2007-04-29 21:54:11 · 17 answers · asked by paula j 2 in Travel ➔ Other - Destinations
It sounds like a sales ploy for a timeshare or something like that.Be very careful if you go. You will probably have an awful lot of pressure put upon you to buy something and you might find it difficult to leave and be frightened for your safety.People have signed up to things that have cost them a lot of money just to get away from these sales seminars.You may not get what you have paid for anyway. There are a lot of criminals involved in these sort of activities.Personally I would not attend this seminar.
2007-04-29 22:04:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gosh, how many times??? They all say you haven't won the main prize but if you attend this 1/2 hour talk (which always goes on for hours!!!) to claim a prize. And then even after you sit through all of that they want you to wait around for a high pressure salesman to sell you a product, which, if you work it out, is going to cost you more in the long run. And after all that you will get a prize that wasn't worth the time you wasted.
So now I don't enter the competitions at all.
2007-04-29 22:01:12 · answer #2 · answered by Barb Outhere 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes, some years ago in Bali we were given a scratchie and won a holiday to Qld. At the interview we had to have to collect the prize, we got talked into buying time share (holiday point type accommodation). If you are strong and can say NO and mean it, go for it and take the free holiday, but take it from me, they are very persuasive, both at the seminar and when you go on holiday they hassle you again
2007-04-29 22:03:29 · answer #3 · answered by scorpionmjq 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's a time share deal basically you have to go to the seminar and they will try to rail road you into buying a time share. They get you there by giving you the holiday. Old scam you will be suprised how many people that swore they wouldn't buy the time share end up getting one by the time the meeting ends
2007-04-29 22:01:23 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep.I did one in Spain about 4 years ago..most of it's b/s im afraid...The reps stop you in the street, give you a scratch card, and lo and behold, you're the first winner today...yeah right....probably the first winner in the last minute...then you get carted off to a seminar.....the offer is usually geunine, usually holiday apartments, but your prize depends on what you do..if you sign up, then you'll probably get a camcorder, if you say thanks but no thanks, you'll probably win a t-shirt or a holiday voucher (which in itself you have to put up some money so hardly a prize, I'd rather have a t-shirt). And before you get to the prize you are hearded like sheep around apartments and waste 2-3 hours of your holiday time.
2007-04-29 22:00:55 · answer #5 · answered by Mark C 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
No but a cousin of mine won a car and had to attend a seminar. He knew it must be a scam but went along as a matter of interest. It was a time share sale and yes he had won a car - a Matchbox one
2007-05-01 04:57:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, but I did enter one, yard decorating with lights for Christmas, and won 2nd place. I had spent so much money on lights. My yard was beautiful. I was so excited. I went to pick up my prize, the media was there taking pictures for the local papers and they gave me my prize. I was so embarrassed! I was given a check for $10. (TEN) I could have crawled under the crowd. You should have seen my picture in the paper....lol. I never enter again. I still decorate because all the kids in town love passing in front of my house at night. We will have cars lined up on our street at night during Christmas time to see my yard.
2007-04-29 22:04:01 · answer #7 · answered by ABBY 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes - it's a sprat to catch a mackerel - they try to sell you some kind of holiday scheme ('at enormous discount' ), like Timeshare or Points system and there is a real hard sell approach. They get quite stroppy when you say you'll think about it - you are expected to sign up on the spot.
Don't fall for it - it is one big con.
2007-04-29 22:01:26 · answer #8 · answered by Sammy 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's a big con - they get you there to try and sell you timeshare, and won't let you leave before you commit! I 'won' one of these and because I didn't have a boyf or husband at the time, asked if I could take a female friend with me - it wasn't allowed as we weren't a couple who could make decisions about the purchase of our 'holiday home' together!
2007-04-29 22:00:49 · answer #9 · answered by Roxy 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is a ploy to sell you time shares. If you go to a seminar do not sign anything . They can be very persuasive.
2007-05-02 03:51:13 · answer #10 · answered by FROSTY 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋