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chuckie
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I find this stuff hard to believe....So cheap you have to chisel time share deals? Fuhgetaboudit....It aint worth the agro...Geez!
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mirko
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Don't know if this has been posted before, but timeshares are a rip off. I don't care how nice and exclusive the project is, you can always find a
deal on the internet for less than 1/2 of the price, in the same development, same unit. I used to own 3 timeshares in La Paz in the same small
development. I bought one on ebay for $1.25. Yes you read it right. I bid $1,000 but the winning bid was $1.25. I then told my wife we should go
look at what we bought. It turned it to be somewhat spartan but very nice and room with a terrific location (for us) and view. I then bough 2 more,
also on ebay for around $300 each. All along, my maintenance dues were about the same as renting a unit in the same building, and that is the key.
You have little to gain buy buying a time share since you can rent for the same price. A few years later and the timeshares went under and started
asking me to pay a year's dues in advance etc. I said no since I had virtually no investment in the thing. If you must buy a timeshare, buy on the
secondary market for much cheaper. As to the presentations...I would rather have a root canal than sit through one of those.
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SwissFrank
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Are the tactics in Bahia Asuncion high pressure or subtle?
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BajaBlanca
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I went to a time share in cabo many moons ago, in exchange i got a free ride to my hotel and back, plus a fantastic dinner at a fancy restaurant.
Worth the 2 hours, i think. I did not buy, but enjoyed Cabo to the max.
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daveB
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In 1999 I went to one in CSL from San Jose, got a ride there, suffered through the entire presentation following a carrot that was a free car rental.
Well, that didn't happen, we didn't buy, had no intension to and I guess it showed. Ended up walking up to the highway and hopping a bus back to the
condo.
Not having learned my lesson, in 2002 went to one in Republica Dominica. We each got a travel bag and a bottle of rum. Only the rum ever came in
handy.
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BajaParrothead
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This past December, my wife surprised me with a four day excursion to the Ola Gran Faro in San jose. Nice property but the all-inclusive was no
bargain. We sat through their 1 1/2 hour presentation in exchange for two days of rental car from Thrifty Rents. Made it nice and easy to run up to
Los Barriles for a day and visit with friends.
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monoloco
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I certainly wouldn't want to spend my vacation time sitting through a high pressure sales spiel, for something I had no intention of purchasing, for
some trinket. My in laws spent a half day listening to one in Los Cabos a few years back for $100 off on a over priced meal in the resort restaurant.
It still ended up costing them over $100, on top of the discount, for a meal that they could have bought for $100 or less at another restaurant.
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