office in the UK
Same here my wife was hilarious 🤣
see a lawyer sue them for fraud
Why didnt they just get up and leave?
If they didn’t lure you in with the free perks, no one would ever show up for their presentations.
The paper that you say the said not to read... is called the public offing statement for the the state. it says WARNING PLEASE READ BEFORE YOU SIGN .. but the loophole is they legally only have to show you it , thats why you really go into a recorded room, everything up to that point is all FLUFF, you cant sell it , you cant rent it really , you cant easily will it nor would you want to. there is never availably at the good resorts, and your macitence fee climbs,, there are SOME people who REALLY LOVE their time shares but they travel CONSTANTLY for different reasons than most and only go through the exchanges like RCI / II with a small piece of a home resort.. I know all this becuase I used to sell Time shares , I was always honest and let the people make their own decisions, I even told many people during the presentation who I can tell were already struggling NOT to buy it , if my manager would have heard that I would have been canned, but they fired me anyway. The entire industry is crazy , not just Diamond , but Diamond have a special breed of scum working for them.,
Thank you for your service. Hate to say it's all a scam they say anything and just make the contract out to say something completely different. They own the credit card company and one of the things you signed was for credit cards best thing is just dont pay put any property in kids names and change your number and don't think about it and you're not a sucker in any way they get so many people from all walks of life they play on emotions tell you anything tell you you can leave it to your kids that you'll save money all lies
God bless you both and thank you so much for sharing your story. I’m so sorry these scamming animals screwed you over so badly 😕
All you had to do was get up and leave and forget about the "free" $16,000 tickets.....
I've just come across your video. You're a lovely couple. Timeshare sales people are awful. I hope you're doing well these days. Best wishes from the UK.
These Timeshare companies are like termites. The best way to fight them is education with videos like this. Unfortantely it only helps prospective buyers not people who already become victims.
Diamond resorts now owned by Hilton Grand resorts. High purchase for points, high ownership dues and maintence fee charged. Reservations overbooked, not available when you want, for the amount of days, and start dates.
I was approached to buy a timeshare in Gatlinburg until they told me how much the yearly maintenance fee was I was considering it. What they were charging for a yearly insurance they called it but it was basically a maintenance fee I could bring my entire family to the Mts. and stay in a very nice Hotel Two times for just one year of their Fee. The guy trying to sell it to me had gotten so belligerent that we just walked out of the interview when I told him they were ripping people off with the Maintenance fee...........They could make a Mint just giving you the Condo or Timeshare and just let you pay the Maintenance fee every year
They should be prosecuted for elder abuse.
Wasn't this on Undercover Boss? Geez, how can people be such bottom dwellers!
Im not buying into this too much. I think what happened is they willfully purchased their Timeshare, he found out he got sick and cant use it, now he wants out. The film is edited quite a bit.
no you're wrong, and you've clearly never gone to a presentation. Were these people weak-willed? sure but there's presentations should be illegal. it is incredibly high pressured and relentless and they prey on weak people like. scum of the earth industry.
These timeshare sales people are pure evil.
They target nice people and go in for the kill
BlueGreen Resorts also scam.
All timeshares are crap
Thank You for your Service in the Military and Thanking Your Wife too a Military Veteran Family
I volunteer for the Military Veterans and Their Families of all generations since 2006 at Naval Support Activity Bethesda home of Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland. Just renewed my volunteer badges for the base and hospital last week. I represent Rolling Thunder, Inc. at Walter Reed we were founded by Vietnam Veterans in the late 1980s
These Timeshare Sales People should all be ashamed of themselves plus the News Media needs to go after Diamond Vacation Hilton Vacations, Windham Vacations, Wingate Vacations and Marriott Vacation Club they are all the same type of people Timeshare Points should be banned in each state.
Any company that have such aggressive sales tactics you should avoid. It’s absolutely baffles me that people actually fall for these companies.
Walk out and don’t feel bad about it. We went to one of these for Wyndham knowing we weren’t going to buy. They were rude when we told them NO. We kept saying NO, got our 230.00 and walked out. It’s terrible what these timeshare “salesman” do to people. Hope things are going better for you.
Hirlous how you mooching assholes will say that Timeshare is a scam, yet you broke ass people will show up there & have no problem taking the free gifts they are offering, like the 230 bucks your bragging about right.?? But yet they are the ones taking from you, too funny.
It feels like Michael is a salesperson. Dianna. I'm glad you took the gift and didn't fall for the scam. Those people are heartless. When they see older people, they see gold. And take an opportunity. To scam them dry. If you tell them no. You can see the real them. Evil soulless people. Dont do timeshare. They call it a vacation club. But it a timeshare, i used to work there.
@@michaeljenkins3264 funny how you can’t even spell “hilarious” correctly, but have the nerve to insult people. Go get a dictionary. And how was she bragging about the $230? Lol seem like a salty salesperson
Let’s have a spelling competition and we’ll see who the top dog is here
You shouldn't be weak and buy something you don't want. Someone can go to one of these meetings and daydream for an hour then walk out and when they ask you to buy just say no. They can't kidnap you. Also if you buy any thing that requires a contract, you should probably read that contract
Bingo.
But nobody wants to admit they screwed up
you don't look 78 and it's crazy that your mom is 105！❤ you served and should be accepted by The VA. 😮
G-D bless this couple, they seem so genuine..timeshares are such a scam and the people who “sell” them should be locked away like drug dealers. The amount of debt and anxiety they put on people like this who are older and have health problems is absolutely ridiculous..you can rent a hotel just as easy and much cheaper than paying thousands of dollars yearly for something you might not even use.
Really nice folks. Hurts me so much to see them ripped off.
I'm sorry but you look like the exact type to fall for this
Any update on this issue? While on vacation i also got my arm twisted by sales person until i signed a contract.
lobo lol wow
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I had Nemo, after 3 hrs, I didn’t sign and didn’t get any gifts. I waited outside and 5 hrs later he came outside and I took a baseball bat to him
So sad,I am trying to get out of diamond timeshare please if you guys know a way to do that help me,God bless you guys🙏🏽
I’m sorry this happened to you 😔
Dispute the charge to the credit card company and just don't pay.
The free gift🎁 was the trap to get you sucker in.
I was scammed in that same place three months ago 😭
Horrible
Big mistake buying a timeshare when you live in a double wide. Sack up and say no thanks have a timer on your watch or cell phone and smile and say give me my free shit and good bye your times up. Edit I’m sorry about your health problems stay strong. Don’t sweat the small stuff, fuck timeshares.
But to get the cc, you have to fill out the form. 0% interest for 6 months. QA asks several times if you’re sure you want to do this. Goes over maintenance fees, monthly payments and your credit cards. Diamond is low at times, to get a cc you have to fill them out.
You don’t have to stay, to get your gifts, you stay for 2 hours to get them. Anytime after that you can leave with no worries. It took all day because you let it. 1-800-the-club is what you call, no one calls you. Canceling is a thing. It’s a form in your paperwork, cancellation form. Losing your points is okay for walking away.
You stress the credit card, it’s Barclays. I’m a contract processor at diamond. It is illegal for us to run anything without a filled out form, especially two different cards. The sales are asshats most of the time, nino is definitely one.
You have the paperwork for it all. You also read them in QA. You have to. Get your video from QA at polo. They save them all.
No one tells you not to read.
You might be 100% correct but if the people are this elderly you should know they are too old to fully comprehend what there signing up for.
@@DeionSardinesactually, they are in their 70s. These are the same people that will tell you it's not their first rodeo...
So which one is it ?
Timeshare sales person: “Hey! Welcome to Vegas! How about I hook you up some free tickets to a great show?”
Me (walking away): “How about, NO.”
And that’s how you deal with time share people. Nothing is free in this world. Stop falling for this shit.
Sorry this happened to you. Timeshare is a scam. I go on vacation 3 times a year. I went to Hilton in Hawaii Hilton in Italy and hilton in Mexico total 3 vacation I paid 1800 dollars with Expedia hotel and fair. That's right 3 times vacation a year including hotel and air for 1800 dollars cause Expedia has top of the line deals. Every vacation was 7 days. Very very cheap