Simple! Don’t buy into a timeshare or vacation club. Pay for your vacations and save money!

The wife honestly looked happy. Goal achieved. Smiled the whole time.

I mean, I feel bad for the family, and those sales presentations definitely put on the pressure, but it seems odd to make a news story about this case specifically when there are thousands of people who go through the same thing.

Wow, the phone scammers should call this couple. They will bite.

Yup I have worked for Diamond Resorts. Do not buy into this. I felt so bad as a customer service rep being forced to tell them the truth…

In these high pressure sales seminars can't people just walk up and leave. It's not like they're going to physically stop you.

These people knew exactly what they were getting into and they knew that the timeshares were a bunch of thieves they know that the maintenance fees are ridiculous and they don't say anything about them they know they trick you.

Sure remembered the sales pitch, just forgot about the “here’s what it will cost” part. Wife looked like she found it all hilarious.

Glad I got rid of that timeshare years ago, the maintenance fee is just ridiculous keeps going up! also went through a few times sales and presentation the pressured sales tactics and learned my lesson "just say no...not buying today".

Sounds like they took some great trips, what’s the problem? Happy Wife Happy Life sounds really high pressure 😂

Never, ever understood timeshares or vacation clubs.. Just pay for your vacation without a contractual obligation

We own a timeshare (Vacation Club) originally purchased through Sheraton. We really enjoy our yearly visit to Myrtle Beach. The maintenance fee is reasonable for a weeks stay in a two bedroom condo. HOWEVER, like everyone else, we were told what a good investment it is. NO IT IS NOT ! We paid $15K for a pretty much worthless mortgage. When we become too old to enjoy our annual visit, we will have to spend about $3000 to pay a lawyer to get us out of the agreement. We did by the way, visit the Polo Towers in Las Vegas on a "sales presentation" trip. We were not pressured like this family was, by Diamond International. All I had to say was NO, one time, and reminded them that I was invited, because I was already a Sheraton owner.

Yeah those people are slick. We told them we’ll think about it and we did fast research after our lost half day listening to them at a Secret’s resort. Big con job!

I almost died at the middle of the report where they say that he filed a complaint with the police department for fraud!!!! LMAO! Dude listen to your lawyer and Read the contract smh. I’m sure they’ve advised him before.

We are victims of the same deal. We just bought a package and they tried to force us to “upgrade” to a no brainer package. We turned it down and the sales guy was super angry at us. They play like they are there to help you pick the best plan..

I think many people have known for decades to never give a second of your time to these kinds of things. That's really just the bottom line. Even if what is being pushed would financially work for you in terms of how often you vacation, there are always sneaky T&Cs and things that are switched along the road.

It's sales....people gotta eat. lol....c'mon, say no, and thank you, and move along to the tourist trap across the street for your Pina Colada.

It takes guts to get on here and tell a very common story. There are very critical comments on here. This couple has guts. They got what they wanted but there are many thousands wishing they would have just kept walking on by when the too friendly Off Premises Contact started with "Hi folks, where are you from?" Which of course, is a qualifying question to start

If the sales person is talking too much, they lying.

He sounds like an educated man, and he knew exactly what he was getting himself into. He’s looking to take advantage and sue. Whatever Idc

🤦‍♂️ Not reading the deal was your mistake

I had sympathy for them until they said they DID NOT read the contract.

They lie and lie and lie. Nothing new from these crooks.

Why would they be involved with this nonsense ? Make em pay

When I went to Circus Circus several people have tried to get me to sign up for vacation club. The catch was I had to stay at the Excalibur for two nights in order to only pay $99 for the next trip anywhere in the world. I still have yet to use this so called vacation club and I removed my credit card on file.

There is a company called Time Share Exit Team, they help people end their agreements.

@ 4:21 this type of closure which includes a refund only happens for high profile cases that make the news or those who can pony up the dough for a tough legal representative to threaten extended action. what this report leaves out is that in order to cancel that timeshare the company will send them an MRA (mutual release agreement) to have signed, notarized and typically pay a $1K processing fee per contract to complete, after said cancellation takes place come tax season of the following year the company will send those two a1099C for each contract canceled and they'll have to deal with the IRS on that matter. This reporting went onto say that they're only canceling their most recent upgrade contracts which implies they were reverted to their previous membership level from prior purchases not in question, that means they're still paying at the very least annual Club Dues for those points and if they want fully out then any open loans would need to be paid in full along with the dues and no reservations can be open for them to go through a department called Transitions and exit out fully, again even then it's a $1K bill per/contract if you really want completely out. Good luck.

...and when you don't make the payments, they put the debt on your credit report. And, as a financial coach I can tell you, they can be difficult to remove.

Happy wife happy life

So, this guy was with Diamond Resorts for 20 years etc... trusted them and never had an issue? I highly doubt that! Not to mention you have to qualify before even getting to the sales presentation income, marital status etc... Most go along with the sales pitch because they want cheap deals or show tickets. You know you're in it for several hours. You chose to do so. I used to work in title & deeding, ownership transfer, as well as Research. This guy admitted on camera for the record "We did not read the contract" 🤦‍♀Sounds more like someone can't afford retirement and timeshare. That's not Diamond Resorts fault. He had a good time for 20 years with his family, time to sell it if he no longer wants it.

Any ongoing bill that you seldom ever use is never a good idea. Just tell the timeshare salesman that you only make less than $5,000 a year. If they question you about how you can afford this trip, just tell them you won a contest from a radio station.

😳😮 $1500 a month Wow

Bluegreen Vocations is the same way

I attended a presentation that only allowed married couples or males. No single females. Based in Florida...

I'm glad i don't have any money for time share.

Looks like car salesman 😂😂

Time shares/vacation clubs are nothing but a rip-off.

how do you not know this? who doesn't read contracts? who believes sales people? It sounds as if i'm victim shaming but this guy should be ashamed.

$2k seems cheap. I'd have to check the math on that.

Always read what you sigh nomatter what ...You knew what you were getting into !Stop it happy wife happy life buy this Cole lmao 🤣 Please don't go car shopping either folks pressure is unreal especially if you want 1 ...

Don’t sign anything

Easy way to get out of those presentations... Simple.. Just get up walk away and ignore them. If they try to block you tell them to F off..

This sounds just like the jockey club

Your fault. Trust No One.

It will take u to the poor house

Here's a thought, stop buying insanely overpriced useless products to vacation and just save your damn $, buy your plane tickets and go where you want to go with no further commitments. Timeshare interest rates are near credit card rates, it's a win win for the co. if you pay them that 10 year loan you would have spent roughly triple the amount of $ being financed due to interest, if you don't pay them, default and get canceled out then they'll ruin your credit, call for years in collections until they've let your debt balloon in size due to fees till it's profitable to cancel and then when it's ideal for the company foreclosure or cancel it out only to report it for their own tax purposes as a loss for the company so again it's a win win for them regardless whether you chose to pay or not. They already have your deposit $ which is usually thousands owed to some credit card under your name so they got their liquidated damages whether you pay them a cent more or not. Read those damn contracts people, stop being willfully ignorant and don't let these scammers get you.

Timeshare is for selling not buying.

Don’t do timeshares guys please don’t be the next person on tv

So somehow the “American Dream” is to go on vacation? And yet, these clowns have gone on vacations since they bought this package in the last century. This is so Californian.

I love my timeshare there are very few who have bad experiences.

Diamond Resorts timeshate, bad investment. High price amd when you want to make reservaton no vacancy or not timeframe ypu want, forced into 7 days and not convenient check in date.

I ran out from the Hilton presentation, I stank like a rip off

Who cares?

RUBE

Wow this is criminal and stupid

Time shares our scam don't sign up

😂😂😂😂😂😂 junkies

Pyramid scheme

Vegas has like 6 mobs running it right now. You got got. Find the door

No wife Happy life

I thought that was his Mom