Allegedly everyone and everything has a price and we proved that today when we sold 2 hours of our time for $125!
When we were at the Buick Open PGA tournament recently we were approached by a timeshare company that offered us one of several incentives to come listen to their two-hour sales pitch. Since one of the choices was a check for $125 and we had nothing better to do, we took them up on the offer and made an appointment for this morning.
The timeshare is owned by a large hotel chain and is located about 5 minutes from Len and Stacey’s so it wasn’t a big inconvenience this morning. The resort is beautiful and the salesman wasn’t too annoying but we knew going into it that unless we got an unbelievable offer (unlikely) we’d take the $ and run – and that’s what we did.
Despite the fact that we can deed it to our kids, we hate to put the burden on them of how to split it among the five of them! Sorry kids. And even though we could have written them a check for a great package, it was the little “hidden” fees that really started turning us off.
I’m sure we’re not the first couple to show up with no intention of buying – and I’m also sure what we received has been factored into the timeshare prices. Just think what they would cost if they didn’t have to pay people to listen to their spiel!
Fortunately we were done in 2 hours so Len and Burl could meet Ron for a round of golf. I took off for the gym and then walked the long way home and enjoyed a leisurely lunch on the patio while I basked in the sun. Not a bad job if you can get it!
Tomorrow we point the truck east and go to Phoenix where the world’s greatest dog will be waiting for us. Can’t wait to see Mulligan again! Hope he missed us as much as we’ve missed him.
